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Incremental printing of symbolic information October patent listing 10/08

20080259100 - Fixer for a metallic inkjet ink system: A fixer includes an aqueous vehicle, and at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, alkyl phenols, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259101 - Methods and apparatus for minimizing the number of print passes in flat panel display manufacturing: A system for inkjet printing includes a first set including a first inkjet print head having a first plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a first ink, and a second inkjet print head having a second plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a second ink; a second set... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080259102 - Print engine controller for receiving dot data: Provided is a print engine controller for a pagewidth printhead. The controller includes contone and bi-level decompression circuitry for decompressing a contone layer of compressed page data and a bi-level layer of compressed page data, respectively. The controller also includes halftoner and compositor circuitry for halftoning the decompressed contone layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259103 - Printer controller for monitoring an ink drop count: Provided is a printer controller for a pagewidth printer having a printhead configured to print according to print quality information. The printer has a paper transport mechanism for transporting a sheet of paper along a media path through the printer. The controller includes a processor having an address, data and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259104 - Liquid detecting apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: The invention relates to a liquid detecting apparatus that drives a liquid detecting unit that outputs two detection signals having phases opposite to each other in accordance with the amount of liquid. The liquid detecting apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a driving unit that outputs a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080259105 - Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection device heaters: Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection heaters. In one embodiment, the current through a heater in a micro-fluid ejection device may be monitored and regulated to maintain a particular value or range of values. In such an embodiment, the heater current may be monitored and compared to a reference value.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080259106 - Method for manufacturing patterned layer on substrate: A method for manufacturing a patterned layer (106) on a substrate (100) includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a plurality of banks (102) formed thereon, the substrate and the banks cooperatively defining a plurality of accommodating spaces (104), wherein each of the accommodating spaces has a first edge... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080259108 - Ink ejection amount measurement method and ink ejection amount measurement system: The ink ejection amount measurement method for an inkjet recording head, includes: an ink ejection step of ejecting ink onto a recording medium from a recording head by applying a drive voltage to the recording head, in such a manner that an ink dot image is formed on the recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080259109 - Ink jet printer and a method of computing conveyance amount of a conveyance roller of the ink jet printer: A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259107 - Sensing of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles: Various apparatus and methods relating to determining a quantity measurement of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles and modifying the ejection parameters based upon the quantity measurement.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259111 - Method and apparatus for registering and maintaining registration of a medium in a content applicator: A content applicator receives a continuous medium and applies content to segments of the continuous medium. The content applicator includes a sensor array, a controller subsystem, and a print station. The sensor array scans the continuous medium as the continuous medium moves along a medium transport pathway. The controller subsystems... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080259110 - Method of printing on large format flexible substrate and printing apparatus: Disclosed is a method of multi pass inkjet printing on wide format flexible substrates where errors in flexible substrate positions are corrected by adapting the geometry and position of the next printed swath to the geometry of the adjacent earlier printed image swath.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259112 - Printing device having supply of colorant that is non-refillable and at least substantially non-removable from end user perspective: A printing device includes a supply of colorant that is non-refillable from an end user perspective and that is at least substantially non-removable from the printing device from the end user perspective. The printing device also includes an inkjet printhead that forms images on media using the supply of colorant.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259113 - Printhead assembly with printhead ic tiles: A printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer arrangement includes a channel shaped member. A number of printhead tiles are located in the channel shaped member. Each tile has a printhead integrated circuit (IC) carrier member for receiving a printhead IC and an ink ducting member that mates with the carrier... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259114 - Print head cleaning fluid condensation: Various embodiments and methods relating to condensation of print head cleaning fluid upon a print head are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259115 - Liquid-ejecting recording head and liquid-ejecting recording apparatus: A recording head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays separately provided so as to correspond to kinds of recording liquids to be discharged, a plurality of common liquid chambers from which the recording liquids are supplied to the nozzle arrays, a plurality of recording-liquid introducing passages communicating with the common... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259116 - Recording apparatus: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which includes a nozzle plate having conductive property including an opening and for ejecting ink toward a medium to be recorded from the opening, an absorbing member disposed so as to oppose the nozzle plate in the ejecting direction of... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080259118 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus according to the invention includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid from nozzle openings provided in a nozzle-forming surface, a nozzle-forming-surface visual-inspection unit for enabling a visual inspection of the nozzle-forming surface, and a liquid receptacle for receiving liquid discharged as waste liquid from... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080259117 - Printer: A printer including a medium supporting member that supports a print medium in a state placed thereon, a print head that has nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward and freely reciprocates above the medium supporting member, and a maintenance device. The maintenance device is disposed to face the lower surface... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080259119 - Ink jet head: An ink jet head includes an elongated ink supply port extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of head groups arranged in a transverse direction crossing with the longitudinal direction. A first array of ink ejection outlets is disposed along one lateral side of an ink supply port, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259120 - Printing head and ink jet printing apparatus: A printing head, having ejection openings arranged symmetric, is to be suppressed from deteriorating in image quality as caused by the manufacturing errors or problems in mounting accuracy thereof. Specifically, in the case the printing head inclines, for example, by 0.5 degrees at the line connecting between the corresponding ejection... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259122 - Inkjet printhead having nozzle arrangements with hydrophobically treated actuators and nozzles: Provided is an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle and an ink chamber underneath the nozzle with an ink supply channel leading to said chamber, as well as a paddle arranged in the chamber. Each arrangement also includes an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259121 - Jetstack plate to plate alignment: An apparatus has a first plate having a first array of holes, with a first plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, a second plate having a second array of holes to be alignable to the first array of holes, a second plate... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080259124 - Printhead assembly incorporating heat aligning printhead modules: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer. The assembly includes a support member. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted to the support member. Each printhead module includes an integrated circuit manufactured using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. The printhead modules are configured to move into alignment... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259123 - Printhead assembly with an ink cassette having an air filter: A printhead assembly that includes a chassis and a printhead assembly mounted on the chassis and having printhead integrated circuits each with a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for ejecting ink. Also included is an ink distribution assembly supporting the integrated circuits, said distribution assembly defining a plurality of converging... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259125 - Microfluidic device and a fluid ejection device incorporating the same: A microfluidic device includes first and second glass substrates bonded together. The first glass substrate has first and second opposed surfaces. A die pocket is formed in the first opposed surface, and a through slot extends from the die pocket to the second opposed surface. The second glass substrate is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259127 - Drop emitting apparatus: A drop emitting apparatus including a manifold, a viscoelastic structure acoustically coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of drop generators fluidically coupled to the manifold.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080259126 - Printing control: Various methods and apparatus relating to the control of printing by a print head based upon a captured image of an array of printed marks are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259128 - Liquid-ejecting head, liquid-ejecting device, liquid-ejecting method, and ejection medium for liquid-ejecting head: A liquid-ejecting head includes a liquid cell that contains an ejection medium that is liquid at normal temperature, a nozzle for ejecting the ejection medium in the liquid cell, an energy-generating element for supplying ejection energy to the ejection medium in the liquid cell, and heating means for heating the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080259129 - Inkjet printhead having low mass ejection heater: An inkjet printhead is provided having ink chambers on a first surface of a substrate. Each ink chamber has an ink ejection nozzle, a heater arranged so as to heat the ink to form a gas bubble and thereby cause ejection of an ink drop from the associated nozzle and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259132 - Inkjet printhead with nozzle assemblies having fluidic seals: Provided is an inkjet printhead for a printer, the printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly includes a substrate defining an ink inlet channel and an arm fast with a thermal actuator itself fast with said substrate via an anchor arrangement. Each nozzle assembly also includes... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259131 - Low energy, long life micro-fluid ejection device: Micro-fluid ejection heads and methods for extending the life of micro-fluid ejection heads. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having a plurality of thermal ejection actuators. Each of the thermal ejection actuators has a resistive layer and a protective layer thereon. A flow feature member is adjacent the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080259130 - Substrate for inkjet printing head and method for manufacturing the substrate: There is provided a substrate for an inkjet printing head and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the substrate has a structure that different kinds of metals do not come into contact with ink or moisture. For this purpose, the structure is constituted such that a diffusion preventing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259133 - Piezoelectric element, ink jet head, and ink jet recording device: A piezoelectric element includes a pressure chamber member that has an opening 1 communicating with a nozzle, a vibrating plate that is disposed on the pressure chamber member so as to cover the opening 1, a lower electrode that is disposed on the vibrating plate, a piezoelectric body 5 that... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080259134 - Print head laminate: A print head laminate includes a flexible glass layer between an adhesive layer and an electrical conductor.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259136 - Liquid detection device, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of detecting liquid: A liquid detection device that drives a liquid detecting portion includes a driving portion, a signal detecting portion, a high-pass filter portion, a first switch, and a control portion. The driving portion supplies a driving signal or a preliminary charging voltage to the liquid detecting portion. The signal detecting portion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080259135 - Printing material container: Ink cartridge 70 is attached to cartridge holder 62 of printing apparatus 20 by being inserted in a predetermined insertion direction R until it is touching locating member. Ink cartridge 70 includes a plurality of low voltage circuit terminals 111-113 and a plurality of high voltage circuit terminals 114, 115... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080259138 - Apparatus for regulating air pressure in ink tank and ink-supplying system having the same: The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for regulating air pressure in an ink tank (14). The apparatus includes a vacuum pump (12) configured for providing a pressure below atmospheric pressure in the ink tank. A first regulating unit (16), a second regulating unit (18), and a third regulating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080259137 - Ink supply system for a printer: An ink supply system (10) is disclosed which comprises a holder (12) for receiving an inverted ink bottle (B), an ink reservoir (22) and a flow path (14, 16) down which ink can flow from the bottle (B) to the reservoir (22). Air flows along said path from the reservoir... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080259140 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with an ink tank, a recording head, an ink passage extending from the ink tank to the recording head, and a sub-tank arranged on the ink passage. The apparatus has a first ink passage, a second ink passage, and an ultrasonic transducer. The first... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080259139 - Method of priming picolitre inkjet printhead: A method of priming an inkjet printhead having ink ejection nozzles. The method includes: providing an ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles; applying inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of the ink bag... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259141 - Fluid cartridge for a fluid supply system: A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing having a base and a first and second chamber. A wall extends outwardly from and substantially normal to the base and is configured to separate the housing, thereby forming the first and second chambers. An air/ink exchange port is defined... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259143 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, an ink supply portion positioned at the front face of the case, an air intake portion positioned at the case, and a movable member configured to move between a first position and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080259144 - Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container, carriage for the holder, and ink jet printer: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259142 - Printing device having supply of colorant and receptive to print cartridge having self-contained supply of colorant: A printing device includes a supply of colorant and a mechanism. The mechanism is receptive to removable insertion of a first print cartridge and a second print cartridge. One of the first print cartridge and the second print cartridge can be inserted into the mechanism at any given time. The... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259145 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid processing method: In order to prevent, in an operation for circulating liquid, an ejection port from sucking air or the ejection port from pushing out liquid, the subtank for temporally storing ink to be supplied to the ink jet head includes the air communication passage opened or closed by the air communication... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259146 - Ink-jet recording head and method for manufacturing ink-jet recording head: An ink-jet recording head and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a photosensitive resin layer on a support component and forming through holes in the resin layer. Since the diameters of the through hole on both sides of the photosensitive resin layer are made equal, the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259147 - Intercalated compound: Embodiments of a metal oxide intercalated ink-jettable compound are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259148 - Handheld and/or mountable fluid-ejection device having tip-extension assembly and/or tubings: A fluid-ejection device includes a handheld and/or mountable enclosure, a removable tip having a fluid-ejection mechanism, a first fitting extending from the enclosure and receptive to placement of the removable tip thereon, and a controller situated within the enclosure to cause the removable tip to eject the fluid. The fluid-ejection... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259149 - Monolithic fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof: The invention provides a monolithic fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof. The device comprises a substrate and a structural layer disposed thereon to form a fluid chamber therebetween for storing a fluid therein. The device further comprises a liquid level control unit formed on the structural... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080259150 - Printer and ink cassette therefor: A printer to which an ink cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink cassette; and control means that acquires management... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080259151 - Tape printing apparatus: A printing apparatus that receives a supply of an image receiving medium and includes a platen arranged to feed the image receiving medium selectively in one of a forward and reverse direction. A print head arranged to print an image on the image receiving medium while the medium is fed... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080259152 - Optical disc and method of labeling the same: An optical disc has a first plate, a second plate adhered to the first plate, and an optically-activated colorant disposed between the first and second plates.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259153 - Exposure head: Provided is an exposure head, including: an array substrate having a plurality of organic EL elements arranged in an array on one face; and a plurality of circuit chips having a circuit for driving the organic EL element, and in which the forming face of the circuit is serially arranged... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080259100 - Fixer for a metallic inkjet ink system: A fixer includes an aqueous vehicle, and at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, alkyl phenols, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259101 - Methods and apparatus for minimizing the number of print passes in flat panel display manufacturing: A system for inkjet printing includes a first set including a first inkjet print head having a first plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a first ink, and a second inkjet print head having a second plurality of nozzles adapted to selectively dispense a second ink; a second set... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080259102 - Print engine controller for receiving dot data: Provided is a print engine controller for a pagewidth printhead. The controller includes contone and bi-level decompression circuitry for decompressing a contone layer of compressed page data and a bi-level layer of compressed page data, respectively. The controller also includes halftoner and compositor circuitry for halftoning the decompressed contone layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259103 - Printer controller for monitoring an ink drop count: Provided is a printer controller for a pagewidth printer having a printhead configured to print according to print quality information. The printer has a paper transport mechanism for transporting a sheet of paper along a media path through the printer. The controller includes a processor having an address, data and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259104 - Liquid detecting apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: The invention relates to a liquid detecting apparatus that drives a liquid detecting unit that outputs two detection signals having phases opposite to each other in accordance with the amount of liquid. The liquid detecting apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a driving unit that outputs a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080259105 - Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection device heaters: Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection heaters. In one embodiment, the current through a heater in a micro-fluid ejection device may be monitored and regulated to maintain a particular value or range of values. In such an embodiment, the heater current may be monitored and compared to a reference value.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080259106 - Method for manufacturing patterned layer on substrate: A method for manufacturing a patterned layer (106) on a substrate (100) includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a plurality of banks (102) formed thereon, the substrate and the banks cooperatively defining a plurality of accommodating spaces (104), wherein each of the accommodating spaces has a first edge... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080259108 - Ink ejection amount measurement method and ink ejection amount measurement system: The ink ejection amount measurement method for an inkjet recording head, includes: an ink ejection step of ejecting ink onto a recording medium from a recording head by applying a drive voltage to the recording head, in such a manner that an ink dot image is formed on the recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080259109 - Ink jet printer and a method of computing conveyance amount of a conveyance roller of the ink jet printer: A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259107 - Sensing of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles: Various apparatus and methods relating to determining a quantity measurement of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles and modifying the ejection parameters based upon the quantity measurement.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259111 - Method and apparatus for registering and maintaining registration of a medium in a content applicator: A content applicator receives a continuous medium and applies content to segments of the continuous medium. The content applicator includes a sensor array, a controller subsystem, and a print station. The sensor array scans the continuous medium as the continuous medium moves along a medium transport pathway. The controller subsystems... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080259110 - Method of printing on large format flexible substrate and printing apparatus: Disclosed is a method of multi pass inkjet printing on wide format flexible substrates where errors in flexible substrate positions are corrected by adapting the geometry and position of the next printed swath to the geometry of the adjacent earlier printed image swath.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259112 - Printing device having supply of colorant that is non-refillable and at least substantially non-removable from end user perspective: A printing device includes a supply of colorant that is non-refillable from an end user perspective and that is at least substantially non-removable from the printing device from the end user perspective. The printing device also includes an inkjet printhead that forms images on media using the supply of colorant.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259113 - Printhead assembly with printhead ic tiles: A printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer arrangement includes a channel shaped member. A number of printhead tiles are located in the channel shaped member. Each tile has a printhead integrated circuit (IC) carrier member for receiving a printhead IC and an ink ducting member that mates with the carrier... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259114 - Print head cleaning fluid condensation: Various embodiments and methods relating to condensation of print head cleaning fluid upon a print head are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259115 - Liquid-ejecting recording head and liquid-ejecting recording apparatus: A recording head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays separately provided so as to correspond to kinds of recording liquids to be discharged, a plurality of common liquid chambers from which the recording liquids are supplied to the nozzle arrays, a plurality of recording-liquid introducing passages communicating with the common... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259116 - Recording apparatus: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which includes a nozzle plate having conductive property including an opening and for ejecting ink toward a medium to be recorded from the opening, an absorbing member disposed so as to oppose the nozzle plate in the ejecting direction of... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080259118 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus according to the invention includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid from nozzle openings provided in a nozzle-forming surface, a nozzle-forming-surface visual-inspection unit for enabling a visual inspection of the nozzle-forming surface, and a liquid receptacle for receiving liquid discharged as waste liquid from... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080259117 - Printer: A printer including a medium supporting member that supports a print medium in a state placed thereon, a print head that has nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward and freely reciprocates above the medium supporting member, and a maintenance device. The maintenance device is disposed to face the lower surface... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080259119 - Ink jet head: An ink jet head includes an elongated ink supply port extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of head groups arranged in a transverse direction crossing with the longitudinal direction. A first array of ink ejection outlets is disposed along one lateral side of an ink supply port, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259120 - Printing head and ink jet printing apparatus: A printing head, having ejection openings arranged symmetric, is to be suppressed from deteriorating in image quality as caused by the manufacturing errors or problems in mounting accuracy thereof. Specifically, in the case the printing head inclines, for example, by 0.5 degrees at the line connecting between the corresponding ejection... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259122 - Inkjet printhead having nozzle arrangements with hydrophobically treated actuators and nozzles: Provided is an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle and an ink chamber underneath the nozzle with an ink supply channel leading to said chamber, as well as a paddle arranged in the chamber. Each arrangement also includes an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259121 - Jetstack plate to plate alignment: An apparatus has a first plate having a first array of holes, with a first plate alignment hole having a smaller size than the other holes in the array, a second plate having a second array of holes to be alignable to the first array of holes, a second plate... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080259124 - Printhead assembly incorporating heat aligning printhead modules: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer. The assembly includes a support member. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted to the support member. Each printhead module includes an integrated circuit manufactured using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. The printhead modules are configured to move into alignment... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259123 - Printhead assembly with an ink cassette having an air filter: A printhead assembly that includes a chassis and a printhead assembly mounted on the chassis and having printhead integrated circuits each with a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for ejecting ink. Also included is an ink distribution assembly supporting the integrated circuits, said distribution assembly defining a plurality of converging... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259125 - Microfluidic device and a fluid ejection device incorporating the same: A microfluidic device includes first and second glass substrates bonded together. The first glass substrate has first and second opposed surfaces. A die pocket is formed in the first opposed surface, and a through slot extends from the die pocket to the second opposed surface. The second glass substrate is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259127 - Drop emitting apparatus: A drop emitting apparatus including a manifold, a viscoelastic structure acoustically coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of drop generators fluidically coupled to the manifold.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080259126 - Printing control: Various methods and apparatus relating to the control of printing by a print head based upon a captured image of an array of printed marks are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259128 - Liquid-ejecting head, liquid-ejecting device, liquid-ejecting method, and ejection medium for liquid-ejecting head: A liquid-ejecting head includes a liquid cell that contains an ejection medium that is liquid at normal temperature, a nozzle for ejecting the ejection medium in the liquid cell, an energy-generating element for supplying ejection energy to the ejection medium in the liquid cell, and heating means for heating the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080259129 - Inkjet printhead having low mass ejection heater: An inkjet printhead is provided having ink chambers on a first surface of a substrate. Each ink chamber has an ink ejection nozzle, a heater arranged so as to heat the ink to form a gas bubble and thereby cause ejection of an ink drop from the associated nozzle and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259132 - Inkjet printhead with nozzle assemblies having fluidic seals: Provided is an inkjet printhead for a printer, the printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly includes a substrate defining an ink inlet channel and an arm fast with a thermal actuator itself fast with said substrate via an anchor arrangement. Each nozzle assembly also includes... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259131 - Low energy, long life micro-fluid ejection device: Micro-fluid ejection heads and methods for extending the life of micro-fluid ejection heads. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having a plurality of thermal ejection actuators. Each of the thermal ejection actuators has a resistive layer and a protective layer thereon. A flow feature member is adjacent the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080259130 - Substrate for inkjet printing head and method for manufacturing the substrate: There is provided a substrate for an inkjet printing head and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the substrate has a structure that different kinds of metals do not come into contact with ink or moisture. For this purpose, the structure is constituted such that a diffusion preventing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259133 - Piezoelectric element, ink jet head, and ink jet recording device: A piezoelectric element includes a pressure chamber member that has an opening 1 communicating with a nozzle, a vibrating plate that is disposed on the pressure chamber member so as to cover the opening 1, a lower electrode that is disposed on the vibrating plate, a piezoelectric body 5 that... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080259134 - Print head laminate: A print head laminate includes a flexible glass layer between an adhesive layer and an electrical conductor.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259136 - Liquid detection device, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of detecting liquid: A liquid detection device that drives a liquid detecting portion includes a driving portion, a signal detecting portion, a high-pass filter portion, a first switch, and a control portion. The driving portion supplies a driving signal or a preliminary charging voltage to the liquid detecting portion. The signal detecting portion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080259135 - Printing material container: Ink cartridge 70 is attached to cartridge holder 62 of printing apparatus 20 by being inserted in a predetermined insertion direction R until it is touching locating member. Ink cartridge 70 includes a plurality of low voltage circuit terminals 111-113 and a plurality of high voltage circuit terminals 114, 115... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080259138 - Apparatus for regulating air pressure in ink tank and ink-supplying system having the same: The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for regulating air pressure in an ink tank (14). The apparatus includes a vacuum pump (12) configured for providing a pressure below atmospheric pressure in the ink tank. A first regulating unit (16), a second regulating unit (18), and a third regulating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080259137 - Ink supply system for a printer: An ink supply system (10) is disclosed which comprises a holder (12) for receiving an inverted ink bottle (B), an ink reservoir (22) and a flow path (14, 16) down which ink can flow from the bottle (B) to the reservoir (22). Air flows along said path from the reservoir... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080259140 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with an ink tank, a recording head, an ink passage extending from the ink tank to the recording head, and a sub-tank arranged on the ink passage. The apparatus has a first ink passage, a second ink passage, and an ultrasonic transducer. The first... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080259139 - Method of priming picolitre inkjet printhead: A method of priming an inkjet printhead having ink ejection nozzles. The method includes: providing an ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles; applying inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of the ink bag... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080259141 - Fluid cartridge for a fluid supply system: A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing having a base and a first and second chamber. A wall extends outwardly from and substantially normal to the base and is configured to separate the housing, thereby forming the first and second chambers. An air/ink exchange port is defined... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259143 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, an ink supply portion positioned at the front face of the case, an air intake portion positioned at the case, and a movable member configured to move between a first position and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080259144 - Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container, carriage for the holder, and ink jet printer: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259142 - Printing device having supply of colorant and receptive to print cartridge having self-contained supply of colorant: A printing device includes a supply of colorant and a mechanism. The mechanism is receptive to removable insertion of a first print cartridge and a second print cartridge. One of the first print cartridge and the second print cartridge can be inserted into the mechanism at any given time. The... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259145 - Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid processing method: In order to prevent, in an operation for circulating liquid, an ejection port from sucking air or the ejection port from pushing out liquid, the subtank for temporally storing ink to be supplied to the ink jet head includes the air communication passage opened or closed by the air communication... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080259146 - Ink-jet recording head and method for manufacturing ink-jet recording head: An ink-jet recording head and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a photosensitive resin layer on a support component and forming through holes in the resin layer. Since the diameters of the through hole on both sides of the photosensitive resin layer are made equal, the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080259147 - Intercalated compound: Embodiments of a metal oxide intercalated ink-jettable compound are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259148 - Handheld and/or mountable fluid-ejection device having tip-extension assembly and/or tubings: A fluid-ejection device includes a handheld and/or mountable enclosure, a removable tip having a fluid-ejection mechanism, a first fitting extending from the enclosure and receptive to placement of the removable tip thereon, and a controller situated within the enclosure to cause the removable tip to eject the fluid. The fluid-ejection... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259149 - Monolithic fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof: The invention provides a monolithic fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof. The device comprises a substrate and a structural layer disposed thereon to form a fluid chamber therebetween for storing a fluid therein. The device further comprises a liquid level control unit formed on the structural... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080259150 - Printer and ink cassette therefor: A printer to which an ink cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink cassette; and control means that acquires management... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080259151 - Tape printing apparatus: A printing apparatus that receives a supply of an image receiving medium and includes a platen arranged to feed the image receiving medium selectively in one of a forward and reverse direction. A print head arranged to print an image on the image receiving medium while the medium is fed... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080259152 - Optical disc and method of labeling the same: An optical disc has a first plate, a second plate adhered to the first plate, and an optically-activated colorant disposed between the first and second plates.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080259153 - Exposure head: Provided is an exposure head, including: an array substrate having a plurality of organic EL elements arranged in an array on one face; and a plurality of circuit chips having a circuit for driving the organic EL element, and in which the forming face of the circuit is serially arranged... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080252669 - Liquid detection unit, and liquid container using liquid detection unit: A liquid detection unit includes a unit case, a sensor, and a relay terminal. The sensor is held by the unit case. The relay terminal has a relay portion and first and second terminals that are provided on both ends of the relay portion. The second terminal is connected to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080252670 - Apparatus for facilitating ink tank/printhead replacement in an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus configured for mounting a printhead, to which at least one ink tank is removably mounted, includes a print engine configured to move the printhead carrier along a bi-direction main scan path. The printhead carrier has a printhead latch having a printhead latch release button, which when actuated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080252671 - Computerized apparatus and method for applying graphics to surfaces: A system and method for applying an image to a substrate surface are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a set of color matrix maps representing color pixel overlays forming the image, effecting a positioning of a print head array relative to the substrate surface, the print head array comprising at... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080252672 - Inkjet head driving apparatus and driving method: An inkjet head driving apparatus which drives an inkjet head for use in gradation printing which is performed to cause a capacity of each of a plurality of pressure chambers filled with ink to be changed by a drive pulse applied to an actuator, an ink drop to be emitted... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080252673 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet priting method: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus which can prevent possible stripe-like density unevenness in a joint in a print head constructed by joining a plurality of chips together even if the print head is inclined to the regular position of the print... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252674 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling same: A liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting droplets by driving heat generating elements includes an electrical current source configured to output temperature measurement current; a plurality of head chips, each having a heat generating element, a temperature sensor whose resistance value changes with temperature, a switch circuit that connects the temperature... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080252677 - Printing apparatus and conveying control method: Provided are a printing apparatus and a conveying-error controlling method capable of printing a high-quality image by correction reflecting the conveying amount of a printing medium. A provided inkjet printing apparatus prints images by printing scans for actual printing and by conveying the printing medium with a roller orthogonally to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252676 - Printing apparatus and method of acquiring correction value of conveying error: The sequence of the acquisition of a correction value of a conveying error depending on the eccentricity of the conveying roller (correction value for eccentricity) and the acquisition of a correction value of a conveying error depending on the outer diameter of the roller (correction value for outer diameter) is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252675 - Printing apparatus and the method of acquiring correction value of conveying error: While a conveying error of a roller depends on the eccentricity of the roller, the amount and the state of the eccentricity sometimes makes the roller have different conveying errors from one point in the longitudinal direction of the roller to another. There is provided a construction for obtaining a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252678 - Determining drop weight: Embodiments of determining drop weight are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252679 - Ink jet device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, method for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substrate, and use of an ink jet device: The invention provides an ink jet device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head with a nozzle designed to eject the droplet, the device further comprising at least one acoustic sensor arranged for detecting the landing of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080252680 - Hybrid electro-photographic/ink-jet press print systems and primers: Electro-photographic press print systems, methods of disposing a fluid onto a substrate in an electro-photographic press print system, and electro-photographic ink primers, are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252681 - Ink-jet ink sets: Ink-jet sets, printer systems, methods of printing, and printing materials are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252682 - Apparatus and methods for servicing 3d printers: The invention relates to apparatus and methods for producing three-dimensional objects and auxiliary systems used in conjunction with the aforementioned apparatus and methods. The apparatus and methods involve 3D printing and servicing of the equipment used in the associated 3D printer.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080252684 - Method of capping printhead assembly: A method of capping a pagewidth printhead assembly is provided. The printhead assembly has two confronting pagewidth printheads and a plurality of nozzles located along each printhead and arranged in use to deliver ink onto opposite surfaces of print media as it is transported past the printheads. In the method... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252683 - Printer having capping system for printhead assembly: A printer is provided having a printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has two confronting pagewidth printheads and a plurality of nozzles located along each printhead and arranged in use to deliver ink onto opposite surfaces of print media as it is transported past the printheads. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252685 - Web for printhead: Various embodiments of a web for a printhead are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252686 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: This invention reduces an unprinted stripe occurred by edge deviation of a printhead. An inkjet printing apparatus according to this invention can execute a first printing mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in a first region on the printing medium N times and scanning the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080252687 - Inkjet printer having printed media transport of drying length: An inkjet printer is provided having a housing, an elongate print media transport assembly mounted in the housing, a pagewidth printhead mounted in the housing so as to be located at a print media entry side of the print media transport assembly, and an air duct mounted in the housing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252688 - Printing cartridge having self-referencing printhead with large nozzle number: A printing cartridge for an inkjet printer is provided having an ink supply and a printhead assembly which has at least one printhead integrated circuit having ink ejection nozzles and an ink distribution support mounting the printhead integrated circuit(s). The ink distribution support distributes ink from the ink supply to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252689 - Liquid discharge head and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head including an energy generating element, which generates energy utilized for discharging a liquid, and a discharge portion provided at a position facing the energy generating element and having a discharge port for discharging the liquid is provided. This method includes the steps... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252690 - Micro writing and reading: In one embodiment, a printing device includes: a print engine configured to apply marking material to print media; a laser writer configured to expose the print media to a laser beam of sufficient energy to change the reflectivity of exposed portions of the print media; a media path along which... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252695 - Droplet discharge head, droplet discharge device, and discharge controlling method thereof: A droplet discharge head includes: a nozzle; a plurality of discharge chambers each of which is provided with a respective one of a plurality of vibrating plates to be displaced so as to pressurize a liquid, and formed in series in a flow channel, communicating with the nozzle, of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080252694 - Ink jet printhead with glass nozzle chambers: An ink jet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises: a silicon substrate; a CMOS layer comprising drive and control circuitry, the CMOS layer being formed on the silicon substrate; a passivation layer covering the CMOS layer; and a plurality of nozzles mounted on the passivation layer. Each nozzle comprises a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252692 - Method of bonding a micro-fluid ejection head to a support substrate: A substantially planar micro-fluid ejection device, where the micro-fluid ejection head is covalently bound to a substantially planar support material, and a method of making the same.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080252693 - Method, apparatus and printhead for continous mems ink jets: An embodiment relates generally to a method of ejecting ink. The method includes providing a continuous stream of ink from a pressurized fluid chamber and activating a drive signal to activate a micro-electrostatic mechanical system (MEMS) membrane. The method also includes stably breaking up the jet stream into uniform droplets... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080252696 - Inkjet printer having a printhead with a bi-layer thermal actuator coil: Provided is a printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead has a plurality of micro-electromechanical ejection mechanisms arranged in a wafer substrate, with each mechanism having chamber walls and a roof formed on top of said substrate to define an ink chamber. One wall of the chamber defines a slot... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252697 - Actuator device and liquid ejecting head: An actuator device includes a piezoelectric element configured to include a lower electrode provided on a surface side of a substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The lower electrode contains a precious metal. When a cross-section of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080252699 - Ink ejection printhead incorporating a connector arrangement: An ink ejection printhead includes an elongate support frame supporting ink ejection printhead modules. An end plate is mounted to an end of the support frame and defines a guide arrangement. A connector arrangement is supported by the guide arrangement and includes a body portion defining a pair of holes.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252698 - Ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head includes a element substrate; a plurality of ejection outlets, provided on the element substrate, for ejecting ink in a direction perpendicular to the element substrate; and a nozzle formation member having a plurality of ink flow paths which are in fluid communication with the ejection... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252700 - Cartridge for an inkjet printer with refill docking interface: A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including an ink storage reservoir; a printhead in communication with said ink storage reservoir; a refill port in communication with the ink storage reservoir and arranged to receive refill ink for replenishing the ink storage reservoir; and an integrated circuit assembly arranged to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252703 - Cartridge unit having magnetically capped printhead: A cartridge unit for an inkjet printer is provided which has a body portion having ink storage compartments, a pagewidth printhead configured to receive ink from the compartments and distribute the ink to nozzles arranged in use to deliver the ink onto passing print media, and a capping assembly for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252701 - Liquid container: The invention provides a liquid container for supplying liquid to a liquid consumption apparatus, and includes: a container body that is detachably attached to a container attachment unit of the liquid consumption apparatus; first and second positioning portions that prevent the movement of the container body when corresponding first and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080252702 - Liquid container: A liquid container includes a liquid containing portion, a case, a liquid detection unit, and an impact absorbing portion. The liquid containing portion contains liquid. The case forms a space that accommodates the liquid containing portion. The liquid detection unit includes a liquid introducing portion that is connected through an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080252704 - Printer with cartridge dock for rupturing seal on cartridge: An inkjet printer that has a replaceable ink cartridge with an ink storage volume and an ink outlet. The ink outlet has an outlet valve that is biased closed and opens upon installation in the printer. The cartridge also has an air bag in the ink storage volume for expanding... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252705 - Inkjet printing head and inkjet printing cartridge: An inkjet printing cartridge capable of ejecting miniaturized ink droplets in a stable manner while avoiding the complexity of the structure and control as well as suppressing the cost rise. For this purpose, the inkjet printing cartridge is formed of a material having the permeability to liquid and gas, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080252706 - Ink delivery system and a method for replacing ink: An ink delivery system having a fluid supply and a printhead assembly, separate from and in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A primary flow path is configured to facilitate the delivery of fluid from the fluid supply to the printhead assembly, and a return flow path, at least partially... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252707 - Liquid supply apparatus, liquid supply method and image forming apparatus: The liquid supply apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head which includes: a plurality of bubble generating chambers in which liquid is heated to generate ejection bubbles causing the liquid to be ejected through ejection ports; a common flow channel connected to the plurality of bubble generating chambers and storing the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080252708 - Ink set, ink cartridge set, ink jet recording method, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink set is provided which can prevent the occurrence of a new color mixing phenomenon in which a different ink comes into the insides of particular ink channels. The ink set is constituted of plurality of inks. The plurality of inks constituting the ink set is stored respectively in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252691 - Inkjet nozzle chamber holding two fluids: An inkjet nozzle chamber configured such that it holds ink and a second fluid with a lower thermal conductivity; wherein, at least part of the actuator is positioned at the interface between the ink and the second fluid. By insulating at least some of the actuator from the printhead substrate,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080252709 - Water-based heat fixing ink and heat fixing inkjet recording method:

20080252710 - Sheet conveying apparatus, printing apparatus, correction information acquiring apparatus, printing system, method of conveying sheets and method of acquiring correction information: Performed is conveying-error correction in accordance with the kind and the number of rollers that are actually involved in the conveying of a printing medium. Each of the rollers that are potentially involved in the conveying of the printing medium has a unique amount of eccentricity, and may affect the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080252711 - Methods and apparatus for image transfer: An apparatus for imprinting high quality images on non-planar surfaces, including the surfaces of various types of three-dimensional articles, such as baseball bats, formed from a number of different types of materials. In the preferred method of the invention, the non-planar surfaces of the three-dimensional articles are printed using a... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080252712 - Image forming element and fabricating method thereof, and image forming apparatus having the image forming element: An image forming element includes a drum body including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on one another in an alternate pattern, in which a portion of each of the conductive layers extends towards a cavity defined within the conductive layers to form a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080252713 - Led printer and print control method: The LED printer includes: a photosensitive drum; a resist roller for feeding a printing medium to the photosensitive drum at a first constant speed; a fixing device for discharging the printing medium from the photosensitive drum at a second constant speed; a separation type LED head arranged zigzag; and a... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080252714 - Mems device for producing a lemniscate pattern to counter zigzag effect: A MEMS device, a printer and a method of printing is presented including providing a light source producing a modulated beam of light, positioning a mirror with a reflective surface to intercept the modulated beam of light. Allowing the mirror to rotate on a single-axis hinge structure such that the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080252715 - Printer: This printer includes a print head portion having a laser application portion emitting a laser beam, for performing printing by applying the laser beam from the laser application portion in a state bringing an ink sheet and a paper into contact with each other while transporting the ink sheet in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080246787 - Ink refill unit for a print engine having a compression arrangement with actuation means operable by a controller of the print engine: Provided is an ink refill unit for a print engine. The unit includes a body assembly defining an ink ejection port at one end thereof, a compressible tank located inside said body assembly, and a compression arrangement for compressing the bellows tank. The compression arrangement includes actuation means selectively operable... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246788 - Driver device and liquid droplet ejection device: In a switch provided in a driver device and connected to a driver, a terminal and a lever is separated from each other (in the separated state) when a predetermined electric potential is not applied to a gate electrode. When a predetermined electric potential is applied to the gate electrode,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080246789 - Inkjet printer having switched firing of adjacent nozzles applying common color: A printing system includes a printhead having adjacent inkjet nozzles for dispensing a common colored ink and a controller adapted to direct firing of the adjacent inkjet nozzles so that adjacent local areas using the common colored ink are printed on a printing medium with alternate firings of the adjacent... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080246790 - Printer having controller for offset nozzles of printhead ic: A printer is provided which has a printhead integrated circuit having a row of aligned printhead nozzles and a controller for supplying data to the printhead integrated circuit. A sequential group of the nozzles at one end of the printhead integrated circuit are offset from the other nozzles of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246791 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: One or more scans used to apply a specific ink are varied according to the overlapping conditions of the specific ink and a non-specific ink, and bias in the specific ink nozzle usage frequency and bias in the printing ratio among passes is suppressed. For this purpose, one or more... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080246792 - Method and apparatus for scalable droplet ejection manufacturing: A method includes ejecting liquid having a first composition from a first droplet ejection deposition system that includes a first printhead and a first fluid source, collecting information on the behavior of the liquid under a variety of ejection conditions for the first droplet ejection deposition system, and ejecting liquid... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080246793 - Ink jet printing method and ink jet printing apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing method and ink jet printing apparatus capable of outputting a smooth monochrome photograph with indistinctive beading and conveying unevenness even in monochrome black mode for printing an image by using achromatic color inks. For this object, if... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080246794 - Printing control method, printing control apparatus, medium on which printing control program is recorded: The conventional print-controlling apparatus performs printing with CMY inks and additional inks having a lower lightness than CMY inks, which are mixed in a specific ratio when ejected from the print head, so that colors in the entire range from low to high lightness are expressed. Unfortunately, chromatic color inks... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080246795 - Liquid ejecting apparatus, liquid ejecting method, and program: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head group having a plurality of heads provided with supply ports for supplying liquid to the heads, the heads being arranged in a nozzle-array direction and ejecting the liquid therefrom to form an image; and a heating portion that heats the liquid to be... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080246796 - System for optically detecting and measuring release agent on a print drum in an ink jet printer: A system optically detects and measures release agent on a rotating image member in an ink jet printer. The system includes a collimated light source oriented to direct a collimated beam of light generated by the source towards a rotating image member, an image sensor for generating an image of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080246797 - Mobile phone with an internal printer having a print cartridge with a media drive shaft: Provided is mobile phone having an internal printer. The phone includes a print cartridge having a housing with ink bearing structures and a printhead integrated circuit, and a capper fast with the housing to operatively cap the printhead integrated circuit. The cartridge also includes a lid and cover assembly for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246798 - Printer arrangement with printhead and ink transport assembly: A printer arrangement having a printhead mounted on a carrier, the printhead connected to a printhead controller by means of encapsulated wire bonds. The arrangement also includes an ink supply manifold having a plurality of ink reservoirs for supplying the printhead with ink, and an ink transport assembly configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246799 - Printhead maintenance assembly having a capper with a constriction member: Provided is a printhead maintenance assembly having an ink manifold with a printhead, the manifold operatively supplying the printhead with ink, and a capper arrangement. The capper arrangement includes a capper operatively fitted to the manifold over the printhead, the capper defining a capper chamber with a constriction member splitting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246800 - Printhead maintenance assembly incorporating a dabbing device: A printhead maintenance assembly having an ink manifold with a printhead, the manifold operatively supplying the printhead with ink. The assembly also includes a capper arrangement having a capper operatively fitted to the manifold over the printhead, the capper defining a capper chamber with a constriction member splitting said chamber... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246801 - Operating mechanism for an inkjet printer: A printer system includes a print head assembly that ejects a printing solution from a fixed position during a print period and a conveying mechanism operable to convey an operations assembly. The operations assembly executes servicing functions on the print head assembly during a non-print period. Furthermore, the print head... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080246802 - Printhead maintenance station incorporating a dabbing device: Provided is a printhead maintenance station for a pagewidth printer. The maintenance station includes a capper having an open-ended capping chamber with a perimeter gasket for operatively engaging with a printhead of the printer to form a protective seal around the printhead. The station also includes an engagement mechanism configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246803 - Electrostatic aerosol control: In one embodiment, an aerosol trap for an inkjet printer includes a conductor at least partially surrounding ink ejection nozzles such that, when the conductor is charged, aerosol generated when ink is ejected from the nozzles is contained by the conductor, and a source of electric power operatively connected to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080246804 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head which does not stop a printing action even if mist of ink adheres onto the orifice plate, particularly between ejection port arrays, and suppresses deposition of continuously-adhered mist of ink. On the printing head part, there is formed a recovery hole which communicates with the common... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080246805 - Ink jet device and method of manufacturing the same: An ink jet device including a plurality of ink channels that are arranged side by side and are covered by a flexible sheet, and a corresponding number of actuators are arranged to exert an actuating force onto the sheet through a bump that has a trapezoidal cross-sectional configuration wherein the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080246806 - Method of producing an elastic plate member for a liquid jet head: A method for producing an elastic plate for a liquid jet head, which includes etching a rolled metal plate based on a rolling direction of the rolled metal plate, to form an etched portion and a non-etched portion on the rolled metal plate. The thickness of the etched portion is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080246807 - Printhead having nozzle arrangements with sealing structures: The present invention relates a printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead has a plurality of nozzle arrangements, with each arrangement having a substrate defining an ink inlet channel leading to a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel and an ink ejection port through which ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246809 - Ink ejection printhead incorporating a bridged connector arrangement: An ink ejection printhead includes an elongate support frame. The support frame supports ink ejection printhead modules. An end plate is mounted to an end of the support frame and defines two guide recesses. A connector arrangement is received in the guide recesses and includes a body portion interconnected to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246808 - Printhead assembly having a plurality of modular printhead tiles: A printhead assembly includes a support. A plurality of modular printhead tiles is arranged on the support and the support has a retaining mechanism to retain the modular tiles in position. A plurality of elongate printhead integrated circuits is arranged on respective tiles. Each printhead integrated circuit has a plurality... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246810 - Ink jet recording head, and method for manufacturing ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head including a recording element substrate having an ejection outlet for ejecting ink; an electric wiring member connected to the recording element substrate at an electrical connecting portion to supply electric power to the recording element substrate, the electric wiring member including an array of leads;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080246811 - Modular inkjet printhead assembly: Provided is a printhead assembly including a printhead module having a plurality of modular printhead tiles with each tile having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for operatively printing on a printing medium. The printhead assembly also includes a ducting assembly having a laminated stack of layers, each layer of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246812 - Printer assembly for a pagewidth printer having a support frame configured to minimize substantial dimensional changes: Provided is printer assembly for a pagewidth printer, said assembly having a support frame for supporting a printhead arrangement. The support frame includes an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion separated by an internal cavity, as well as a lower arm portion and an upper wall fast with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246813 - Ink jet print head: An ink jet print head is provided which, during a suction-based recovery operation, can effectively remove air bubbles from the common ink path by producing an ink flow in the common ink path. In each of a plurality of bubble forming chambers where an element is installed to generate a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080246814 - Inkjet printhead with nozzle arrangements having coated heater elements: Provided is an inkjet printhead having an array of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes side walls located on a wafer substrate with a roof layer deposited on said walls to define an ink chamber. The roof layer defines a nozzle aperture and an inlet is defined in the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246815 - Nozzle assembly for a printhead arrangement with gutter formations to prevent nozzle contamination: A printhead arrangement for a printer, the arrangement having a plurality of nozzle assemblies formed on a wafer substrate by means of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) techniques. Each assembly includes an ink chamber with at least one ink supply channel etched into the substrate, and a heater element suspended in the ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246816 - Coated electrodes for a drop-on-demand printer: A drop on demand printer is provided having: an ink ejection location for ejecting ink droplets, the ejection location having an associated ejection electrode for causing electrostatic ejection of the droplets from the ejection location; an intermediate electrode spaced from the ejection location, and in use disposed between the ejection... Agent: John P. De Luca

20080246818 - Inkjet printhead with two-part body structure containing heater elements: An inkjet printhead includes a “first part” wafer assembly. The wafer assembly defines an elongate ink supply channel and an ink inlet extending from the ink supply channel. A “second part” chamber roof layer is supported by the wafer assembly. The chamber roof layer defines an elongate ink conduit in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246817 - Nozzle arrangement with control logic architecture for an ink jet printhead: A nozzle arrangement for a pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly includes a substrate that defines an ink supply channel. Walls define an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the fluid chamber and having an ink spreading prevention rim.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246819 - Inkjet printhead nozzle incorporating movable roof structures: A printhead is provided for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a plurality of nozzle arrangements arranged in staggered rows. Each nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel. A static nozzle chamber wall extends from the substrate assembly and surrounds the ink inlet channel. A movable... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246820 - Inkjet printhead nozzle with a patterned surface: A nozzle is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle includes a wafer assembly defining an ink supply channel. A chamber roof layer is supported by the wafer assembly. The chamber roof layer defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and a nozzle aperture through... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246821 - Ink jet write head: The invention relates to an ink jet write head which comprises a pressurized ink compartment (2), at least one ink nozzle (5), obturated by a movable valve body (6), and a piezoelectric valve actuation element (10). Said element drives the valve body (6) to perform lifting movements and is electrically... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080246822 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles is formed; and a vibration generating mechanism which is arranged at a position away from a recording medium in a moving direction of a recording head, and which intermittently sucks or blows... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080246823 - Inkjet printing apparatus with a priming device: An inkjet printing apparatus comprises at least one printhead which comprises at least one ink chamber and a plurality of nozzles, at least one ink container remote from the printhead, an ink delivery system comprising a source of gas under pressure operable to supply ink from said remote ink container... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080246824 - Modular pagewidth printhead assembly having a fluid distribution assembly with elastomeric pads for taking up tolerance: A modular pagewidth printhead assembly includes a plurality of printhead modules, a fluid delivery structure and a flexible printed circuit board. Each printhead module includes a printhead integrated circuit with a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements, and a fluid distribution assembly of liquid crystal polymer micromoldings defining a plurality of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246825 - Fluid container, remanufacturing method of fluid container, and sealing method of fluid container: A method for sealing a bore formed in a cover film is disclosed. An ink inlet hole formed in an ink cartridge is covered at a hole covering area of the cover film. The method includes formation of a recess outside the hole covering area by removing a portion of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080246826 - Image forming apparatus capable of allowing easy maintenance: An image forming apparatus includes a door which is disposed on a rear surface of the image forming apparatus that allows a portion of the rear side thereof to open. The image forming apparatus further includes an image forming unit. The door is disposed at a position accessible to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080246827 - Modular pen-shaped imaging and printing assembly having a timer module: Provided is a modular pen-shaped imaging and printing assembly, the assembly having imaging and printing modules operatively linked via a serial bus interface through male and female connectors of each module. The assembly includes a timer module having a chassis molding, an LCD mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB)... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080246828 - Ion generating device and image forming apparatus including same: An ion generating device provided in an image forming apparatus of the present invention as a charging device for charging before a first transfer, a charging device for charging before a second transfer, or a charge device for charging an electrostatic latent image is arranged such that a discharge electrode... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080246829 - Heating unit, erasing device, and information erasing and recording apparatus: A heating unit is disclosed that heats a heat-sensitive medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating body that converts electric energy into heat energy; a fixed member to which the heat generating body is fixed; and a holding member that directly holds the fixed member while contacting at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238957 - Functional liquid supplying apparatus, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus: Provided herein is a functional liquid supplying apparatus including sub-tanks which supply functional liquid through head-side channels to inkjet functional liquid droplet ejection heads, a main tank which supplies the functional liquid to the sub-tanks by applying a pressure, a functional liquid channel including a main channel connected to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080238956 - Liquid detection device, liquid container using the same, and method of producing liquid detection device: A liquid detection device includes a casing main body in which a passage is formed and exposed in an opening, a sensor base that is disposed to face the passage of the casing main body, a sensor chip provided on the sensor base, a film that seals the opening in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080238958 - Carriage, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus: l

20080238959 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus improves the operating efficiency while preventing trouble due to the contact of a recording medium with a discharging surface of a recording head. A distance sensor for detecting the distance of the leading edge of a sheet from a conveying surface is provided upstream from the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080238961 - Inkjet recording device: An inkjet recording device according to an aspect of the invention comprises: an ejection head configured to eject ink on a recording medium; a conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium on a conveying path, the conveying path including a first conveying path positioned where the ejection head forms... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238962 - Method of priming pagewidth inkjet printhead: A method of priming an inkjet printhead having ink ejection nozzles. The method includes: providing an ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles; applying inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of the ink bag... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080238960 - Print method, print apparatus, and recording medium driving apparatus: A print method that prints visible information by ejecting ink droplets from a print head onto a printed object rotated by a rotational driving unit is provided. The print method includes the steps of: carrying out impact position correction that corrects displacements in impact positions of the ink droplets to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080238964 - Drive signal generating apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus, and drive signal generating method: A drive signal generating apparatus is provided with an analog signal converting section, a current amplification section, and a power source generating section. The analog signal converting section converts digital data to an analog signal. The current amplification section is provided with a current amplification transistor and generates a drive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080238963 - Driving device for recording head, image recording apparatus, and driving method for recording head: The driving device of a recording head having a recording element, the driving device includes: a power supply device which supplies voltage to be applied to the recording element; an output circuit block which converts the voltage supplied from the power supply device into a drive voltage having a prescribed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238965 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which are capable of stabilizing the amount of ink ejection and of printing a high-definition image by selecting a driving condition with heat conductivity of an electrothermal converter being taken into consideration. The heat conductivity... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080238966 - Inkjet recording device and controller, control program, and control method for inkjet recording device: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A high-quality image can be formed by controlling nozzles (35b, 35c) ejecting an ink droplet landing at a position where the pitch of adjacent landing droplets is larger than a predetermined pitch such that the area of a landing droplet formed by the nozzles (35c) is... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080238967 - Print head pulsing techniques for multicolor printers: In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into segments, each of which is... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080238969 - Element substrate for recording head, recording head, head cartridge, and recording apparatus: An element substrate for a recording head includes groups of heating resistors that are disposed next to one another in each group; logic circuits configured to time-divisionally drive the heating resistors in units of one block; a heat enable signal line common to the groups of heating resisters, the heat... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080238970 - Image recording apparatus and power shutoff process method for use therein: A recovery mechanism comprises a recovery unit for performing a recovery process for recovering from clogging or contamination by ink in the nozzle array constituted by a plurality of nozzles. A conveyance mechanism supports and conveys, downstream, a recording medium that is conveyed from the upstream area of a conveyance... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080238968 - Method and apparatus for ejecting ink droplets onto a substrate: An ink mixed with spacer members is ejected onto one or both of a TFT substrate and a CF substrate while an in jet head having a plurality of ink jet nozzles is moved. The excursions of a predetermined number of ink jet nozzles from an end of the ink-jet... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080238974 - Droplet ejection device: A droplet ejection device includes: an ejection head having an actuator and a nozzle; an interface configured to receive data; and a controller configured to (a) execute, based on the received data, ejection control in which liquid droplets having respective different volumes are selectively ejected from the nozzle to a... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080238973 - Liquid droplet deposition method and liquid droplet deposition apparatus: where CX is the X-th target position, CX+1 is the (X+1)-th target position, L(CX, CX+1) is a distance between CX and CX+1, rX is a radius of the solvent of the X-th droplet on the recording medium at a time of depositing the (X+1)-th droplet on the recording medium, r_maxX+1... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238972 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a plurality of transport belts, upstream and downstream liquid ejecting units that include a plurality of liquid ejecting heads which are arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the direction that the printing medium is transported through the apparatus, a maintenance unit... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080238971 - Method of selecting objects to be printed for a hand-held printer: Methods for selecting elements of information displayed on a computer screen for printing by a hand-held printer that preferably incorporates the capability of a computer mouse to more efficiently capture and print such information thereby minimizing the time and effort required for printing such information.... Agent: Neill R. Kahle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080238975 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus of the present invention records an image on a recording medium by having ink landed on the recording medium. The apparatus includes ink-jet heads, a dot position memory unit, an image data memory unit, a print data generating unit and a head controller. The dot position... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238977 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head that records an image on a recording medium, and a conveyor having an adhesive area and a charged area, that is charged by a charging unit. The adhesive area and the charged area are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080238978 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus capable of forming an image on a recording medium is provided. The printing apparatus includes a recording head to eject ink onto the recording medium, a recording head controller to control movement of the recording head according to printing data, which represents the image to be formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080238976 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus is provided including: a recording medium setting portion on which a plural recording media are set in a stacked state; a feed roller that feeds a recording medium set on the recording medium setting portion in a feeding direction; a recording medium return lever that returns a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080238980 - Liquid circulation apparatus, image forming apparatus and liquid circulation method: A liquid circulation apparatus includes: a plurality of liquid ejection elements each of which includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle and accommodates liquid, and a piezoelectric element which displaces a wall of the pressure chamber to eject the liquid in the pressure chamber through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238979 - Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus is provided. The liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid storage container for storing a liquid therein; a carriage configured to reciprocate; an ejecting head mounted on the carriage and configured to eject liquid droplets; a liquid tank which is mounted on the carriage and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238981 - Printhead maintenance station with a pad mounted on a pad support and having an engagement mechanism: Provided is a printhead maintenance station which includes a body defining an elongate slot along a length thereof, and a pad mounted on a pad support inside said body. The pad support is slidably engaged to said housing to be slidable to a first position, where the pad protrudes from... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080238982 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording head having a nozzle configured to eject a liquid drop of recording liquid so as to form an image on the recording-medium with a liquid drop ejected from the nozzle of the recording head; a conveyer configured to electrostatically hold and convey a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080238983 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a carriage comprising a recording head that ejects a liquid toward a recording medium, the carriage configured to reciprocate along a travel path in a widthwise direction of the recording medium; a receiving unit disposed in a position opposed... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080238984 - Inkjet recording apparatus and method: The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a liquid set which includes a plurality of first liquids and a second liquid, the first liquids each containing solvent-insoluble materials, the second liquid causing the solvent-insoluble materials to form aggregate; a liquid ejection device which ejects the first liquids and the second liquid from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238986 - Pagewidth printer with a printhead maintenance station having a capping chamber with inlet and a vacuum channels: Provided is a printhead maintenance station for a pagewidth printer. The maintenance station includes a capper having an open-ended capping chamber with a perimeter gasket for operatively engaging with a printhead of the printer to form a protective seal around the printhead. The maintenance station also includes an engagement mechanism... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080238985 - Printhead maintenance station for a pagewidth printer having an air supply and vacuum assembly for purging excess ink from the printhead: Provided is a printhead maintenance station for a pagewidth printer. The maintenance station includes a capper having an open-ended capping chamber with a perimeter gasket for operatively engaging with a printhead of the printer to form a protective seal around the printhead. Also included is an engagement mechanism configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080238987 - Inkjet recording device: An inkjet recording device one aspect of the invention comprises: a plurality of inkjet heads each having an ink ejection surface; a frame that has a plurality of holes formed therein and supports the plurality of inkjet heads such that the plurality of ink ejection surfaces are respectively exposed from... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238989 - Liquid discharging device: A liquid discharging device includes a line head having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging liquid, the discharge ports being arranged substantially in lines in a discharge surface; a head cap facing the line head, for closing the discharge ports; and a lift mechanism for lifting or lowering the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080238988 - Liquid jetting apparatus and head cartridge: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a first liquid jetting head which has a plurality of first nozzles, a head holder to which a first liquid jetting head is fixed, a liquid cartridge which is detachably mounted on the head holder, and which supplies the first liquid jetting head with a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238990 - Cleaning apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection surface cleaning method: A cleaning apparatus which cleans a liquid ejection surface of a liquid ejection head, has: a liquid storage chamber which stores a first liquid; a vibrating device which converts the first liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber into fine particles of the first liquid; a fine liquid particle outlet... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238991 - Printhead assembly with a printhead, a wicking element and a pad to facilitate the transferral of ink from the printhead to the wicking element.: Provided is a printhead assembly including a support structure, and a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face. The assembly also includes a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing, and a wicking element mounted... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080238994 - Image forming devices: An image forming device includes a recording head including a nozzle face, in which the recording head is configured to dispense ink onto a recording medium to form an image thereon. The device also includes a supporting member which faces the nozzle face and is configured to support the recording... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080238993 - Printhead spittoon: A printing system includes a printhead; a print drum for transporting print media in the printing system including to the printhead; and a spittoon disposed on the print drum for receiving ink from a spitting operation of the printhead. A method of performing a spitting operation for a printhead includes... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080238992 - Printing device: Embodiments of a biodegradable absorbent material in a permeable membrane are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080238995 - Hybrid printing device: A hybrid printer adapted to print onto roll-based print media and rigid print media is presented. The printer comprises a print head that is movable along at least one substantially horizontal scan axis; and drive means adapted to drive lifting means. The lifting means are arranged to cause the scan... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080238996 - Printer-plotter and method for printing and cutting: A printer-plotter includes first and second heads which are supported by a guide rail and are movable along a longitudinal direction of the guide rail, independently. A driving member is supported by the guide rail and configured to move along the longitudinal direction between the first head and the second... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080238997 - Highly integrated wafer bonded mems devices with release-free membrane manufacture for high density print heads: A method of fabricating a MEMS inkjet type print head and the resulting device is disclosed. The method includes providing a driver component and separately providing an actuatable membrane component, the actuatable membrane component being formed in the absence of an acid etch removing a sacrificial layer. The separately provided... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080238998 - Active-energy ray curable ink-jet recording apparatus: An active-energy ray curable ink-jet recording apparatus includes: an active-energy ray irradiation source; a plurality of full-line ink-jet heads which eject a liquid functional material that is curable by an active-energy ray, onto a recording medium which is scanned and transported; and a head controller for controlling the heads to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238999 - Media web printer with a pre-heating platen and cutter module: Provided is a wallpaper printer having a cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a feed system defining a media path through the cabinet, the feed system having pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper from the cartridges past a pagewidth printhead for printing.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239000 - Nozzle plate, ink ejection head, and image forming apparatus: A nozzle plate includes: a plate substrate in which a nozzle is formed, ink being ejected through an ejection port of the nozzle in the plate substrate; and a p-type doped layer which forms a whole perimeter of an edge portion defining an inner perimeter of the ejection port of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080239001 - Liquid ejection apparatus: In a liquid ejection apparatus, common liquid chambers adjacent to each other and connection passages extending from the adjacent common liquid chambers are separated by a partition wall. The partition wall has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface. The first side surface... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080239002 - Cast-in place ink feed structure using encapsulant: A method of forming an enclosed fluid path in a print head includes providing a die member and a truncated nozzle plate spaced from the upper surface of the die member. The die and nozzle plate are formed on a print head substrate having an aperture formed therein. A sacrificial... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080239003 - Pagewidth printhead assembly having a plurality of printhead modules each with a stack of ink distribution layers: Provided is a pagewidth printhead assembly having a plurality of printhead modules. Each of these modules includes a printhead integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles, and an ink distribution assembly formed from a stack of ink distribution layers. Each layer defines apertures therein at predetermined locations,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239004 - Ink jet print head and method of manufacturing ink jet print head: An ink jet print head is provided which allows an ejection opening-formed surface to be cleaned well and can improve a precision with which ejected ink lands on a print medium. For this purpose, conductive layers of a conductive material are formed on the support substrate and planarized. The liquid... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080239005 - Inkjet printhead nozzle assembly having a raised rim to support an ink meniscus: Provided is a nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle assembly includes a substrate defining a nozzle chamber and an ink inlet channel leading to said chamber. The nozzle assembly also includes a nozzle defined on the substrate and located over the nozzle chamber, said nozzle having a crown... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239006 - Droplet ejection head, droplet ejection device, and method of forming electrode substrate: A droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle substrate provided with a plurality of nozzle holes for ejecting a droplet; a cavity substrate provided with a plurality of ejection cavities each having a diaphragm as a bottom wall functioning as an electrode; and an electrode substrate including: a plurality of individual... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080239008 - Pagewidth inkjet printhead with ink ejection devices having a series of protrusions to facilitate ink ejection: Provided is a pagewidth inkjet printhead which has a plurality of ink ejection devices. Each of these devices includes a substrate defining a fluid chamber having a fluid outlet nozzle and a fluid supply channel respectively defined in opposite walls of the chamber. The chamber also defines chamber wall edge... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239007 - Print head: The present invention provides a print head that allows the characteristics of ejected ink to be adjusted for each ejection port in spite of a variation in the distance from an ink supply port to the heating element. In the print head according to the present invention, the area of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080239009 - Inkjet printhead having mems sensors for directionally heated ink ejection: An inkjet printhead is provided having nozzles, bubble forming chambers containing ejectable ink, generally planar heater elements each bonded on one side to an associated chamber so that the other side faces into the chamber, a MEMS fluid sensor having a MEMS sensing element for detecting the presence or otherwise... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239010 - Head module, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus: A head module includes lines of head chips, each head chip having energy-generating elements for discharging liquid and electrodes for electrically connecting the energy-generating elements to a control substrate, and a wiring board having wires for electrically connecting the electrodes to the control substrate. The head module drives the energy-generating... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080239011 - Ink jet recording head and liquid jetting method: A liquid recording head includes thermal energy generating means, having a flat plate configuration, for generating a bubble by thermal energy; a pressure chamber in which said thermal energy generating means is provided; a flow path for introducing liquid into said pressure chamber; a supply port in fluid communication with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080239012 - Inkjet printer with a pagewidth printhead having nozzle arrangements with an actuating arm having particular dimension proportions: An inkjet printer has a pagewidth printhead with a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes a substrate with an inlet channel etched therethrough, and nozzle chamber walls and a roof to define an ink chamber, with an ink ejection port defined in the roof inline with the inlet... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239014 - Liquid discharging head and liquid discharging apparatus: A liquid discharging head includes a head chip including a plurality of energy generating elements configured to discharge liquid and liquid chambers provided around the corresponding energy generating elements, and a common passage member configured to define a common passage communicating with all the liquid chambers in the head chip.... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080239013 - Liquid discharging head, liquid discharging apparatus, and bubble removing method for the liquid discharging apparatus: A liquid discharging head includes a head chip including a plurality of energy generating elements configured to discharge liquid, and liquid chambers provided around the energy generating elements, and a common passage member configured to define a common passage communicating with all the liquid chambers. Liquid is discharged from the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080239015 - Hybrid manifold for an ink jet printhead: A print head has an array of jets to dispense ink onto a printing surface, an array of actuators to cause the jets to dispense ink and an ink manifold to route ink to the array of jets, the ink manifold being formed of at least one polymer layers. A... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080239016 - Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus: A liquid discharge head is provided, which includes a piezoelectric element for which the polarization characteristic can be recovered without having to apply an electrical field in a direction opposite to that in which an electrical field is to be applied during driving. A piezoelectric element provided for a liquid... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080239017 - Liquid ejecting head and method for manufacturing the same: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel substrate having a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture through which liquid is ejected, and a piezoelectric element disposed on one surface of the flow channel substrate. The piezoelectric element includes a common electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an individual... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080239019 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow passage unit, a vibrator unit, a case and a reinforcing plate. The flow passage unit includes a liquid flow passage and a diaphragm portion. The liquid flow passage includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening. The diaphragm portion is formed... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080239021 - Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing the same: A liquid ejection head includes a passage member in which individual liquid passages are formed, diaphragms fixed to a plane of the passage member, piezoelectric layers formed on the diaphragms, individual electrodes formed on the respective piezoelectric layers, lands electrically connected to the respective individual electrodes. The lands have their... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239018 - Liquid transport apparatus and method for producing liquid transport apparatus: A method for producing a liquid transport apparatus comprises positioning and joining a vibration plate formed with recesses and a flow passage unit formed with pressure chambers, detecting a positional deviation amount of the recess from a reference position in a predetermined direction, and forming an electrode having a length... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239020 - Piezoelectric actuator and liquid transport apparatus provided with piezoelectric actuator: A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibration plate which is joined to a flow passage unit to cover a pressure chamber formed in the flow passage unit, a piezoelectric layer arranged on the vibration plate, a first electrode arranged on the piezoelectric layer to face the pressure chamber, a second electrode... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239023 - Liquid ejecting head: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow passage unit, a vibrator unit, a case unit, and a common base substrate. The flow passage unit includes a liquid flow passage and a diaphragm portion. The liquid flow passage at least includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening. The... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080239024 - Method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator, method for manufacturing liquid transporting apparatus, piezoelectric actuator, and liquid transporting apparatus: A method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator which includes a piezoelectric layer formed of a piezoelectric ceramics material and having a drive area, a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on both surfaces of the piezoelectric material layer respectively each at portion corresponding to the drive area, and a ceramics... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239022 - Self aligned port hole opening process for ink jet print heads: In accordance with the invention, there are jet stacks, ink jet print heads, and methods of making jet stacks and ink jet print heads. The method of making an ink jet print head can include providing a partial jet stack including a diaphragm, a plurality of port holes, and having... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080239025 - Micromachined fluid ejector array: This invention relates to a micromachined fluid ejector array having a fluid reservoir bounded at one side by an elastic membrane having scalable arrays of orifices arranged between concentric piezoelectric transducers, and at another side by a top cover supported by surrounding walls. By actuating neighboring concentric piezoelectric transducers, the... Agent: Yunlong Wang

20080239030 - Cradle unit for receiving a print cartridge to form a print engine: Provided is a cradle unit for receiving a print cartridge to form a print engine. The cradle unit includes a main body defining an opening for receiving said cartridge, the main body having a frame structure including end plates with drive and exit rollers mounted therebetween. The cradle unit also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080239027 - Droplet jetting applicator and method for manufacturing coated body: Provided is a droplet jetting applicator including: a droplet jetting head configured to jet liquid supplied from a liquid storage unit; a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid from the liquid storage unit to the droplet jetting head through a liquid supply channel; a first buffer liquid reservoir... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080239029 - Functional liquid supply apparatus, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus and electronic apparatus: Provided herein is a functional liquid supply apparatus having: a plurality of sub tanks, a tank unit which replenishes the functional liquid to the plurality of sub tanks, an upstream side functional liquid channel of which an upstream side thereof is connected to the tank unit and a downstream side... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080239028 - Liquid-drop ejecting apparatus and liquid cartridge: A liquid-drop ejecting apparatus comprises: a liquid-drop ejection head; a first tank; a second tank; and a negative pressure generation unit. The first tank includes: a liquid storage chamber for storing therein a liquid to be supplied to the liquid-drop ejection head; a gas chamber formed above the liquid storage... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239026 - Printhead carrier with latching devices: An imaging apparatus configured for mounting an ink supply cartridge includes a guide frame defining a main scan direction. A printhead carrier for mounting the ink supply cartridge is coupled to the guide frame. The printhead carrier includes a housing cradle. A first latch device is pivotably coupled at a... Agent: Neill R. Kahle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080239035 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a case including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, in which the case has an ink chamber defined therein, and the ink chamber is configured to store ink. The ink cartridge also includes an extension portion extending from the from the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239037 - Ink tank and method for manufacturing the same: An ink tank includes an ink containing chamber configured to directly contain ink, a supply port configured to supply the ink from the ink containing chamber to a recording head, a capillary member disposed in the supply port to hold the ink, and a sealing member configured to cover the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080239031 - Ink tank venting: An inkjet cartridge comprising an ink container including a venting structure comprising an orifice through a wall of the ink container in direct communication with a meniscus baffle extending into the interior of the ink container. The instant invention also includes an inkjet cartridge lid comprising a lid structure including... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080239034 - Liquid cartridge: A liquid cartridge mountable on a liquid droplet ejection device, includes a liquid chamber configured to store a liquid therein, and a pump unit configured to generate a pressure for the liquid stored in the liquid chamber to be supplied to the liquid droplet ejection device. The pump unit includes... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239039 - Liquid container: A second sealing film F2 is thermally bonded onto a leading end portion R1 of an ink lead-out member 32b of an ink pack and an annular projecting portion R2 provided on an ink casing 31. Thereby, a gap D produced between the ink lead-out member 32b and the ink... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080239033 - Liquid containers: A liquid container includes a case, a translucent portion, an ink supply portion, and a movable member. The case defines a liquid chamber which is configured to store a predetermined amount of liquid. The translucent portion extends away from the liquid chamber in a predetermined direction, and has an inner... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239038 - Liquid storage container and liquid storage body-receiving mamber: A liquid storage container is provided which is configured to be detachable from a liquid ejecting apparatus. The storage container includes a liquid storage body having a liquid storage portion for storing liquid therein, a liquid storage body-receiving member configured as a separate body from the liquid storage body and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080239032 - Membrane divided foam for use in an ink jet cartridge: Embodiment of the invention provide an ink jet cartridge for an ink jet printing device. In one embodiment, an ink jet cartridge can include a cartridge body operable to store ink jet printer ink for dispensing from the cartridge. The cartridge can further include at least one dispensing outlet operable... Agent: Neill R. Kahle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080239036 - Storage device for storing liquid container and liquid container for use with the same: A storage device includes a case configured to mount a liquid container. The storage device includes: a lever configured to move among a first position, a second position, and a third position between the first position and the second position; a first member movable between a protruding position to restrict... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239040 - Liquid-drop ejecting apparatus and liquid cartridge: A liquid-drop ejecting apparatus comprises: a liquid-drop ejection head, a first tank, a second tank and a negative pressure generation unit. The first tank includes: a liquid storage chamber for storing therein a liquid to be supplied to the liquid-drop ejection head; a gas chamber formed therein; a communication hole... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239041 - Liquid supply apparatus and liquid disharge apparatus: Inks are supplied from ink inflow flow passages to ink storage chambers in a subtank. The inks are further supplied from the ink storage chambers via ink outflow flow passages to a head. The ink storage chambers are stacked in the vertical direction, with upper surfaces or lower surfaces thereof... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239042 - Process and apparatus for the printing of panel-shaped workpieces: The invention discloses a process for printing of panel-shaped workpieces, in particular in the region of an edge, in which a section of a panel-shaped workpiece to be printed is subjected first of all to one or a plurality of pre-treatment stages which are selected from a) pre-cleaning, b) degreasing,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080239043 - Active-energy ray curable ink-jet recording apparatus: An active-energy ray curable ink-jet recording apparatus includes: an active-energy ray irradiation source; a plurality of full-line ink-jet heads which eject a liquid functional material that is curable by an active-energy ray, onto a recording medium which is scanned and transported; and a head controller for controlling the heads to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080239045 - Ink set for inkjet recording and inkjet recording method: In Formula (I) above, X denotes O, S, or NR, n denotes 0 or 1, R denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an acyl group, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 independently denote a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent. There is also provided... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080239044 - Uv curable ink-jet recording apparatus: A UV curable ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a recording medium transporting unit; an ink-jet head; and a UV irradiating unit, wherein the apparatus includes a light capturing portion between the UV irradiating unit and the ink-jet head, at least a part of the light capturing portion as seen in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080239048 - Device and method for imprinting a three-dimensional article: The invention relates to a device for imprinting a three-dimensional article, in particular a container and/or workpiece, comprising a printing means, in particular an ink-jet printing means, for imprinting a surface of the three-dimensional article, and a conveyor means for bringing about a relative movement between the printing means and... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080239047 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including a feeding device feeding a recording medium in a first direction along a first path, a recording portion disposed in the first path and located between an upstream and a downstream connecting portion of the first path to record an image on the medium, a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239049 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head that records an image on a record medium, a first and a second rollers respectively having rotation shafts parallel to each other, and an endless conveyor belt which is looped around the first and second rollers, and which has an external surface... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239051 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head that records an image on a recording medium. A conveyor supports the recording medium on an outer surface thereof so as to convey the recording medium in a conveying direction, and has an attachment region and a non-attachment region on its outer... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080239053 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head, first and second rollers, an endless conveyor belt wound around the first and second rollers to convey a recording medium from the first to the second roller, a first adsorber giving adsorptivity for the recording medium toward an outer surface of the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239046 - Image recording devices: An image recording device includes a conveying roller which extends in an axial direction, and a guide member which extends in the axial direction and is configured to guide a recording medium toward the conveying roller. The guide member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239050 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a plurality of inkjet heads each including an ink ejection surface and a plurality of nozzles formed within a predetermined area of the ink ejection surface; a pair of belt rollers; and a conveyor belt whose size in an axial direction... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080239054 - Printer: A printer includes a transporting belt, a liquid ejecting head, and a negative pressure generator. The transporting belt transports a printing medium while electrostatically attracting the printing medium. The liquid ejecting head ejects liquid droplets onto the printing medium transported by the transporting belt and thereby performs printing. The negative... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080239052 - Recording-medium-residual-quantity detecting device, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus: A recording-medium-residual-quantity detecting device includes a first rotation-quantity detecting unit that detects a rotation quantity of a roll in which a recording medium is wound. A second rotation-quantity detecting unit detects a rotation quantity of a transportation roller that transports the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080239055 - Production spring striper: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for applying markings, particularly to springs, that are clean (ink in self contained storage units), allows quick color changes and reduces wasted ink or paint. An application means that does not dry out during short down time periods, keeps up with production... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080239056 - Semiconductor device, print head and image forming apparatus: A semiconductor device, a print head comprising the semiconductor device and an image forming apparatus comprising the print head are supplied which are able to reduce cost through miniaturizing element size and minishing chip area. The semiconductor device comprises a plurality of light emitting elements; and a shift register circuit... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080239057 - Method and apparatus for marking a document: An apparatus for marking a document includes a housing configured to be handheld having a display. The housing has an input element in communication with the display through which information to be marked on the document is entered and which appears on the display. The housing has a clock which... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Attorney At Law

20080239058 - Thermal printhead: A thermal printhead (A1) includes a substrate (1) and a plurality of heat-producing resistance sections (30) provided on the substrate (1). The heat-producing resistance sections (30) melt ink of an ink ribbon, which is transferred together with a recording sheet, to transfer the ink onto the recording sheet. An inequality... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080239059 - Thermal printer: A thermal printer includes a heat sink in which a latent-heat-type heat storage sheet in which a plurality of heat storage materials are added to a base material is attached to a thermal conduction plate. The thermal conduction plate provided in contact with the thermal head. Each of the heat... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080239060 - Image forming apparatus and laser scanning unit and polygon mirror thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a laser scanning unit to scan a beam across the photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor, a developing unit to apply a developer to the photoconductor having the electrostatic latent image formed thereon to form a visible image on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP