Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions 12/08

20080316236 - Apparatus and methods for water-based ink printing: A printer that includes at least one printhead mounted to a carriage of a printing system, and a secondary ink container mounted to the carriage and which holds an ink and is in fluid communication with the at least one printhead. A pressure source in fluid communication with the secondary... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080316237 - Inkjet image forming apparatus and method to control the same: An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a print head, an ink supply unit, an ink supply flow path connecting the ink supply unit and the print head, an ink supply amount detector which detects the amount of ink supplied through the ink supply flow path, and a controller which controls... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316239 - Inkjet printhead integrated circuit: A printhead IC is provided which has 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, a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316238 - Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method: A liquid discharge apparatus. Each of a plurality of first nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in a predetermined direction that discharge cyan or magenta liquid. Each of a plurality of second nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in the predetermined direction that discharge yellow liquid.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080316240 - Method of controlling a control circuit for a micro-electromechanical inkjet nozzle arrangement: Provided is a method of controlling a CMOS-implemented control circuit for operating a micro-electromechanical inkjet nozzle arrangement of a printer. The circuit includes a plurality of sequential shift registers, a transfer register, a firing control gate and a drive transistor. The method includes the steps of transferring data from the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316242 - Control of a nozzle 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

20080316241 - Nozzle assembly for 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

20080316243 - Printhead ic with de-activatable temperature sensor and maintenance mode: A printhead IC is provided which has 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... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316245 - Image forming apparatus to print according to a plurality of image forming types: An image forming apparatus having a first image forming unit and a second image forming including a printing medium supplier which supplies a printing medium, a selection guide which selectively guides the printing medium from the printing medium supplier to one of a first supplying path of the first image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316244 - Uv curable ink with improved adhesion: The present invention is drawn to photo-curable ink-jet ink compositions, systems, and methods. One exemplary ink-jet ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, a milled pigment, a photo initiator and a halogenated polyolefin. In this embodiment, the addition of the halogenated polyolefin improves adhesion to a non-porous substrate or a low... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080316249 - Liquid sealing structure, manufacturing method of the same, liquid container, refilled liquid container, and refilling method of the same: A liquid sealing structure includes: a liquid lead-out portion which has a liquid passage and an opening end surface formed in a liquid lead-out end of the liquid passage; a sealing member which is disposed on the opening end surface inside the liquid passage; a valve mechanism which is disposed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080316248 - Method and apparatus to detect temperature of printhead for inkjet printer: A method and apparatus to detect the temperature of an inkjet head are provided. A method of detecting the temperature of an inkjet head, comprising detecting an amount of printing data allocated to each of a plurality of unit head chips of the inkjet head, determining a detection frequency of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316246 - Method for calibrating an ink sense response in an apparatus configured to facilitate optical ink sensing: A method for calibrating as ink sense response of an optical ink sensor device in an imaging apparatus configured to facilitate optical ink sensing for an ink tank having an ink sensing window includes obtaining a calibration response to a reference reflective surface having a known reflectivity, which is associated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080316247 - Method for increasing printhead reliability: A maintenance method for an ink jet imaging device comprises ejecting drops from a plurality of ink jets to successively form a plurality of images on the image receiver. Inter-image intervals between the ejection of drops to form one image in the plurality of images and the ejection of drops... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080316250 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a printing ink tank to contain a printing ink, a nozzle unit having a nozzle part to eject the printing ink and to move between a printing section and a cleaning section, a cleaning ink tank to contain a cleaning ink to clean the nozzle... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316251 - Print head cleaning device and ink-jet image forming apparatus having the same: A print head cleaning device and an ink-jet image forming apparatus having the same are disclosed. The ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a print head having a nozzle part to eject an ink, and a print head cleaning device to clean the nozzle part. The print head cleaning device includes... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316252 - Ink-jet image forming apparatus: An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a main body, an ink-jet head mounted in the main body and provided with a nozzle part, and a cleaning device mounted movably along the nozzle part to clean the nozzle part. The cleaning device includes a roller to supply a cleaning liquid to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316253 - Liquid ejection apparatus and method of inspecting cleaning apparatus of liquid ejection apparatus: The liquid ejection apparatus has: a liquid ejection head which includes a nozzle plate forming a nozzle surface in which nozzles ejecting droplets of a first liquid are provided; a wiping member which wipes the nozzle surface; an edge determination device which includes a determination plate with which a front... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080316254 - Waste ink container, waste ink storing apparatus and inkjet printer including the same: A waste ink container includes a container main body which forms a chamber to accumulate waste ink therein. An upper plate covers an upper part of the chamber and includes an opening to introduce a plurality of waste ink droplets therethrough. A waste ink containment device includes a discharge preventing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080316255 - Flexible wiring member, liquid droplet jetting head, and method for connecting flexible wiring member and device: A flexible wiring member which connects a device and an external signal source has a plurality of wire members in which a plurality of wires are formed on one surface of a substrate, and a plurality of wire members is stacked to face the device. A plurality of bumps for... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080316257 - Ink-jet head having passage unit and actuator units attached to the passage unit, and ink-jet printer having the ink-jet head: An ink-jet head having a passage unit including pressure chambers each having one end coupled to a nozzle and the other end to be coupled to an ink supply source. The pressure chambers are arranged along a plane to neighbor each other. The ink-jet head further includes actuator units attached... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080316256 - Printhead assembly with sandwiched power supply arrangement: A printhead assembly is provided for a printer system. The printhead assembly includes an elongate substrate defining a channel and spaced apart sets of ink supply holes. An ink distribution arrangement is located within the channel and is configured to distribute ink to the sets of ink supply holes. A... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316258 - Computer readable medium with a program for minimizing banding artifacts in an ink jet printing apparatus: A computer readable medium contains a program for causing a printer to execute a multipass printing method characterized in that, on any given pass, the number of selected print locations onto which printing ink is deposited by each of N nozzles varies from nozzle to nozzle. The variation is governed... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080316259 - Ink jet printing apparatus having a programmed controller that minimizes banding artifacts: A multipass printing apparatus is characterized by a computer-implemented controller that controls printing operation so that, on any given pass, the number of selected print locations onto which printing ink is deposited by each of N nozzles varies from nozzle to nozzle. The variation is governed in accordance with a... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080316260 - Pagewidth printer having an elongate bi-lithic printhead unit: Provided is a pagewidth printer having an elongate bi-lithic printhead unit. The unit includes two integrated circuits laid end-to-end, each having a multitude of micro-electromechanical nozzles for operatively ejecting printing fluid, and an ink distribution plate for feeding printing fluid into apertures defined in the integrated circuits. The unit also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316262 - Compact nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316261 - Droplet printing apparatus using capillary electric charge concentration: A droplet printing apparatus using capillary electric charge concentration includes a reservoir which contains a solution, a capillary nozzle comprising a back-end part and a front-end part disposed substantially opposite the back-end part, a target member spaced apart from the front-end part of the capillary nozzle at a predetermined distance,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080316269 - Micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement having cantilevered actuators: The invention provides for a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The arrangement includes a substrate defining an inverted pyramidal ink chamber with a vertex thereof terminating at an ink supply channel defined by the substrate, said substrate having a layer of CMOS drive circuitry. The arrangement also includes... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316271 - Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer with ink wicking reduction: Provided is nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a supply channel and chamber side and roof walls positioned on the substrate, said walls defining a nozzle chamber operatively supplied with ink via the supply channel, a nozzle rim defined in the roof wall.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316270 - Printhead assembly for re-directing ink droplets: A printhead assembly includes a printhead, in turn, including a plurality of ink ejection nozzles. A nozzle guard is formed from hydrophobic photoresist and is mounted to the printhead. The nozzle guard defines a plurality of channels located in register with respective nozzles so that droplets of ink from the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316263 - Printhead integrated circuit with high density array of droplet ejectors: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316265 - Printhead integrated circuit with high density array of droplet ejectors: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC also has drive circuitry for providing the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316267 - Printhead integrated circuit with low power operation: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing 100% coverage at full print rate, each of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316264 - Printhead integrated circuit with nozzles in thin surface layer: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than 100... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316266 - Printhead integrated circuit with small nozzle apertures: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle apertures each have an area less than 600 microns... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316268 - Printhead with low power drive pulses for actuators: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing 100% coverage at full print rate, each of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316273 - Electronic apparatus and flexible wiring member: An electronic apparatus includes an electrical load and a flexible wiring member, on which a circuit element is mounted, and which transmits a signal from an external signal source to the electrical load via the circuit element, by a plurality of electroconductive wires. The flexible wiring member is a band-shaped... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080316272 - Ink jet head and production process thereof: An ink jet head is constituted by a recording element substrate, comprising ejection outlets for ejecting ink, to which an electrical connecting portion is provided at an outer portion of the recording element substrate; an electric wiring member having an end portion to be electrically connected to the electrical connecting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080316274 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting head unit having a nozzle which jets liquid droplets; an electric circuit board having a wiring and a circuit component which are connected to the jetting head unit and having one surface which is electrically insulated from the wiring and the circuit... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080316275 - Printhead assembly having removable printhead modules: Provided is a printhead assembly having a number of printhead modules each having a plurality of support members and modular printhead tiles mounted thereon with each tile having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for operatively printing on a printing medium. The assembly also includes a ducting assembly having a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316276 - Printhead integrated circuit having an ink ejection member with a laminated structure: A printhead integrated circuit (IC) for an inkjet printer. The printhead IC has a wafer substrate with drive circuitry and a plurality of nozzle arrangements located thereon. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber structures defining a nozzle chamber and an ink ejection nozzle in fluid communication with said nozzle chamber,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316278 - Ink jet print head with improved reliability: An ink jet print head is provided having an ink chamber and a nozzle plate closing the ink chamber at an end comprising a nozzle for ejecting a drop of ink through it. The nozzle plate further includes an ink path for flowing an ink through in a direction parallel... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080316279 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle that ejects liquid drops, an actuator that deforms a portion of the nozzle plate surrounding the nozzle with heat, and a flow path member opposing the nozzle plate, which forms a flow path for guiding liquid to the nozzle.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080316277 - Micro-fluid ejector pattern for improved performance: A micro-fluid ejection head and method for reducing a stagger pattern distance and improving droplet placement, on a receiving medium. The micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate containing a plurality of ejection actuators on a device surface thereof and a fluid supply slot for providing fluid to be ejected by... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080316280 - Liquid discharging head, method of manufacturing liquid discharging head, and image forming apparatus: A liquid discharging head includes: a plurality of nozzles that discharge liquid droplets; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate pressure for discharging liquid droplets from the respective nozzles, wherein the piezoelectric elements are performed with repolarization process to set non-uniformity of the droplet discharging characteristics of the nozzles... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080316281 - Piezoelectric printhead: Contemplated printheads include a piezoelectric material in which a channel is formed across the piezoelectric material to thereby create at least part of the nozzle through which ink is expelled from the inside of the printhead to the outside. Contemplated nozzles may be configured as cylindrical elements or ring-shape elements.... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080316282 - Installing fluid container in fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit; a main chassis case; a fluid-containing pack; a container case; and a plurality of holders. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the fluid ejection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080316286 - Ink supply for a printhead cartridge with a connector assembly.: Provided is an ink supply bag for a printhead cartridge. The supply bag includes two profiled panels arranged generally coplanar and co-terminally attached to form an ink holding chamber, along with a folded leaf spring biasing said chamber into an expanded position. The supply bag further includes a connector assembly... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316283 - Installing fluid container in fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid container; a fluid ejection unit; a delivery needle; a guard cover; and a guide. The fluid container includes a container portion and a withdrawal portion. The container portion contains a fluid for ejection, and the withdrawal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080316284 - Installing fluid container in fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit, a main chassis case, a fluid-containing pack, and a container case. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the fluid ejection unit. The fluid-containing pack... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080316285 - Printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge with a gear assembly: Provided is a printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge having a rotor element. The cradle includes a drive roller and an electrical motor having a drive shaft terminating in a worm gear that meshes with a cog affixed to the drive roller for driving said roller. The cradle also... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080316287 - Ink cartridge and method of regulating fluid flow: In an ink cartridge, a negative pressure generating mechanism is disposed between an ink storage region and an ink supply port, and has a wall surface having two through-holes for ink flow, and a valve member contacted with and separated from the through-hole by receiving a pressure in an ink... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080316288 - Liquid charging apparatus and liquid charging method: An ink charging injection apparatus for charging ink to an ink pack is disclosed. The ink injection apparatus includes a pressurizing tank for storing ink, piping, a deaeration device, and an air vent pipe. The piping connects the pressurizing tank to the ink pack such that ink stored in the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080316289 - Composition suitable for use in ink jet printing:

20080316290 - Handheld printer configuration: Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated by an operator to print an image on a media. An inkjet printhead and two position sensors front one another in a triangular configuration thereby providing a large printable area compared to the prior art. A frame commonly mounts the printhead and... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080316291 - Parametric programmable thermal printer: A parametric programmable thermal printer is disclosed. The printer may include a controller that performs functions such as thermal history control and common mode voltage correction. The controller may be implemented in an integrated programmable medium such as a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Functions performed by the controller may be... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080316292 - Image forming apparatus which corrects main scanning misregistration: An image forming apparatus includes a light source which illuminates in response to image data, and a deflector to deflect an optical beam output from the light source into a scanning beam running along a main scanning line across an image forming area in a main scanning direction. There are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080309689 - Delivery pressue compensation methods and apparatuses: Methods and apparatuses for compensating for changes in delivery pressure and protection of a printhead against increased ink flow resistance caused by air trapped in the felt or foam are described. In an exemplary embodiment, ink ejection flow rates are adjusted to keep delivery pressures safely at or below the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080309691 - Liquid ejection apparatus and method: A liquid ejection apparatus including a recording head capable of ejecting liquid, a first liquid storage unit which is replaceable which stores liquid to be ejected from the recording head, a second liquid storage unit which is integrally formed with the apparatus body which stores liquid to be ejected from... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309690 - Mixing device and mixing method: A mixing method is disclosed. The mixing method includes providing a drop generating device including a first drop ejector, a second drop ejector and a collector. The mixing method also includes ejecting a plurality of drops of a first reactant from the first drop ejector and ejecting a plurality of... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080309696 - : A printhead for an Inkjet Printer is disclosed. The printhead has a large number of nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly has 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... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309694 - Aperture of a nozzle assembly of an inkjet printer: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309692 - Element substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: The present invention prevents an element substrate from not operating normally in the case where the voltage supply from a power supply that applies a voltage to a logic circuit is unstable. The element substrate of the invention has unit for applying a first voltage to the logic circuit, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080309695 - Nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer having a short drive transistor channel: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309693 - Nozzle assembly for ejecting small droplets: A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes an inkjet nozzle having an actuator for ejecting an ink droplet having a diameter of less than 20 μm from the inkjet nozzle when a resistive element of the actuator is heated by an electrical current. A... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309697 - Printhead of an inkjet printer having densely spaced nozzles: A printhead for an Inkjet Printer is disclosed. The printhead has a large number of nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly has 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... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309698 - Discharge rate control method for ink-jet printer, ink spread inspecting method, and oriented film forming method: Discharge rate control method for ink-jet printer 1 including film forming step forming film B on coating article 2 with non ink-absorbent characteristic by discharging ink on coating article 2 from a plurality of nozzles 4 of print head 3, film thickness measuring step measuring film thickness of film B,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080309699 - Low energy consumption nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309700 - Liquid delivery device and liquid delivery method: A liquid delivery device includes a first nozzle row that has a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and delivers a first liquid. A second nozzle row has a plurality of nozzles in the predetermined direction and delivers a second liquid having a concentration different from that of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080309703 - Dot measurement method and apparatus: A dot measurement method includes: a line pattern forming step of forming line patterns on the ejection receiving medium; a pattern reading step of capturing an image of the line patterns; a profile graph acquiring step of acquiring profile graphs for each of the line patterns; a characteristic position calculating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309702 - Fluid ejecting apparatus and method for controlling driving of caps: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid; and a plurality of cap units each having a cap for individually capping a plurality of head areas of the liquid ejecting head. The plurality of cap units is constructed such that the shift... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309704 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: An image forming method that forms an image by using inks of secondary chromatic colors based on an input image, the method including: forming a test pattern that uses a color chart with the entire secondary chromatic colors of the used inks by using a normal color conversion table for... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080309701 - Ink jet device for releasing controllably a plurality of substances onto a substrate, method of discrimination between a plurality of substances and use of an ink jet device: The invention provides an ink jet device for releasing controllably a plurality of substances onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle, the device comprising at least a transducer provided to eject a droplet out of the nozzle, wherein a detection means is assigned... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080309705 - Liquid droplet jetting-inspection apparatus and liquid droplet jetting-inspection method: A pressurized liquid is supplied to an ink-jet head, and is discharged continuously from nozzles. In this state, a driving signal is applied to the ink-jet head at a predetermined time interval, and a light source is made to emit light in multiples of the predetermined time interval. Liquid droplets... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080309706 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting liquid from an ejection head, the liquid being supplied from a liquid supplying source, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a carriage having the ejection head including: a liquid channel configured for flowing the liquid from the liquid supplying source to the ejection head; a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309707 - Carriage control device, liquid ejecting apparatus, and carriage control program: There is provided a carriage control device for executing a reciprocal movement control of a carriage in a liquid ejecting apparatus including the carriage that is supported so as to be able to be reciprocally moved in a predetermined direction, the carriage mounting a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309710 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes nozzles that eject a liquid, and n number of nozzle groups. Dot rows along a transport direction formed within the nozzle groups include alternating dense areas and sparse areas. A length in a direction of the dot rows from one of the dense areas to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309709 - Liquid ejection device and liquid ejection method: A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of deep nozzle lines each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction, for ejecting a first liquid, and a smaller number of light nozzle lines than the number of the deep nozzle lines, each having a plurality of nozzles in the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080309708 - Mixing apparatus, dispersion manufacturing apparatus and dispersion manufacturing method: A mixing apparatus including a plurality of nozzle groups each formed of nozzles for ejecting the same fluid arranged in group, the nozzles being provided with openings for ejecting fluid, to cause the plurality of nozzle groups to separately eject a plurality of fluids to mix the fluids in areas... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080309711 - Pagewidth printhead assembly with support member laminate structure: A pagewidth printhead assembly comprising an elongate support member, the elongate support member includes a core element defining separate ink reservoirs and a laminate structure at least partially surrounding the core element. A plurality of printhead integrated circuits is mounted to the core element so as to be substantially aligned... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309712 - Printhead integrated circuit with actuators close to exterior surface: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The actuator in each of the droplet ejectors is configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309713 - Printhead integrated circuit with low droplet ejection velocity: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The droplet ejectors are configured to eject ink droplets at a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309714 - Printhead integrated circuit with low volume ink chambers: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. Each of the droplet ejectors also has a chamber in which... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309715 - Methods and apparatus for depositing ink onto substrates: Embodiments of an ink jet printing system include a motion stage adapted to move a substrate having a display object in a printing direction and a first printing assembly mounted over the motion stage including a set of print heads aligned and arranged consecutively in the printing direction such that... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080309716 - Method of manufacturing nozzle plate: A method of manufacturing a nozzle plate has steps of: (e) covering a surface of a plate with a light-curable resin; (f) covering the resin with a light-shielding member having an annular light-shielding region which encloses an opening of a nozzle hole therein in a plan view; (g) curing a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080309717 - Nozzle plate and the method of manufacturing the same: A nozzle plate has a nozzle hole for ejecting liquid, which penetrates in a thickness direction of the nozzle plate. An ejection face of the nozzle plate having an ejection opening of the nozzle hole is covered with a water-repellent coat having a through hole communicating with the nozzle hole.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080309720 - Inkjet printer nozzle formed on a drive transistor and control logic: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309725 - Inkjet printhead with filter structure at inlet to ink chambers: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. Each of the droplet ejectors has a chamber in which the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309719 - Liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge head comprises a discharge port forming member having formed therein a discharge port arranged correspond to an energy generating element which generates energy to eject a liquid and a flow path forming member for forming a flow path to supply ink to the discharge port. At least... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080309722 - Low pressure nozzle for an inkjet printer: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309721 - Low voltage nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309718 - Nozzle plate, droplet discharge head, method for manufacturing the same and droplet discharge device: A nozzle plate includes a silicon substrate, and a nozzle hole formed in the silicon substrate for discharging a liquid droplet provided with: a first nozzle portion formed perpendicularly to a surface of the silicon substrate; a second nozzle portion formed on a same axis as an axis of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080309726 - Printhead integrated circuit with ink supply channel feeding a plurality of nozzle rows: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array of droplet ejectors is arranged in a plurality of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309727 - Printhead integrated circuit with ink supply from back face: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on one face of a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC having a printhead surface layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309723 - Printhead integrated circuit with large array of droplet ejectors: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has more than 2000 droplet ejectors and all... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309724 - Printhead integrated circuit with small volume droplet ejectors: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture, the ejected droplets having a volume less than 3 pico-litres each.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309730 - Inkjet print head, inkjet print head manufacturing method and inkjet print head mounting tool: An inkjet print head for which an ink flow path formation member, arranged on a printing element board, is prevented from being peeled off or being damaged, and the printing element board in an appropriate state can be mounted on a support member. According to the present invention, an ink... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080309728 - Method of forming connection between electrode and actuator in an inkjet nozzle assembly: A method of forming an electrical connection between an electrode and an actuator in an inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a layer of drive circuitry, the drive circuitry including the electrode for connection to the actuator; (b) forming a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309729 - Printhead integrated circuit comprising inkjet nozzle assemblies having connector posts: A printhead integrated circuit is provided. The printhead integrated circuit comprises a silicon substrate having a plurality of inkjet nozzles assemblies formed on a surface of the substrate. The substrate has drive circuitry for supplying power to the nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly comprises: a nozzle chamber for containing ink,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309731 - Ink jet printing head: A printing head is provided in which a distance between an ejection port face of the printing head and a print medium is reduced to improve an ink ejection accuracy during a printing operation. The printing head of the present invention is a back shooting-type printing head. The heater and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080309733 - Liquid discharging head, producing method thereof, structure, and producing method thereof: A producing method of a liquid discharging head includes a discharge port discharging a liquid and a flow path communicating with the discharge port, the method comprising the steps of forming a pattern of a shape of the flow path on a substrate, forming a layer of a negative type... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080309732 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus having liquid ejection heads extending in a particular direction, and each liquid ejection head has an ejection surface with ejection ports configured to eject a liquid, a supply port to which liquid is supplied, and a flow path formed in the liquid ejection bead. The flow... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080309734 - Electrostatic actuator formed by a semiconductor manufacturing process: An electrostatic actuator has high-reliability and less variation in characteristics. An electrode (12a) is formed on a substrate (1), and a plurality of partition parts (50a) are formed on the electrode. A vibration plate (19) is formed on the partition parts (50a), and is deformable by an electrostatic force generated... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080309735 - Droplet ejection head and method of manufacturing the same: A droplet ejection head according to the present invention includes a layered body made up of a plurality of metal plates, and an ejection face. The plurality of metal plates in the layered body include n metal plates whose lengthwise directions form the same angle with a rolling direction thereof.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080309736 - Piezoelectric inkjet head: A piezoelectric inkjet head includes a plurality of pressure chambers in which ink to be ejected is filled. A plurality of piezoelectric actuators is respectively disposed in correspondence to the pressure chambers. A plurality of nozzles is in fluid communication with the pressure chambers, and at least two nozzles are... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080309738 - External ink supply and balancing system for inkjet printer: An external ink supply and balancing system for inkjet printer, which mainly comprises a reflow system of each ink container of an inkjet printer be blocked and to have each ink container be connected to a respective external ink bottle through a respective L-shaped connector and flexible ink supply tube... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080309739 - Fluid supplying apparatus, fluid ejecting apparatus, and fluid supplying method: The invention provides a liquid supplying apparatus that is attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus for supplying liquid to a plurality of liquid ejecting heads of the liquid ejecting apparatus. The liquid supplying apparatus includes: at least one liquid container and a plurality of liquid-supply channels that supply liquid from... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080309737 - Ink refill kit capable of efficiently siphoning ink from an ink bottle: An ink refill kit for injecting ink into an ink cartridge includes an ink bottle and an injector. The ink bottle stores ink. The injector siphons the ink from the ink bottle and injects the ink into the ink cartridge. The ink bottle includes an opening, an inner bottom surface,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080309740 - Fluid supply tank ventilation for a micro-fluid ejection head: An improved fluid supply tank for a micro-fluid ejection head and method for improving operation of a micro-fluid ejection device. The fluid supply tank has a body portion for holding a fluid to be ejected. The body portion includes a fluid exit port on an exit end thereof and a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080309741 - Method for refilling ink cartridge: An ink refilling method capable of refilling ink into at least two kinds of ink cartridges having different ink capacities and having substantially the same outer configurations, the method includes a step of discriminating the kind of the ink cartridge; a step of determining the capacity of the ink cartridge... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080309742 - Printer with printhead cartridge and printer body that simultaneously engage an ink cartridge: An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, and an ink cartridge for supplying the printhead cartridge with ink. The ink cartridge has external formations for engaging a first complementary formation on the printhead cartridge and a second complementary formation on... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309743 - Fluid manifold for fluid ejection device: A fluid manifold for a fluid ejection device including a plurality of fluid feed slots includes a first layer and a second layer adjacent the first layer, and a first fluid routing and a second fluid routing each provided through the first layer and the second layer. The fluid ejection... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080309744 - Liquid-ejecting head: A liquid-ejecting head is provided whereby it is possible to eject both a main droplet and a satellite in the desired ejection direction, and furthermore, wherein no bias exists in the lifetimes of the heaters of a tip A and a tip B. In order to do so, a stopper... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080309745 - Systems and methods for varying dye concentrations: Systems and methods for varying dye loads. A fluid ejection apparatus includes a reservoir and an assembly. The reservoir stores ink with a first dye load and the assembly receives the ink with the first dye load from the reservoir. To obtain ink with higher dye load, the assembly evaporates... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080309746 - Printing system with a data capture device: Provided is a printing system for producing wallpaper. The printing system includes a frame, a cabinet on the frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, and a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on the blank wallpaper. Also included are... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080309747 - Vertical marking system: A system, apparatus, and method for a vertical marking system 100 comprising a means for marking 250 and a means for vertical positioning 200 wherein the means for marking 250 is attached with the means for vertical positioning 200. The vertical marking system 100 may include a means for moving... Agent: James Addison Barry, Jr. J Barry Law Office

20080303848 - Liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a main tank which stores liquid; a head unit including a sub tank which accommodates the liquid supplied from the main tank, and an ejecting head which ejects droplets of the liquid supplied from the sub tank; a liquid supply passage communicating, at one end... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080303849 - Enhanced communications protocol for improved modularity in a micro-fluid ejection device: Methods and apparatus for improving modularity in a micro-fluid ejection device and for providing instruction data to a plurality of data handling devices within a micro-fluid ejection device. The method includes generating device data and appending an address to the device data to generate instruction data. The address typically indicates... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080303850 - Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid ejector, and an image forming device including a marking fluid ejector with a drop size symbol: A fluid ejector includes a drop size symbol that is based on the fluid ejector's drop size relative to one or more fixed drop sizes. The drop size symbol is formed by comparing the fluid ejector's drop size to the one or more fixed drop sizes. An image forming device... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080303851 - Electro-thermally actuated printer with high media feed speed: An inkjet printer that has a printhead mounted adjacent a media feed path, the printhead having an array of droplet ejectors for ejecting ink droplets on to a media substrate. Each of the droplet ejectors having an electro-thermal actuator. The printer also having a media feed drive for moving the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303852 - Halftone printing on an inkjet printer: An inkjet printer is used to print on media an amplitude modulated (AM) halftoning pattern where dot size is varied to create different tones. Different sized dots are formed on the media by depositing different patterns of adjacent drops that coalesce into the different sized dots.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080303853 - Micro-fluid ejection head having adaptive thermal control: A method of controlling a micro fluid ejection device by sensing a middle zone temperature, and selectively applying an amount of power to a middle zone heater to achieve a target temperature. An edge zone temperature is also sensed and power is selectively applied to edge zone heaters to achieve... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080303854 - Systems and methods for detecting intermittent, weak and missing jets with an inline linear array sensor: Systems and methods are provided for detecting intermittent, weak or missing jets of a printer. The detection is implemented using a test pattern. Detected failed jets may be confirmed using a verification target. A printhead containing nozzles corresponding to detected failed jets may be wiped or purged.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080303855 - Compliant sealing materials and methods for sealing nozzles for a micro-fluid ejection head: A compliant sealing structure suitable for sealing a micro-fluid ejection head, methods of sealing a micro-fluid ejection head, ejection heads sealed by the method and structure. The sealing structure includes an elastomeric pad suitable for sealing nozzles of the micro-fluid ejection head. A removable shrink wrap film is applied to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080303856 - Printhead assembly with replaceable printhead modules: A printhead assembly includes a chassis, an ink reservoir secured on the chassis and printhead modules attached to the reservoir. Each printhead module includes a first molding defining a plurality of ink chambers and a plurality of clips. The clips are releasably engaged with receiving formations defined by the ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303857 - Nozzle chip cleaning apparatus of inkjet printer, inkjet printer using the same, and method thereof: A nozzle chip cleaning apparatus of an inkjet printer in which a structure to supply and drain a cleaning solution to clean nozzle chips. The nozzle chip cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning bath in which a cleaning solution is contained to clean the nozzle chips, an ultrasonic wave device installed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080303858 - Fluid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a plurality of nozzles, an ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid through the nozzles, a cap member that is capable of being brought into contact with the ejection head so as to maintain or regain initial ejection characteristics of the nozzles, a packing member... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080303859 - Maintenance assembly for a pagewidth printer having a motorized drive: A maintenance assembly for a pagewidth printer, said assembly operatively mounted between posts of a main body of the printer so that the maintenance assembly is positioned adjacent a printhead assembly of the printer. The maintenance assembly includes a maintenance chassis defining tongue portions and having ends which are shaped... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303860 - Liquid ejecting head and printing apparatus: Disclosed is a liquid ejecting head includes a head main body having nozzles facing a spray surface of a rotating member rotationally driven, and ejecting liquid from the nozzles, and a mist capturing unit capturing mist of the liquid ejected from the nozzles. In the liquid ejecting head, the mist... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080303861 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: The apparatus includes a portable liquid ejecting unit for independently performing by itself a liquid ejection operation to an object, and a stationary unit to be equipped with the liquid ejecting unit so that the stationary unit is separably united with the same. The liquid ejecting unit has a liquid... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080303862 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus and recording apparatus: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a common liquid chamber to which the liquid is supplied, a plurality of pressure chambers which communicate with the common liquid chamber and which cause a pressure change in the liquid, a plurality of nozzles which jet the droplets of the liquid, a pressure... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080303863 - Page-width printhead assembly with stationary ink ejection integrated circuits: A page-width printhead assembly includes an elongate casing defining a channel. An elongate printhead module is located within the channel and is configured to eject ink upon passing print media. The printhead module includes a plurality of serially arranged printhead tiles upon which respective ink ejection integrated circuits are mounted.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303864 - Printhead assembly with sheltered ink distribution arrangement: The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer system. The printhead assembly includes an elongate substrate defining a channel and spaced apart sets of ink supply holes. Printhead modules are mounted serially along the substrate outside the channel. Each printhead module includes an ink ejection integrated circuit... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303865 - Ink-jet printer, ink-jet head and method of manufacturing the ink-jet head: A piezoelectric sheet of an ink-jet head includes dummy individual electrodes in addition to individual electrodes which corresponds to respective nozzles. The dummy individual electrodes are in an outer periphery of the individual electrodes. FPC board applies drive voltage to the individual electrodes in a drive area, and deforms the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080303867 - Method of forming printhead by removing sacrificial material through nozzle apertures: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing 100% coverage at full print rate, each of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303866 - Nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer for ejecting a low speed droplet: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303868 - Printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus: The present invention relates to a printhead having a plurality of element substrates, in which the effects of the rise in element substrate temperature and current noise are not manifested in a biased manner in only one of the element substrates. The printhead is comprising a plurality of printing elements... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080303869 - Ink jet print head and manufacturing method thereof: An ink jet print head and a manufacturing method thereof that is improved so as to simplify a glue layer forming process including a glue layer of the ink jet print head is made of a silicone modified resin having a photosensitive property, such as a silicone modified polyimide resin.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080303870 - Ink jet device for the positioning of a substance onto a substrate, method for the positioning of a substance onto a substrate and use of an ink jet device: The invention provides an ink jet device for the positioning of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle provided to eject a droplet comprising the substance, the ink jet device further comprising at least one heating element arranged such that the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080303871 - Nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer for ejecting a low volume droplet: 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 drive transistor provides an energy pulse to the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303872 - Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer configured to minimize thermal losses: Provided is a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining an ink passage and a nozzle plate supported on said substrate by side walls to define an ink chamber operatively supplied with ink via said ink passage, the nozzle plate defining an ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303873 - Printhead with reciprocating cantilevered thermal actuators: A printhead is provided for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a wafer assembly supporting rows of ink ejection nozzles. Each nozzle includes a nozzle structure defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with an ink ejection port. A cantilevered thermal actuator terminates in a free end over an ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303874 - Thermal inkjet printhead: A thermal inkjet printhead that includes a substrate, a chamber layer stacked on the substrate, an ink chamber formed in the chamber layer, a heater to heat ink filled in the ink chamber to generate bubbles, and a nozzle layer stacked on the chamber layer, and including a nozzle formed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080303875 - Ink ejection nozzle with oscillator and shutter arrangement: An ink ejection nozzle has an ink reservoir with an oscillator configured to oscillate ink pressure in the reservoir. A wafer assembly defines an ink supply channel in fluid communication with the ink reservoir. A nozzle chamber structure on the wafer assembly defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303876 - Liquid discharge apparatus: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid storage-discharge member having a liquid storage chamber for storing liquid and a liquid outlet for discharging the liquid from the liquid storage chamber to the outside of the liquid storage chamber, a vibration plate formed on the liquid storage-discharge member and a piezoelectric... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080303877 - Liquid jetting apparatus: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a cavity unit having a plurality of nozzles and pressure chambers; and an actuator unit applying jetting pressures to the pressure chambers. The actuator unit has a plurality of stacked ceramics layers, individual electrodes corresponding to the pressure chambers, a common electrode common to all... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080303878 - Ink priming arrangement for printhead having picolitre ink ejection: An ink priming arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided which has an ink bag containing ink for distribution to nozzles of the printhead via a fluid path between the ink bag and nozzles, a force applicator arranged to apply inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303879 - Ink cartridge for inkjet printers: An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer having a printhead with an ink outlet needle (19) comprises an ink cartridge body and a sealing plug (25). The ink cartridge body comprises an ink cartridge housing (3) and an ink cartridge cover (4) thereby forming an ink storage chamber (18). The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080303880 - Ink jet cartridge: The present invention provides an ink jet cartridge configured such that an absorber is housed in one space while ink is accommodated in the other space, the ink jet cartridge keeping the ink sealed during distribution. The ink jet cartridge has an ink tank portion that accommodates ink, a print... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080303882 - Ink refill unit with incremental ink ejection accuated by print cartridge cradle: 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

20080303881 - Ink supply arrangement for inkjet printhead having large nozzle number: An ink supply arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided having at least one collapsible ink bag containing ink for distribution to nozzles of the printhead via a fluid path between the ink bag and nozzles, a body for housing the ink bag and the printhead, and a biasing member... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080303883 - Ink-jet recording device and ink supply unit suitable for it: Ink maintained at a negative pressure state is supplied to an ink-jet recording head via an ink supply mechanism constructed as a differential pressure valve having a coil spring and a movable membrane normally contacted elastically with a valve seat by the coil spring.... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080303884 - Liquid ejection head, liquid cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of pressurizing liquid chambers, a liquid supply portion, and a filter portion. The plurality of nozzles ejects liquid droplets. The plurality of pressurizing liquid chambers are in fluid communication respectively with the nozzles. The liquid supply portion includes a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080303885 - Inkjet ink composition, and ink set, cartridge, and inkjet recording apparatus using the same: An inkjet ink composition includes a colorant, water, and a dicyanobenzene-based compound, and an ink set including the same.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080303886 - Line head and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: In a line head, a plurality of element arrays arranged in a first direction. Each array includes a plurality of light emission elements arrayed in a second direction which is perpendicularly to the first direction. The light emission elements emit light for forming an electrostatic talent image on a photosensitive... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080303887 - Laser jet bow/tilt correction: A method for printing with a laser printer includes obtaining data representative of the bow and tilt characteristics of the printer. Data representing an image to be printed is loaded and analyzed. A control signal is determined from the image data and modified based on the known bow and tilt... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080297545 - Liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus including: (a) a liquid ejecting head having an ejection opening from which a droplet of a liquid is ejected; (b) a liquid supply passage through which the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting head; (c) a suction passage normally held in communication with the liquid... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297546 - Ink jet image forming apparatus: An ink jet image forming apparatus, which is improved in a structure of an ink supply device so as to minimize an influence due to a pressure loss generated in an ink flow passage, is provided. The ink jet image forming apparatus includes a print head to eject an ink... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080297548 - Element substrate and printhead: An element substrate capable of obtaining a high-quality printed image for a long period. The element substrate has a plurality of heaters, driving elements each of which is provided in correspondence with each of the plurality of heaters to selectively drive the plurality of heaters, an input terminal to receive... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297547 - Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid ejector, and an image forming device including a marking fluid ejector with a drop size symbol: A fluid ejector includes a drop size symbol that is based on the fluid ejector's drop size relative to one or more fixed drop sizes. The drop size symbol is formed by comparing the fluid ejector's drop size to the one or more fixed drop sizes. An image forming device... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080297551 - Element substrate, printhead, head cartridge, printing apparatus, and method for confirming electrical connection status of printhead and printing apparatus: An element substrate capable of independently confirming an electrical connection status with a logic power source without increasing costs due to increasing the number of terminals or the like. The element substrate includes a connection status output circuit that outputs a signal in response to a connection status of a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297550 - Method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads, head unit, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic device: Provided herein is a method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads comprising: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080297549 - Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus: A recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head arraying a plurality of nozzles to execute recording of an image includes a drive unit configured to form a group with a defined number of nozzles so as to include an adjacent nozzle in a different block and to execute... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080297552 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that inhibits the temperature of a print head from increasing excessively while preventing significant density or hue unevenness from occurring in images, without the need for a complicated structure or complicated control. Thus, the present invention... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080297553 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head unit includes head main bodies capable of ejecting liquid droplets from nozzle openings by applying pressure to liquid inside pressure generating chambers communicated with the nozzle openings. Liquid flow paths that are formed for the head main bodies connect the nozzle openings including the pressure generating... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080297554 - Temperature regulated inkjet printhead: A printhead IC is provided which has 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... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297555 - Array type inkjet head and method of manufacturing the same: An array type inkjet head and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes providing a test head in which nozzle chips are mounted, printing ejection patterns on a printing medium according to various ejection timings of the nozzle chips by controlling the test head, classifying the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080297556 - Solid ink set incorporating naturally derived materials and processes thereof: A solid phase change ink composition that includes an ink vehicle, a colorant, and at least one naturally derived material. At least one naturally derived material is a low melt material having an onset of melting from about 45° C. to about 120° C., and a melt transition width of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080297557 - Ink jet head cleaning device and ink jet image forming apparatus having the same: A print head cleaning device, an ink jet image forming apparatus having the same, and methods thereof include a cleaning liquid circulation and/or a structure to clean an image forming apparatus print head.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080297558 - Printhead maintenance assembly for an inkjet printer: A printhead maintenance assembly for an inkjet printer includes a housing. A movable chassis is arranged in the housing. A belt is mounted on the chassis with a contact surface for sealing engagement with a printhead of the printer. The chassis and thus the belt are reciprocally movable between a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297559 - High precision feed particularly useful for uv ink jet printing on vinyl: An apparatus (30, 40, 50) and a method of ink jet printing arc disclosed that use a system for feeding a substrate longitudinally relative to a support area and a system for moving a printhead parallel to the direction of substrate feed. Indexing between transverse scan rows of a printhead... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080297560 - Printer: A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; an angle-controlling... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297561 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of nozzle groups each including a plurality of nozzle openings; and a plurality of pressure generating chambers that cause liquid to be ejected from the nozzle openings. A plurality of recessed portions are formed at a nozzle forming member, the recessed portions each... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080297562 - Printhead assembly with an ink supply arrangement having printhead segment carriers: A printhead assembly which includes an ink supply arrangement having a profile member defining a semi-open cross-section with peripheral, structured side walls having free, opposing, lengthwise running edges delineating a gap extending along the entire length of the profile member, said profile member defining three internal webs that stand out... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297563 - Nozzle plate for inkjet head, method for manufacturing the same, and treatment liquid for inkjet head: A nozzle plate for an inkjet head including a substrate and ink ejecting holes formed in the substrate. An ink-repellent layer is formed on an ink ejecting side surface of the nozzle plate, and portions of the ink-repellant layer around the ink ejecting holes are selectively removed so that portions... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080297564 - Inkjet printhead: An inkjet printhead includes a substrate in which an ink feed hole is formed, a plurality of ejection devices formed on the substrate at sides of the ink feed hole, a chamber layer stacked on the substrate and in which a plurality of ink chambers, which correspond to the ejection... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080297565 - Reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge: Provided is a printhead assembly which includes a printhead module having a plurality of modular printhead tiles each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for printing on a printing medium. The assembly also includes a number of printhead controller integrated circuits for controlling the printhead tiles, as well as... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297566 - Inkjet printhead nozzle arrangement having non-coincident electrodes: Provided is an inkjet printhead nozzle arrangement including side walls located on a wafer substrate with a roof layer deposited on said walls to define an ink chamber, the roof layer defining a nozzle aperture, and an inlet defined in the substrate to supply the ink chamber with printing fluid.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297567 - Ink-jet print head and method of manufacturing the same: An ink-jet print head and a method of manufacturing the same capable of minimizing exfoliation or breakage of a protective layer. The ink-jet print head includes a heater layer which is provided on a substrate, a wire layer which is provided on the heater layer and is formed to expose... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080297568 - Fluid supply system and fluid ejecting apparatus using same: A liquid supply system including a main tank, a feed pump, a subtank, a negative pressure maintenance mechanism, and a directional control valve. The main tank stores liquid. The feed pump sucks the liquid held in the main tank through a pump suction opening and discharges the liquid through a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080297572 - Ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer with an ink refill facility: Provided is an ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer. The cartridge unit includes a main body defining a number of ink reservoirs, each reservoir having a layered stack of absorbent material forming a micro-capillary array for suspending ink inside said reservoir. The unit also includes a lid assembly covering... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297569 - Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer, including: a recording head which ejects ink onto a recording medium; a main tank which stores the ink to be supplied to the recording head; a sub tank configured to be extended and contracted in a vertical direction and including first and second ink flow holes provided... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297570 - Inkjet printer with variable size tanks: An inkjet printer includes a recording head configured to eject ink onto a recording medium, an ink tank configured to store the ink to be supplied to the recording head, the ink tank having an expandable and contractible bellows portion, and at least one deformation-preventing member configured to contact an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080297571 - Inkjet printers: An ink jet printer includes an image forming unit. The image forming unit includes a main tank configured to receive ink via a supply port and to store the ink therein, a subtank configured to receive the ink from the main tank and to store the ink therein, and a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297573 - Liquid applying apparatus and ink jet printing apparatus: The present invention provides a liquid applying apparatus that prevents an applying roller from being degraded while contacting with an application liquid for a long time. Specifically, once an applying operation has been completely executed on an applying medium, the apparatus stands by for 60 seconds while holding the application... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080297574 - Reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge: A reservoir assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge has a fluid distribution molding with priming inlets in fluid communication with fluid channels for supplying printing fluid to a plurality of printhead integrated circuits. The assembly includes a reservoir compartment arranged in fluid communication with the fluid channels via a fluid... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080297576 - Ink cartridges: An ink cartridge includes a particular wall, a protruding member extending from the particular wall in a particular direction, a protrusion extending from the particular wall in the particular direction, and an ink chamber configured to store ink therein. The ink cartridge also includes a translucent portion defining an enclosure,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297575 - Ink jet recording apparatus: A residual ink container comprising laminated members for absorbing residual ink not used for recording, wherein the laminated members are laminated with a gap between adjacent ones of the members; and a covering member covering such that non-contact portion is provided between the covering member and a topmost one of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080297577 - Ink rejuvenation system for inkjet printing: An ink circulation system for use in an inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet printhead, an ink supply path for supplying an ink to the inkjet printhead and an ink return path for returning ink not used for printing from the inkjet printhead. The ink return path is coupled to... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080297578 - Liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head having an ejection opening from which a droplet of a liquid is ejected, a first tank in which a liquid storing chamber storing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head and a gas chamber storing a gas are... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297579 - Liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus: A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head having an ejection opening from which a droplet of a liquid is ejected, a liquid supply passage through which the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting head, a first suction passage normally held in communication with the liquid supply passage,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080297581 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes color inkjet heads 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 and a white inkjet head 17 arranged in different positions with respect to a secondary scanning direction. When recording an image in a pre-white process, a recording medium S is moved in a direction of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080297580 - Recording-medium feeding device: A recording-medium feeding device feeds a recording medium by separating loaded recording media sheet by sheet. An air outlet blows air to the recording media from a lateral side with respect to a direction of feeding the recording-medium. The air outlet is formed cross a recording-medium feeding plane, such that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080297582 - Thermal printing apparatus and printing method thereof: The present invention discloses a thermal printing apparatus and printing method thereof. The thermal printing apparatus includes a memory unit and a control unit. The method of the present invention includes storing at least a predetermined control mapping table, the predetermined control mapping table for recording control parameter settings of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080297583 - Two-sided thermal print command: In an embodiment, a method of operating a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path opposite the first side is provided, wherein the... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.

20080297584 - Two-sided thermal printer control: A dual-sided direct thermal printer and methods of operation thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path, and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.