Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 11/08

20080291227 - Ink remainder detecting module for ink jet apparatus, ink container with same and ink jet apparatus: An ink remaining amount detection module, mountable to an ink container, for detection of an ink remaining amount in an ink container for ink jet recording, the ink remaining amount detection module, includes a support substrate; at least one detection electrode provided on one side of the support substrate; and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291230 - Image forming apparatus having a missing nozzle detection unit: An image forming apparatus including an image printing unit formed above a printing path along which an image is formed on a print medium. The printing unit has an array inkjet printhead with a length corresponding to the width of a print medium and includes a plurality of nozzles to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080291229 - Liquid material arrangement method, color filter manufacturing method, and organic el display device manufacturing method: A liquid material arrangement method includes performing a first pattern generating step, a dot deleting step, and a liquid material arranging step. The first pattern generating step includes generating a first dot pattern in which a first prescribed number of dots is set according to the prescribed region. The dot... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080291228 - Methods and apparatus for inkjet printing with multiple rows of print heads: According to the present invention, multiple rows of nozzles within a print head may be arranged proximal to and offset from each other to facilitate inkjet printing. Print heads may comprise a single row of nozzles or may comprise a plurality of rows of nozzles. Each row of nozzles may... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080291231 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus, includes an image forming unit, a driver having a driving unit as a driving source of the image forming unit, a detector which detects driving information of the driving unit, and a controller which controls the driver to operate with a delay time corresponding to a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080291232 - Image forming apparatus and manufacturing system for production of ejection head: An image forming apparatus having a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets and a plurality of piezoelectric elements for generating a pressure for discharging droplets in respective nozzles. The image forming apparatus includes a polarization adjustment unit that performs a polarization adjustment in parallel for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291233 - Test circuitry for a printhead nozzle arrangement: Provided is test circuitry for testing a thermal actuator of a printhead nozzle arrangement of a printhead. The circuitry includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input and a row enable input. A drive transistor operatively links said thermal actuator to a power supply, and a bleed transistor... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291234 - Ink jet recording head: An ink jet recording head comprises a discharge port forming member that forms a discharge port used to discharge ink and a channel forming member that forms an ink channel communicating with the discharge port, at least either one of the channel forming member and the discharge port forming member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291235 - Device for generating an underpressure: A device for generating an underpressure comprises a plurality of ejectors and a receiving device therefor. The receiving device comprises at least one connection for a compressed air line, the connection protruding into a compressed air distribution system to which a compressed air channel of each ejector can be connected,... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20080291236 - Liquid discharging method and liquid discharging apparatus: A liquid discharging head is appropriately driven to effectively prevent a satellite from being generated irrespective of conditions such as a property of a discharge liquid or a head structure. The liquid discharging head is driven using volume variation in a manner that a liquid extending in a column shape... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291237 - Printhead assembly having a wicking element and a printhead maintenance station: Provided is a printhead assembly that includes 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... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291238 - Printhead assembly with a printhead maintenance station: Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing. Also included is a wicking element mounted... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291240 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus executes operations of idle ink ejection in which ink droplets not contributing to forming an image on a recording medium are ejected. When the operations of the idle ink ejection are executed before staring to print an image on a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080291239 - Inkjet recording apparatus: This invention discloses an inkjet recording apparatus having an inkjet head with an ejection surface. The ejection surface has a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The ejection surface also has a first and second control portion, and a contact portion located between the first control... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080291241 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291242 - Liquid container: A liquid container of the invention has a container body including a storage space and a liquid feed port and a liquid injection port which are installed on the container body. The liquid feed port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space and the liquid ejecting head with... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080291243 - Ink jet print head, method for manufacturing ink jet print head, and printing apparatus: An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method which use a print head having a plurality of ejection port rows to enable high-quality printing without causing uneven density in a conveying direction by varying the printing distribution ratio of the ejection port rows in the print head... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291244 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection method: A liquid ejection method is provided which ejects small-volume droplets from ejection openings and causes them to reliably combine together on the fly into a large droplet that is less susceptible to influences of air flows, thus realizing a printing with reduced droplet landing position deviations. To that end, each... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291245 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head capable of achieving satisfactory printing without nozzle misfiring in an area close to an end of a nozzle row and droplet misdirection is provided. The ejection orifices, except for dummy orifices, are provided with protrusions. Four operative ejection orifices located close to each of the ends... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291246 - Printhead assembly incorporating a laminated ducting assembly: A printhead assembly has a plurality of printhead modules, each having a plurality of modular printhead tiles. Each printhead tile has a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for operatively printing on a printing medium. A ducting assembly has a laminated stack of layers, each layer of the stack having a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291247 - Droplet discharge head, droplet discharge apparatus, and method for discharge control in droplet discharge head: A droplet discharge includes: a nozzle discharging a liquid as a droplet; a discharge room having a diaphragm and disposed in a channel of the liquid, the channel communicating with the nozzle, the diaphragm pressurizing the liquid by being displaced and being a part of the discharge room; and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080291248 - Inkjet recording head and manufacturing method thereof: An inkjet recording head, wherein a support member being formed by at least two layers is provided between an ink supply member and a recording element substrate having a substrate, which includes discharge ports to discharge ink and an energy generating element to generate energy to discharge the ink from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291249 - Ink recharging system for ink cartridge, bulk ink cartridge used in said system, and ink recharging method using them: The present invention relates to an ink recharging system in which the ink can be recharged into a used ink cartridge repeatedly, a bulk ink cartridge used in the system, and a method for recharging the ink into the ink cartridge using them. The ink recharging system for the ink... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080291250 - Printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer having a refill port and a controller board: Provided is a printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge includes a body, a printhead integrated circuit assembly arranged on the body and including a printhead integrated circuit with a number of micro-electromechanical nozzles, and an authentication device arranged on the body and storing various manufacturer codes readable by... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291252 - Ink cartridge attachment/detachment device, recording apparatus, liquid ejection apparatus, and liquid container: A liquid container for a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a case having a liquid containing portion in its interior; a supply portion which is formed on a first side wall of the case, and through which a liquid in the liquid containing portion can flow to an exterior; a contact... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080291251 - Liquid cartridge determination systems and liquid cartridge determination methods: A liquid cartridge determination system includes a liquid cartridge including a main body including a first detect portion. The system also includes a movable member positioned outside the liquid chamber and configured to move relative to the main body in a particular direction. The movable member includes a second detect... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080291253 - Ink jet printhead cartridge having an ink fill access port in fluid communication with the filter tower: An ink jet printhead cartridge includes a cartridge body including a base and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base. A filter tower having a tower wall has an interior surface that defines a location of a tower passageway. A printhead chip assembly is attached to the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080291254 - Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a plurality of ejection ports which eject liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers which are connected respectively to the ejection ports; pressure generating elements which are provided to correspond respectively to the pressure chambers and create a pressure change in the liquid in the respective... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291255 - Temperature monitoring system for a media preheater: A temperature monitoring system for a media heater of an imaging device comprises a temperature indicator overlying a surface of a media heater of an imaging device. The temperature indicator is configured to vary an optical property in response to changes in temperature at the surface of the media heater.... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080291256 - Printer with a data capture device to identify a print sample: Provided is a wallpaper printer including 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

20080291257 - Ink jet recording material and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an ink jet recording material and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the ink jet recording material comprises: a support having a base paper and polyolefin resin layers covering the both sides of the base paper; an ink receiving layer formed on one side of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080291258 - Elongate hand-held printer device with an optical encoder wheel: An elongate hand-held printer device for printing on a medium when a user moves said device over the medium. The device includes an upper and a lower moulding configured to complementarily receive each other to define a housing, said housing defining an ink ejection slot along, and a printhead module... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080291259 - Light source driving device, light scanning device and image forming apparatus: A light source driving device which drives a plurality of light emitting parts provided in a light source to emit a plurality of light beams based on image information, includes a plurality of driving circuits configured to drive the plurality of light emitting parts. Each of the driving circuits includes... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080284803 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a recording device for printing a recording medium, a conveyance unit arranged below the recording device to face the recording device and adapted to convey the recording medium, and an elevator for moving the conveyance unit upward and downward. The elevator includes an... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080284804 - Means for higher speed inkjet printing: A method and apparatus for subdividing and printing regions of a substrate with multiple print heads or multiple print head assemblies which substantially decreases printing time is described. The method includes a feathering method which reduces overlap artifacts which is useful in any printing situation where adjacent regions are printed... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20080284805 - Printer and printing method: A printer including a feeding unit configured to perform repeated feeding of a medium for a predetermined feeding distance in a predetermined feeding direction, a print head configured to print on a printing surface of the medium in a printing zone set each time the feeding unit performs a feeding... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080284806 - Method of testing inkjet head, testing system, and inkjet printer: A testing method includes sorting inkjet heads into a plurality of groups on the basis of known information about ink flow, preparing basic driving waveform data corresponding to each of the groups and modification data that partially modifies the basic driving waveform data to individually store them in advance in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080284807 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus of one aspect of the invention comprises nozzles are arranged on an ink ejection surface in a matrix in a first direction in which a recording medium is conveyed and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plurality of nozzles are grouped into a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080284808 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus for performing a printing with a first nozzle array for ejecting a first color ink and a second nozzle array for ejecting a second color ink. The apparatus reduces density unevenness stemming from a sudden error in conveyance of a printing medium. When the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080284809 - Image recording apparatus and ink circulation control method: An image recording apparatus according to the invention includes a recording unit which jets ink from a nozzle array formed by plural nozzles communicated with each ink chamber, an ink tank in which the ink is stored, and an ink circulation unit which circulates the ink between the recording unit... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080284811 - Ink jet applicator: An ink jet applicator includes an ink jet head having nozzle via which liquid droplets are jetted, a seal mechanism sealing the nozzle using a pressure vessel; a solution supply mechanism supplying a solution to the nozzle at a predetermined pressure.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284810 - Liquid container, container holder and liquid consuming apparatus: A liquid container that has a container body storing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus and that is detachably mounted on a container mounting portion of the liquid consuming apparatus, wherein a liquid supply port for sending out the liquid to be supplied to the liquid... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080284812 - Pagewidth printhead assembly: Provided is a pagewidth printhead assembly. The assembly includes a plurality of printhead integrated circuits (ICs) each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for operatively ejecting printing fluid onto a printing medium, each IC defining a plurality of discrete supply channels for supplying the nozzle arrangements with fluid. Each... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080284813 - Ink jet applicator: An ink jet applicator includes an ink jet head having nozzle via which liquid droplets are jetted, a seal mechanism sealing the nozzle using a pressure vessel; a solution supply mechanism supplying a solution to the nozzle at a predetermined pressure.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284814 - Cap and ink-jet head protection assembly: A head cap for protecting an ink ejecting face of an ink-jet head may be provided with a plate member. The plate member may be opposed to the ink ejecting face. The head cap may include a flexible, continuous lip, which projects from one surface of the plate member. Recesses... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080284815 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting head unit which has a nozzle which jets droplets of a liquid, and a heat generating section, a suction port which is formed in the jetting head unit, and which opens near the nozzle, and a suction device which sucks air around... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080284816 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus according to this invention has an ink-head unit, a head holder, and a wiper unit. The ink-head unit extends in a direction that intersects at right angles to the direction a recording medium is transported, for a distance equal to or longer than the width of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080284817 - Maintenance station of inkjet printer: A maintenance station of inkjet printer includes a supporter, an ink cup pivoted on the supporter and configured to receive waste ink, a driver and a preventing arm. The ink cup has a circular board and a ring. The circular board is pivoted on the supporter. The ring has a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080284818 - Monolithic printhead with multiple rows of inkjet orifices: An inkjet apparatus and method are provided. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a dual row of ink orifices in an integral inkjet printhead. The method provides ink streams with more nozzles per inch in the widthwise direction on a paper without alignment problems and without the need to utilize very... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080284819 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head comprising a head body capable of ejecting liquid in from pressure generating chamber through nozzles by driving the pressure generating chamber, a plurality of head members adhered to the head body, the head members comprising a head casing having a channel for supplying the liquid to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080284820 - Highly-efficient ultrasonic ink-jet head and fabrication method of for the same: A highly-efficient ultrasonic wave ink-jet head includes a piezoelectric transducer and a Fresnel lens provided on a supporting layer. A chamber structure is fabricated on the supporting layer by lithography etching, and further bonded with an ink-storing groove to form an ink-jet head. The design provides a total reflection of... Agent: Hdsl

20080284821 - Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead with a diffusion barrier: Provided is a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The arrangement includes a substrate defining an ink inlet channel and ink chamber with a CMOS layer deposited on top of the substrate, and a nozzle wall, roof and rim positioned on top of the substrate via which ink is operatively... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080284823 - Inkjet printing apparatus: To achieve high-quality printing by controlling an ink-travelling direction by an electrostatic force so that the ink can be accurately applied on a printing medium, the ink is landed on a desired position of the printing medium effectively without disturbing the ink ejection, independent of a difference in the thickness... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080284822 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a platen, an absorption member, an electrode, and a potential difference generating device. The liquid ejecting head has a conductive nozzle plate that ejects liquid toward a front face of a recording object. The platen is arranged at a position opposed... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080284824 - Thermal inkjet with multiple drop volumes per nozzle: A pagewidth printhead has a controller. The printhead also has a plurality of microelectromechanical nozzle arrangements controlled by the controller. Each nozzle arrangement includes side walls located on a wafer substrate with a roof portion attached to said walls to define a printing fluid chamber, the roof portion defining an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080284825 - Liquid droplet ejecting head and image forming device: A liquid droplet ejecting head, comprising: a plurality of pressure chambers; nozzles communicating respectively with the plurality of pressure chambers; a vibrating plate that forms portions of the plurality of pressure chambers; a piezoelectric body disposed above the vibrating plate; individual electrodes formed respectively for each of the plurality of... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080284826 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head comprising a head body capable of ejecting liquid in from pressure generating chamber through nozzles by driving the pressure generating chamber, a plurality of head members adhered to the head body, the head members comprising a head casing having a channel for supplying the liquid to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080284827 - Continuous ink jet printer with modified actuator activation waveform: A drop generator is operated to form large-volume and small-volume droplets by providing a droplet generator having a nozzle and an adjustable stimulation device; supplying liquid to the droplet generator such that a stream of diameter D emanates from the nozzle; activating the stimulation device to produce a first set... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080284828 - Ink ejection system with separated ink tank and printing head: An ink ejection system with a print head and an ink priming station is provided. The ink reservoir of the print head has a plurality of ink channels, a plurality of ball valves, a plurality of storing areas, and a plurality of priming holes. Each of the ball valves is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080284829 - Printhead assembly having a pressurised air supply: Provided is a printhead assembly with a pressurised air supply having an elongate ink distribution arrangement that defines a number of inlets, a number of corresponding ink distribution channels and a number of outlets in fluid communication with respective ink distribution channels. The assembly also includes an elongate ink distribution... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080284831 - Cartridge for inkjet printer: An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer including an ink tank, a shelf, and a chip is provided. The ink tank has a handle, and two locking structures are disposed on the handle. One of the locking structures fits the shelf, and the other locking structure fits the printer. The... Agent: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Attn: Joel E. Lutzker

20080284832 - Ink cartridge for printer: Disclosed is an ink cartridge for a printer, comprising a body having an opened surface and a predetermined shape to receive ink therein; a cover coupled with the body to define a desired space; and a chamber instrument comprising a filling chamber having a space for receiving a part of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080284830 - Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080284833 - Sealing method of liquid container, liquid container, method of manufacturing liquid container, remanufacturing method of liquid container, and remanufactured liquid container: A method for sealing an ink cartridge is disclosed. A cover film is bonded to the ink cartridge in such a manner as to cover an ink inlet hole formed in the ink cartridge. An opening is formed in the cover film in such a manner as to communicate with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080284834 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge has a container, an air valve, and a floating ball. The container is utilized for storing ink. The container has at least an air channel and a flow path. The air valve is disposed at the air channel for preventing the ink from being outside the container... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080284835 - Integral, micromachined gutter for inkjet printhead: The invention provides an ink jet printhead comprising a monolithic printhead with an integral gutter system wherein said gutter system is provided with an end wall adjacent to the ink stream and wherein the side of the wall adjacent the ink direction is generally parallel to the ink direction through... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080284836 - Method of ink-jet printing: The surface properties, such as surface roughness and gloss, of a printed image on an ink-jet receiver comprising a voided polymer ink-receiving layer, especially a foamed polymer ink-receiving layer, can be improved (i.e. reduce surface roughness and increase gloss) by applying heat and/or pressure to the ink-jet receiver after printing... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080284837 - Methods and systems for therma-based laser processing a multi-material device: A method and system for locally processing a predetermined microstructure formed on a substrate without causing undesirable changes in electrical or physical characteristics of the substrate or other structures formed on the substrate are provided. The method includes providing information based on a model of laser pulse interactions with the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080284838 - Optical scan apparatus and image formation apparatus: An optical scan apparatus which deflects a plurality of light beams to scan a write region on a scan surface in a main scan direction is configured to include a light source which has a plurality of emission portions emitting the plurality of light beams arranged two-dimensionally on a plane... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284839 - Light shielding member, a line head and an image forming apparatus using the line head: A line head, includes: a head substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting element groups as groups of light emitting elements; a lens array that includes a plurality of lenses each of which faces the corresponding light emitting element group in a first direction; and a light shielding member... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080278524 - Ink jet recording apparatus and control method: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging ink supplied from an ink tank and a plurality of heating elements. The ink jet recording apparatus further includes a detection unit configured to detect a remaining amount of ink in the ink... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080278525 - Height-adjusting foolproof apparatus for a printing module: A height-adjusting foolproof apparatus for a printing module used in a large ink-jet printer comprises a first adjusting member in connection with a printing module for moving the printing module vertically and a second adjusting member in connection with the large ink-jet printer for presetting the height of the printing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080278526 - Ink jet printer with expanded validation print zone: An ink jet printer has two print cartridges. For example, one cartridge can carry black ink and the other red ink. Both cartridges are used to print on a receipt with a narrow print zone of, for example, 2.5 inches. Only the black cartridge is used to print on a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080278527 - Ink jet printhead having a movable redundant array of nozzles: There is provided a printhead for an ink jet printer, including a primary and a secondary array of nozzles in the printhead, the nozzles in the primary array of nozzles being in alignment with the nozzles in the secondary array of nozzles in a printing process direction; detection system for... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080278528 - Inkjet image-forming apparatus and method thereof: An inkjet image-forming apparatus includes an array inkjet head that is formed along a printing path through which a paper on which an image or a test image is formed is discharged, and includes a length corresponding to the width of the paper, and a plurality of nozzles to eject... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080278529 - Print engine controller having controller circuitry with an open actuator test circuit: Provided is a print engine controller for an inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzle arrangements operatively actuated by thermal actuators. The controller has controller circuitry with an open actuator test circuit to test each respective actuator. The controller circuitry includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278531 - Inkjet printer, inkjet printer controller and method for controlling the inkjet printer: An inkjet printer includes a first printer head configured to eject ink to a first printing area on a surface of a print medium to form first ink dots in the first printing area, and a second printer head configured to eject ink to a second printing area on the... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080278530 - Printing apparatus and method for estimating amount of ink: The present invention provides a printing apparatus which is capable of estimate an amount of remaining ink with high accuracy by using ejection of ink from a printing head while restraining a consumption of ink during the estimation of the remaining ink amount, and also provides a method for estimating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278532 - Inkjet printhead with temperature zones: A printhead IC is provided having an array of nozzles, drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses of electrical energy to the array of nozzles in accordance with the print data, and a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278533 - Method for use in achieving velocity optimization for a printhead: A method for use with an imaging apparatus that mounts a printhead having a plurality of ink jetting actuators formed on a substrate that correspond to a plurality of ink jetting nozzles includes determining a resistance associated with the printhead; accessing a memory having stored therein a plurality of individually... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080278534 - Method of measuring volumes of ink droplets and method of controlling nozzles of inkjet head using the method: A method of measuring the volumes of ink droplets is provided that includes repeatedly forming print patterns each including a plurality of ink droplets ejected from the inkjet head, photographing ink droplets which correspond to each other in terms of ejection order among the ink droplets of the repeatedly formed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080278535 - Image recording apparatus with maintenance unit: An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises an inkjet head which includes a nozzle plate where a plurality of nozzles that shoot ink are arranged in a column and an ink chamber which retains ink and is connected to the plurality of nozzles, at least one maintenance suction... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20080278536 - Inkjet image-forming apparatus and method thereof: An inkjet image-forming apparatus includes an inkjet head having a length corresponding to a width of a paper and a nozzle unit on which a plurality of nozzles are formed, and a maintenance unit that is formed on a lower side of the inkjet head to reciprocally move in a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080278537 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head having an ink ejection surface which has a plurality of ink ejection ports formed therethough, and a cap including a base, and an annular protrusion which extends from the base in a protruding direction. The annular protrusion has a recess formed therein,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080278538 - Liquid discharging device and image forming apparatus: A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head and a maintenance-recovery mechanism. In the liquid discharging head, a row of discharge openings is formed on a discharge opening surface. In the maintenance-recovery mechanism, a blade wipes the discharge opening surface. A belt carries the blade in a direction of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080278539 - Headchip and head for array type inkjet printer: A headchip and a head of an array type inkjet printer. The headchip of the array type inkjet printer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept includes an ink supply unit which is arranged into first nozzle groups and second nozzle groups according to colors, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080278540 - Atmosphereic plasma inkjet printing apparatuses and methods for fabricating color filter using the same: Atmospheric plasma inkjet printing apparatus and methods for fabricating color filters using the same. The atmosphere plasma inkjet printing apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a first column of nozzles and a second column of nozzles. An inkjet printhead module corresponds to the first column of nozzles. An atmospheric plasma... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080278541 - Liquid ejecting head unit and liquid ejecting apparatus: The invention provides a liquid ejecting head unit that includes: a liquid ejecting head that has pressure generation chambers and pressure generators, the pressure generation chambers being in communication with nozzle openings from which liquid is ejected, the pressure generator causing a pressure change in the pressure generation chamber; a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080278542 - Micro-fluid ejection devices having reduced input/output addressable heaters: Micro-fluid ejection devices, methods for making micro-fluid ejection, heads, and micro-fluid ejection heads having N actuators on a first substrate and logic capable of driving the N actuators on a second substrate. The ejection heads also have less than N electrical connections between the first and second substrates.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080278543 - Printing cartridge having self-referencing printhead under thermally expansive conditions: 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

20080278544 - Fluid injection device and method for fabricating and operating thereof: A fluid injection device and a method for fabricating and operating thereof are provided. The fluid injection device comprises a first substrate having an actuator thereon, a second substrate correspondingly disposed on the first substrate to form a nozzle and a fluid channel. A deformable unit having a first volume... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080278545 - Method of operating a thermal bend actuator: Provided is a method of operating a thermal bend actuator of a printhead nozzle arrangement of a printhead using an open actuator test circuit. The test circuit includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input and a row enable input; a drive transistor operatively linking said thermal actuator... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278546 - Printhead with turbulence inducing filter for ink chamber: An inkjet printhead with an array of ink chambers, each having a nozzle, an actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle, an inlet opening allowing ink to refill the chamber and a filter structure at the inlet opening. The filter structure has rows of obstructions extending transverse to the flow... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278547 - Continuous printing apparatus having improved deflector mechanism: A printing system includes a liquid drop ejector, a fluid flow device, and a fluid flow source. The liquid drop ejector is operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of volumes along a first path. The fluid flow device includes a first section comprising a plurality of sub-channels created... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080278550 - Fluid flow device for a printing system: A printing system and method of printing are provided. The system includes a liquid drop ejector operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of volumes along a first path. A fluid flow source is operable to produce a first fluid flow that interacts with the liquid drops to cause... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080278549 - Printer deflector mechanism including liquid flow: A printing system includes a liquid drop ejector operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of volumes along a first path and a passage including a wall. A gas flow source is operable to cause a gas to flow in a direction through the passage. A liquid flow source... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080278548 - Printer having improved gas flow drop deflection: A drop generator operable to selectively form a drop having a first size and a drop having a second size from liquid emitted through a nozzle associated with the drop generator. The drop having the first size and the drop having the second size travel along a drop trajectory with... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080278551 - fluid flow device and printing system: A fluid flow device, a method of moving fluid, and a printing system incorporating the device are provided. The fluid flow device includes a passage for a fluid including a wall with the wall having a travel path. A fluid flow source is operable to cause the fluid to flow... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080278555 - Ink jet printing apparatus: For a liquid applying mechanism of an ink jet printing apparatus, a liquid to be used for applying it to a medium is prevented from evaporating and leaking from a liquid holding member. An applying roller and the liquid holding member contact with each other to hold the liquid and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278552 - Ink jet recording ink tank: An ink jet recording ink tank includes: an ink retention member, which to hold ink exerts a negative pressure through capillary force; and ink, which is retained in the ink retention member, for which a dynamic surface tension in a lifetime of 50 msec, obtained by a maximum bubble pressure... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278553 - Ink refill unit with controlled incremental ink ejection for print cartridge: An ink refill unit for a print cartridge is provided. The unit includes a housing which defines a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet. The unit also includes an ink reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing, and an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278554 - Ink refill unit with threaded incremental ink ejection for print cartridge: An ink refill unit for a print cartridge is provided. The unit includes a housing which defines a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet. The unit also includes an ink reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing, and an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278557 - Ink refill unit with incremental millilitre ink ejection for print cartridge: An ink refill unit for a print cartridge is provided. The unit includes a housing which defines a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet. The unit also includes an ink reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing, and an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278556 - Ink-cartridge for printers and ink refilling method: An ink cartridge for printers and ink filling method that can expand the space where the ink is filled, and maintain pressure inside the ink cartridge. The ink cartridge includes a body formed in a predetermined shape and having a filling hold on one surface, a filling chamber where ink... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080278558 - Image forming apparatus and liquid control method: The image forming apparatus comprises: a recording head which discharges droplets of liquid onto a recording medium; a dissolved gas amount estimating device which estimates an amount of dissolved gas contained in the liquid inside the recording head; and a liquid restoring device which carries out restoration processing of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080278559 - Printer assembly with a controller for maintaining a printhead at an equilibrium temperature: Provided is a printer assembly having a media housing unit having a number of ink reservoirs internally defined by a core portion around which print media is rolled. Also included is an ink supply and printhead unit attached to the media housing unit, said printhead unit having a guillotine blade... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278560 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus 1 is provided with: a recording head 10 to eject light-hardenable ink onto a recording medium S; a plurality of light sources 12a and 13a configured with semiconductor light emitting elements to radiate light onto the light-hardenable ink; a constant voltage power supply 14 to receive... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080278561 - Thermal printer with reduced donor adhesion: Thermal printers and methods for operating thermal printers are provided. In one method, a sequence of thermal print head control signals is generated that is adapted to cause an array of thermal elements to cause the donor material to transfer from a donor ribbon in a manner that is modulated... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080278562 - Method of and system for controlling thermal head and stencil material roll: In a thermal head control system for controlling heating energy to a thermal head perforating stencil material unrolled from a stencil material roll, the heating energy to a thermal head is controlled according to the surface condition of the stencil material. The residue of stencil material M in a stencil... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080278563 - Method of and system for controlling thermal head and stencil material roll: In a thermal head control system for controlling heating energy to a thermal head perforating stencil material unrolled from a stencil material roll, the heating energy to a thermal head is controlled according to the surface condition of the stencil material. The residue of stencil material M in a stencil... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080278564 - Record carrier and method of recording an image: A record carrier (10) and a method of recording an image on a record carrier (10) are provided. On top of a colored pixel pattern layer (14) a mask layer (18) is arranged, the optical transparency of which can be changed by applying heat by a laser beam (24). In... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278565 - Printing with laser activation: Methods and apparatus for implementing thermal printing techniques onto thermally sensitive print media use one or more laser arrays to provide optical heating. Thermal management of the laser arrays is described. Techniques for alignment of multiple monolithic arrays onto a common carrier are described. Various output optics are described.... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080278566 - Apparatus and method of scanning light using an array of light sources: Apparatus comprising a two-dimensional array of light sources (40) and a scanning device (26) arranged to scan light (14) emitted from the light sources (40) onto a medium (10) to generate a plurality of scan lines (52) on the medium (10), the light sources (24 and scanning device (26) being... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080273046 - Ink supplying device, recording device, ink supplying method and recording method: Variations in the negative pressure in the print head is minimized by positively controlling the ink supply pressure. For this purpose, the pump (36) and the valve (35) are installed in the ink communication path between the ink tank (40) and the print head (811), and are controlled to adjust... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273048 - Liquid container: The invention provides a liquid container for storing liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid container is constructed such that pressurized fluid is sent to its inside so that the liquid in the inside is delivered to the outside. The liquid container includes a container body... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080273047 - Visualizing agent quantity display system, image forming apparatus, image forming system and computer readable medium: A visualizing agent quantity display control system includes a first container, a second container, a detection unit, a display unit, a control unit. The second container, which is replaceable, contains the visualizing agent to be supplied to the first container. The detection unit detects a quantity of the visualizing agent... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080273049 - Ascent and descent apparatus for liquid material spray printer: Disclosed is an ascent and descent apparatus for a liquid material spray printer, which may control a distance between a subject to be coated and a spray assembly optimally. The apparatus includes a predetermined number of rotary shafts installed in a vertical direction and having spiral ridges on outer circumferences... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080273050 - Printing up to edges of printing paper without platen soiling: This invention allows images to be printed up to the edges of printing paper while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. Ink droplets Ip are ejected from a print head 28 and printing is started when printing paper P is fed in the sub-scanning direction by upstream paper... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080273051 - Printing apparatus, method of setting print position adjustment value, and printing method: If print agents used are detected by an optical sensor at different sensitivities, the present invention enables the easy setting of adjustment values for print positions resulting from these print agents. To accomplish this object, for example, the present invention substitutes and sets adjustment values for print positions resulting from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273052 - Method and system for controlling printing processes: An apparatus for establishing ink application settings includes a Spectro-densitometer configured to determine neutral print value goals, an ink density and a correction display for matching advanced specification and improving accurate color matches. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to receive ink density readings from the spectro-densitometer, determine an... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080273053 - Ink jet recording head and production process thereof: An ink jet recording element substrate includes a substrate; an ejection outlet array for ejecting ink; a heat generating element array comprising a plurality of heat generating elements for generating ejection energy for ejecting the ink from the ejection outlet array; a protecting film, comprising protecting portions, for protecting the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273054 - Printhead assembly having an ink supply arrangement and a plurality of printhead segment carriers: Provided is a printhead assembly including an ink supply arrangement and a plurality of printhead segment carriers. The ink supply arrangement has a profile member defining a semi-open cross-section with a peripheral, structured side walls having free, opposing, lengthwise running edges delineating a gap extending along the entire length of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273055 - Printing apparatus: For a serial color ink jet printing apparatus that forms an image using a symmetric printing head that ejects large dots and small dots, the configuration of a printing head is provided for suppressing, to the extent possible, a cyclic fluctuation in the main scanning direction. According to the present... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273056 - Inkjet recording head and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording head in which liquid supply flow paths formed in a first plate are defined by vertical walls and inclined walls. The vertical walls are perpendicular to surfaces of corresponding recording element substrates that contact the first plate. The inclined walls are inclined with respect to these surfaces.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080273057 - Laminated printhead arrangement for a pen nib printer: Provided is a laminated printhead arrangement for a pen nib printer. The printhead includes ink distribution layers, a layer of semiconductor ejection devices operatively supplied with ink via the ink distribution layers, and a guard layer positioned on top of the ejection device layer to protect the ejection devices. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273058 - Ink ejection nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer: Provided is an ink ejection nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer substrate with an etched ink chamber and ink channel leading to the chamber, as well as an ink ejection nozzle defined over the chamber with an ejection port etched therein. The arrangement also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273059 - Nozzle assembly of an inkjet printhead: A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes an inkjet nozzle having an actuator for ejecting an ink droplet from the inkjet nozzle when a resistive element of the actuator is heated by an electrical current, a shift register comprising a plurality of successive registers,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273060 - Liquid discharging apparatus and liquid discharging method: In a liquid discharging method for discharging droplets from a plurality of droplet discharging portions of a liquid discharging head, an actual pattern is created to indicate the discharging states of the droplets from the liquid discharging portions, and information about a defective liquid discharging portion having discharging failure is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080273061 - Method for manufacturing pattern formed body: The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a pattern formed body by the electric field jet method, capable of stabilizing the discharge amount and the discharge direction of a liquid. The present invention achieves the object by providing a method for manufacturing a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080273062 - Pagewidth printhead with nozzle arrangements for weighted ink drop ejection: Provided is a pagewidth printhead with a controller, the printhead having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes a multilayered substrate defining an ink inlet passage and walls extending from the substrate. Also included is a nozzle plate supported by the walls to define a nozzle chamber... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273066 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2<V1) accommodating therein a reaction liquid comprising a solvent, and a photo-acid generating agent... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080273064 - Ink-feeding device and pressure-generating method: An ink-feeding device is provided in which the pressure applied to the ink in the printing head can be adjusted arbitrarily irrespective of the relative positions of the ink container and the printing head. Inside the sub-tank 80, a pressure-adjusting pump 82 is installed for applying a suitable pressure to... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080273065 - Inkjet printer having an ink cartridge unit configured to facilitate flow of ink therefrom: Provided is an inkjet printer having an ink cartridge unit. The cartridge unit includes a main body defining a number of ink reservoirs. Each reservoir has a layered stack of absorbent material arranged to form a micro-capillary array for suspending ink inside said reservoir. A base of each ink storage... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273063 - System and method for supplying an ink to a reciprocating printhead in an inkject apparatus: An ink system for use in an inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet printhead, a supply subtank for containing a supply of an ink to the inkjet printhead, and a return subtank for containing a surplus of the ink not used by the inkjet printhead. A first fluid path couples... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080273068 - Cartridge for ink jet recording and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate has a high barrier capacity, and can work... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273067 - Printer assembly having a refillable cartridge assembly: Provided is a printer assembly having a refillable cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes an elongate main body defining a number of rectangular ink reservoirs along a length thereof, with end reservoirs being larger than reservoirs interposed between the end reservoirs, said end reservoirs being configured to store ink more... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273069 - Ink recirculation system: One embodiment of a method of storing a printhead includes opening a valve to a vent of an ink reservoir, operating a pump in a first direction to pull ink from the ink reservoir through said valve, and pumping the ink pulled from the ink reservoir to an ink supply... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080273070 - Bubble removing apparatus for inkjet printer and method of removing air bubbles using the same: A bubble removing apparatus for removing air bubbles in ink to be supplied to a printer head of an inkjet printer and a method of removing the air bubbles are provided to provide a smooth flow of ink to the inkjet printer head. When an air bubble removing operation is... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080273071 - Fluidic arrangement with a sump for a printer: The invention relates to a fluidic arrangement for a printer. The arrangement includes an ink tank for storing ink, and an ink distribution assembly in fluid communication with the ink tank for supplying printhead integrated circuits (ICs) positioned thereon with ink from the ink tank. The arrangement also includes a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273072 - Apparatus for forming a thin film using an inkjet printing method: In an apparatus of forming a thin film, the apparatus has a printing chamber that forms a thin film on a substrate. The apparatus has at least two drying chambers that receive the substrate on which the thin film is formed and dry the thin film on the substrate. The... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080273073 - System and method for application of ink formulations onto ophthalmic lenses: A system and method for applying an ink composition to an ophthalmic lens is described providing at least one ophthalmic lens having a meniscus-shaped surface, and providing an ink composition formulated for either removable or non-removable as well as non-bleeding ink jet application onto the surface of the lens. The... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080273074 - Thermal transfer printer for film: A thermal transfer printer for film capable of thermal transfer printing on a plastic film. The thermal transfer printer for film is provided with a conveyance for conveying the plastic film along a predetermined path, an ink ribbon moving mechanism which includes a holder for holding a plurality of ink... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080273075 - 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.

20080273076 - Light beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a modulator producing a modulated signal of a pulse width decided on given image data and a driver driving an optical generator such as laser to generate a light beam. The image forming apparatus is further provided with a scanner periodically scanning the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500