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Incremental printing of symbolic information February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/13

20130050306 - Brushless motor driving apparatus and printing apparatus including brushless motor driving apparatus: The operation accuracy of a printing unit is improved in a printing apparatus. To accomplish this, a motor driving apparatus comprise a brushless motor including coils of a plurality of phases, and a plurality of detection units that output voltages in accordance with rotation of a rotor, a driving unit... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050307 - Printer system, and connectable devices and printer used in the same: A printer-side controller of a printer repeats transmission of connection confirmation data while response data is received in response to the connection confirmation data. A device-side controller of the connectable device forward the connection confirmation data which is received after transmission of the response data to another connectable device connected... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050310 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method: The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling an ink jet printing apparatus which, during a non-print operation excluding a print operation, can stir ink at a required time and to a required level according to the state of the ink in the ink... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050309 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus maintenance method: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid storing unit, a pressure adjusting unit that adjusts a pressure in the liquid storing unit, a circulation flow path that returns the liquid that has flowed out from the liquid storing unit to the liquid storing unit, a circulating unit that circulates the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050308 - Printing device: A printing device includes a printing material container, a controller and a voltage applying unit. The printing material container has a storage device, a plurality of terminals for the storage device, and first and second attachment detection terminals. The storage device stores information of the amount of a printing material.... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050311 - Carriage printer with bubble dislodging and removal: An inkjet carriage printer includes a carriage for transporting an inkjet printhead in a carriage scan direction across the print region in reciprocating fashion, the carriage including an encoder sensor; a linear encoder disposed along the carriage scan direction; and a controller for controlling the motor on the basis of... Agent:

20130050312 - Dislodging and removing bubbles from inkjet printhead: A method of operating an inkjet printer including an inkjet printhead having an ink inlet, the inkjet printhead mounted on a motor-driven carriage having an encoder sensor, the method including sending a signal from the encoder sensor to a controller to indicate a position of the motor-driven carriage; determining a... Agent:

20130050313 - Fluid level sensing system and method: An ink level sensing system that exhibits good sensitivity is described herein. The system includes a first probe having a first active surface, a second probe having a second active surface facing the first active surface, a memory in which data indicative of a conductivity curve and command instructions are... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130050315 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus: According to the liquid ejection head and the liquid ejection apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to reduce wasted nozzles in a joint section by reducing the total number of nozzles NA included in a joint section between head units that are positioned and fixed with high accuracy,... Agent:

20130050314 - Printing registered patterns on multiple media sides: A method of printing includes printing first and second patterns at first and second locations on first and second sides of a media using first and second printheads, respectively. First and second fiducial images including a fiducial origin are captured using first and second cameras, respectively. First and second pattern... Agent:

20130050317 - Liquid ejecting device, storage medium, and method of controlling liquid ejecting device: A power supply section includes a switching regulator. A plurality of linear regulators is provided for respective ones of a plurality of driving sections. The linear regulators step down a source voltage to respective driving voltages of the driving sections and supply the respective driving sections with the driving voltages.... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050316 - Power management device for printing system: A printing system includes a printhead having a printing voltage input and a printhead logic voltage input; a DC power supply including a first DC voltage level; and a power management integrated circuit including a controllably on/off voltage output connected to the printing voltage input of the printhead; a DC... Agent:

20130050318 - Printing apparatus: An encoder sensor is mounted on a printhead and optically reads an encoder film. And a number of pulses of a pulse signal proportional to a moving amount of a printhead is counted and stored as a count value in a memory within multiple ICs. The count value stored in... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050319 - Liquid jetting apparatus: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a plurality of liquid jet heads each of which has a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles are formed to align in one direction, a retention member which retains the plurality of liquid jet heads in a state of being arranged along one... Agent:

20130050323 - Continuous inkjet printing method and fluid set: A method of continuous inkjet printing comprising: A) providing a main fluid supply of a continuous inkjet printer with a printing fluid comprising water, a soluble or dispersed polymeric component, and less than a total of 10 wt % of low-volatile water soluble humectant having a boiling point of greater... Agent:

20130050321 - Method and system for identifying printhead roll: A method for aligning a printhead to compensate for printhead roll has been developed. The method includes simultaneously operating a plurality of inkjets in a printhead to eject ink drops to form a plurality of marks on an image receiving member. A plurality of cross-process direction distances between one mark... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130050326 - Method for activating a processing device and processing device activated in such a way: To activate a processing device which processes a surface of a moving work piece at regular intervals, wherein a predetermined time duration passes between an activation signal of the processing device and the processing on the surface, the movement of the work piece is sensed with a sensor that generates... Agent:

20130050324 - Printing apparatus and control method thereof: A printing apparatus, comprising a printhead configured to arrange a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array for discharging ink, a reading unit, a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information about a shift amount between printing positions for the first and second nozzle array, a print control... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050320 - Printing system having multiple sided pattern registration: A printing system includes a media transport system for transporting a media, a first printhead that prints a first pattern on a first side of the media, and a second printhead that prints a second pattern on a second side of the media. A print controller controls the operation of... Agent:

20130050322 - Printing systems and methods performed by printing systems: A method performed by a printing system is described herein. A request is provided to a user to enter data related to print quality of a mark or marks printed on a portion of a background region. The background region includes an area or areas treated with a fixer fluid... Agent:

20130050325 - Recording device, method of controlling a recording device, and storage medium storing a program executed by a control unit that controls a recording device: The time required for a nozzle check is minimized without reducing the accuracy of the nozzle check. An inkjet line printer has a nozzle check control unit that performs a nozzle check to detect ejection problems in the nozzles of plural nozzle rows of the inkjet line head. The nozzle... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050328 - Ink jet textile printing apparatus: A tray mounting unit in which it is possible to replace a plurality of types of set trays; a detector capable of detecting the type of set tray mounted on the tray mounting unit in a state where the target textile printing material is set; a determining unit determining whether... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050327 - Inkjet printer with partial image receiving member heating: A method for operating an image receiving member in a phase change ink printer has been developed. The method includes selectively rotating the image receiving member past an activated heater to heat a first portion of the image receiving member to a first predetermined temperature that is greater than a... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130050330 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid toward a recording medium; a rib which projects in a direction toward the liquid ejecting head, and includes a support portion for supporting the recording medium; a detection target portion which is provided at a position lower than... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050329 - Registering patterns on multiple media sides: A method of determining a relative location of a first pattern and a second pattern includes providing a fiducial including a fiducial origin, a first camera, a second camera, and an image registration controller. A first fiducial image of the fiducial origin is captured using the first camera. A second... Agent:

20130050331 - Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: Disclosed is an ink composition including: (1) a pigment; (2) a polymerization initiator having a content of 2% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition and having a solubility with respect to pure water at 25° C. of 5 to 8 g/l; (3) a... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050332 - Printing method and transport member: s

20130050333 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: An ink jet printer includes a carriage configured to be movable supporting a recording head that can eject ink onto paper, a cam member adjusting the height position of the carriage to adjust the distance between the paper and the recording head, a cap member abutting the recording head along... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050335 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: An ink jet printer includes a movable carriage supporting a recording head, a cam member adjusting the height position of the carriage to adjust the distance between the paper and the recording head, a cap member that can abut the recording head, and an engagement member that can engage with... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050334 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided. The liquid ejection apparatus includes two line-type heads, each of which includes an ejection surface having a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting liquid to a recording medium; and two covers provided for the two heads, respectively, and each of the covers being movable... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050336 - Ink jet recording apparatus and recorded article: An ink jet recording apparatus records an image on a recording material by ejecting a first ink composition through at least one first liquid ejecting nozzle having an open end. The ink jet recording apparatus also includes a platen having a surface on which the recording medium is placed. The... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050337 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method are realized which can improve a print quality while minimizing the volume of waste ink, running cost and throughput degradations. For this purpose, the scan width is set according to the size and position of the print medium and then, based... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050338 - Inkjet head and method of manufacturing the inkjet head: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a base including a mounting surface, an orifice plate, and a first driving element. The orifice plate includes a plurality of orifices. An ink chamber between the orifice plate and the base is configured to be supplied ink. The first driving element... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050339 - Reduced gloss banding through low ink volume deposition per print pass: Improved output quality of a printer used in UV curable ink jet printing is achieved by minimizing or eliminating a print artifact referred to as gloss banding or tire tracking. A same or a similar number of nozzles as used in conventional printers is used to achieve a desired throughput,... Agent:

20130050340 - Method of manufacturing inkjet head and the inkjet head: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing an inkjet head includes forming metal films respectively on a surface of a base member and a surface of a driving element attached to the base member, and shaving the metal film formed on the base member with a first laser beam... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050341 - Wetting control by asymmetric laplace pressure: A print head configured for ejecting droplets of ink comprises a nozzle surface having arranged thereon at least one nozzle and a pattern of wetting sections and anti-wetting sections, arranged around the nozzle. The wetting sections interchange on a circular line, concentric with the nozzle, with anti-wetting sections. The pattern... Agent: Oce-technologies B.v.

20130050342 - Drop ejector shape for improved refill: An inkjet printhead including a drop ejector, the drop ejector includes a substrate having a surface disposed along an xy plane; a nozzle plate including a nozzle; a resistive heater disposed on the surface of the substrate proximate the nozzle, the resistive heater including a width along an x direction;... Agent:

20130050343 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus including the same: A nozzle portion in a recording head includes a first nozzle portion of which cross-sectional area is a first area and which is formed at the side of a pressure generation chamber and a second nozzle portion of which cross-sectional area is a second area which is smaller than the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050344 - Ink pen electrical interface: A printing system comprising an electrical interface for ink pens of an inkjet printer, the electrical interface including a first group of electrical contacts; a second group of electrical contacts, the second group of electrical contacts being arranged in an identical configuration as the first group of electrical contacts; and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130050345 - Liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate including an ejection port that ejects liquid, and an energy generating element that generates energy used to eject liquid, an electric wiring substrate including wiring for transmitting electric power for driving the energy generating element, and an opening that exposes the... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050346 - Method of manufacturing electromechanical transducer film, method of manufacturing electromechanical transducer element, electromechanical transducer element manufactured by the method, droplet jet head and droplet jet apparatus: An applying liquid is applied to a first electrode by ejecting from a nozzle the applying liquid including a raw material for forming an elecromechanical transducer film, and a film of the applying liquid applied onto the first electrode is dried. The dried film is thermally decomposed and crystallized. At... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130050347 - Fluid ejection device and methods of fabrication: In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die including a fluid feed slot that extends from a back side to a front side of the die, a firing chamber formed on the front side to receive fluid from the feed slot, a fluid distribution manifold adhered to the... Agent:

20130050348 - Printhead support structure including thermal insulator: A printing system includes a plurality of inkjet printheads for printing on a print media that is moved relative to the plurality of printheads and a support structure for locating the plurality of printheads relative to the print media. The support structure includes a face adjacent to the print media.... Agent:

20130050349 - Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection method: Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: an ejection orifice for ejecting liquid; a pressure chamber communicating with the ejection orifice; a flow path for supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber; and a first heat-generating element and a second heat-generating element for generating energy to be used for ejecting... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050351 - Piezoelectric actuator with coplanar electrodes: A piezoelectric actuator includes a cantilever membrane. A thin film sheet is affixed to one side of the cantilever membrane to bend the membrane in multiple directions in response to an electric field induced within the thin film sheet. A plurality of coplanar electrodes disposed on the thin film sheet... Agent:

20130050350 - Piezoelectric device, inkjet print head and method of manufacturing the same: There are provided a piezoelectric device, an inkjet print head, and a method of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric device includes piezoelectric ceramic powder containing 90 parts by weight or more to less than 100 parts by weight of Pb(Zr, Ti)O3, and more than 0 part by weight to 10... Agent: Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

20130050352 - Piezoelectric unit, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus: In an inactive region, a farthest dummy electrode formed in a base end portion and an isolated dummy electrode island are located at positions along an extension from an individual internal electrode toward the base end portion. Such a configuration allows the area of the dummy electrode to be reduced,... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050353 - Thin-film actuator, liquid ejection head, ink cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A thin-film actuator that deforms a diaphragm to generate force includes a lower electrode disposed on the diaphragm, a first piezoelectric layer disposed on the lower electrode, an intermediate electrode disposed on the first piezoelectric layer, a second piezoelectric layer disposed on the intermediate electrode, and an upper electrode disposed... Agent:

20130050354 - Inkjet head and recording device: Disclosed is an inkjet head including a fluid channel substrate on which individual liquid chambers are arranged, the individual liquid chambers being partitioned by liquid chamber partition walls; an oscillation plate that is formed on a surface facing openings of nozzles; actuators; wiring layer patterns that supplies driving signals to... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130050355 - Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: s

20130050356 - Liquid supply: A liquid supply (30, 130, 330) includes a lever (48, 348) that moves in response to expansion and contraction of a variable chamber (42, 342) within a liquid reservoir (56, 356). Movement of the lever (48, 348) moves a ball (52, 352) or sealing member (154, 354) to open or... Agent:

20130050357 - Printing fluid cartridge and printing apparatus: A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a printing fluid supply portion positioned at the front face, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, an electrical interface positioned between the front face and... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050358 - Printing fluid cartridge, printing apparatus, and use of printing fluid cartridge: A printing fluid cartridge includes at least one electrical interface configured to be electrically connected to at least one contact, and a light attenuating portion configured to attenuate light.... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050359 - Printing fluid cartridge, printing apparatus, and use of printing fluid cartridge: A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a printing fluid supply portion positioned at the front face, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, at least one electrical interface positioned between the front... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050360 - Printing fluid cartridge, printing apparatus, and use of printing fluid cartridge: A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, an electrical interface disposed at a particular face, such that the electrical interface is exposed to an exterior of... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050361 - Apparatus and method for collecting and expelling phase change ink in a printer: An ink removal system includes a drip bib and a flexible member. The drip bib collects melted ink flowing down the face of a printhead and the flexible member captures ink dropping from the drip bib after an ink receptacle has received most of the ink collected by the drip... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130050362 - Filter unit, liquid ejecting apparatus, and bubble removal method: A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050363 - Aqueous ink composition and image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an aqueous ink composition, including an aqueous solvent, a coloring agent dissolved or dispersed in the aqueous solvent, an ABA-type amphipathic polymer including a hydrophobic segment A and a hydrophilic segment B, and an anionic surfactant configured to dissolve or disperse the ABA-type amphipathic polymer in the aqueous... Agent:

20130050366 - Black ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: The black ink composition for ink jet recording includes a carbon black pigment; at least any one type of colorant pigment which is selected from a magenta pigment and a cyan pigment; a water-soluble polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and water, wherein the average primary particle diameter of the carbon... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050367 - Flexible, scratch resistant radiation curable inkjet inks: A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds includes at least 45 wt % of a mixture of monomers consisting of: a) 10 to 35 wt % of one or more cyclic monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a Tg larger than 20° C.;... Agent: Agfa-gevaert N.v.

20130050364 - Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: Disclosed is an ink composition with excellent adhesiveness of an image on a recording medium and recoverability after being left for a period. The ink composition of the present invention contains coloring particles that include a quinacridone solid solution pigment including two or more types of quinacridone-based compounds, a synergist... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050365 - Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: The ink composition contains a pigment, the water-soluble polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1), an N-vinyl lactam compound, a polymerization initiator, and water. In the general formula (1), Q represents an n-valent linking group, and R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. Further, n represents an integer... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050369 - Image forming method: the ink composition includes a pigment, water, and a water soluble polymerizable compound where the content ratio is equal to or more than 15 mass % and less than 40 mass %, and the content of a water soluble organic solvent is less than 3 mass %.... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050368 - Ink jet uv pinning for control of gloss: Gloss is controlled in UV ink jet printing within a printing system. Controlled pinning energy is used to adjust the amount of ink interaction between drops, substrate, and ink layers, resulting in virtual elimination of gloss banding and control of the finished gloss level from a gloss level of approximately... Agent:

20130050370 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a support member that supports a recording medium, a heating device that heats the recording medium on the support member, a recording head that ejects fluid onto the recording medium on the support member and that is positioned between the support member and the heating device,... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050371 - Personalized cover for electronic devices and method of producing same: A customized cover for a handheld electronic device. A back of the cover is opposite the first side, and substantially covers the back of the handheld electronic device. The backside or second side of the cover is flat along substantially its entire length, and the cover is substantially white for... Agent: Marvelpress, LLC

20130050380 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a head having an ejection surface; and a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction such that the recording medium passes a recording position at which the recording medium is opposed to the ejection surface, the conveyance mechanism including a... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050373 - Liquid ejection apparatus having liquid-receiving devices therein: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head, a receiving device, a holding portion, and a path. The head includes ejection ports that eject a recording liquid onto a recording medium. The receiving device is disposed below the head along a substantially vertical direction and receives recording liquid ejected from the... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050377 - Paper conveyance apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus: An aspect of the present invention provides a paper conveyance apparatus which conveys cut sheet paper, including: a drum which conveys the paper by wrapping the paper around an outer circumferential surface of the drum and rotating; a pressing roller which presses a front surface of the paper at a... Agent:

20130050372 - Print media jam clearance assembly: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to a print media jam clearance assembly for use in a printing device. The print media jam clearance assembly includes a first print medium jam clearance position and a second print medium jam clearance position. This is accomplished, in part, by a repositionable platen of... Agent:

20130050379 - Print medium conveyance device and printing device: A print medium conveyance device 40 has a tractor 44, conveyance roller 55, and clutch mechanism 83. The tractor 44 sequentially engages engagement holes formed in a line in the medium and conveys the print medium in a specific conveyance direction X. The conveyance roller 55 is disposed downstream from... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050375 - Printing device and recording paper conveyance mechanism: A printing device has a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects liquid droplets; a conveyance unit that conveys recording paper; a platen that is disposed opposite the liquid droplet ejection head and has a plurality of suction holes arrayed in the conveyance direction in which the conveyance unit conveys the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050378 - Recording apparatus: There is provided a recording apparatus including an apparatus main body including a first placement portion on which a recording medium is placed, a recording unit which performs recording on the recording medium, and a first transport path through which the recording medium is transported from the first placement portion... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050374 - Recording apparatus with stopper device: A recording apparatus includes a recorder, a conveyer, a holder, a stopper, an urging member, a light source, and a light controller. The recorder records an image on a recording medium at a recording position. The conveyer conveys a recording medium through the recording position and outputs the recording medium... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050376 - Recording medium conveyance device and image forming apparatus: A recording medium conveyance device comprising a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium while sucking the recording medium onto a conveyance surface, and an air blowing unit that is disposed at an upstream side of the conveying unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium. The air blowing... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130050381 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided. The liquid ejection apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, covers and a moving mechanism. The first housing is rotatable relative to the second housing about a rotational shaft between a close position and a separate position. The covers are movable relative to... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050382 - Recording apparatus: There is provided a recording apparatus including an apparatus main body provided with a recording unit which performs recording on a recording medium, an extension unit provided with a containing unit of the recording medium, which is detachably attached to a lower portion of the apparatus main body on a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130050383 - Thermal head, method of producing thermal head, and thermal printer: A thermal head for expressing pressure-sensitive adhesive strength includes a heat-generating element on a principal plane of a substrate and heats a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive label. A thermally active component adhesion preventing layer that comes into sliding contact with the thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer... Agent:

20130050384 - Printing apparatus and method: A printing apparatus comprises a conveying section configured to convey a belt-like storing medium in a first conveying direction or a second conveying direction in which opposite to the first conveying direction, a driving section configured to drive the conveying section, a gears configured to transfer the driving force to... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050385 - Printer: This disclosure discloses a printer configured to perform desired printing, comprising a substantially box-shaped housing, a partition wall that partitions an internal structure of the housing into a first area positioned on a first side, and a second area positioned on a second side opposite to the first side, a... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050387 - Deflection scanner: The present invention provides an optical scanning apparatus which includes first and second light sources, a deflection scanning device, and first and second scanning optical systems that guides the first and second laser beams deflected for scanning by the deflection scanning device, wherein the first and second scanning optical systems... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050388 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a pulse width modulation unit that changes pulse width of a signal in accordance with image data, and an image forming unit that forms an image by a driving laser beam with a signal whose pulse width has been modulated by the pulse width modulation... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130050386 - Light emitting unit and image forming apparatus: A light emitting unit includes a substrate, plural light emitting elements disposed on the substrate, and a lens array disposed above the plural light emitting elements. The lens array includes a base and plural lenses that each focus light emitted from a corresponding light emitting element among the plural light... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130050389 - Inkless printing apparatus: A substrate marking apparatus for use in combination with a substrate comprising a multi-colour change diacetylene compound is disclosed. The substrate marking apparatus comprises: at least two radiation sources operable to emit radiation of different wavelengths, optical transformation elements and a control system. The control system takes digital file information... Agent: Datalase Limited

20130050390 - Single-pass imaging method with image data scrolling for improved resolution contrast and exposure extent: A method for generating an elongated concentrated scan image on an imaging surface of a scan structure (e.g., a drum cylinder) in an imaging (e.g., xerographic or lithographic) apparatus, wherein the imaging surface is caused to move in a cross-scan (process) direction. A spatial light modulator having a two-dimensional array... Agent: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

20130050391 - Single-pass imaging system with spatial light modulator and catadioptric anamorphic optical system: A single-pass imaging system utilizes a light source and a spatial light modulator to generate a two-dimensional modulated light field, and uses a catadiotropic anamorphic optical system to anamorphically image and concentrate the modulated light in order to generate a high-intensity, substantially one-dimensional line image on an imaging surface (e.g.,... Agent: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

20130044148 - Image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a recording head, a sub tank, a carriage, a main tank, and a fluid feeding unit supplying fluid from the main tank to the sub tank, in which the sub tank includes a displacement member displaced depending on a remaining... Agent:

20130044149 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink particle generation unit that makes a pressurized ink injected from a nozzle into particles, a charging unit that electrically charges the ink particle of those subjected to particulation, which corresponds to a dot to be printed, a polarizing unit that polarizes the electrically... Agent:

20130044150 - Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method: In a serial type of color inkjet printing apparatus having a plurality of nozzle arrays, overlapping areas are provided in the respective operating nozzle areas, but printing of a high-quality image can be achieved without color banding and gloss variations accompanying non-uniformity in the ink application process. To attain this,... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044154 - Conveying device and conveying control method: A conveying device and a conveying control method that can control a phase of a main conveying roller and a position of a print medium with an inexpensive configuration and a fast throughput are provided. For that purpose, an LF roller phase is obtained, phase matching control is performed so... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044152 - Ink jet printing apparatus and control method thereof: When it is decided that the PE sensor installed upstream of the conveying roller has detected paper, the motor driving the recovery operation is stopped. This prevents paper jamming that may be caused by the reverse rotation of the motor during the recovery operation. That is, when print paper happens... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044151 - Method of controlling a printing device, and a printing device: A control method that conveys a recording medium fed from a first conveyance unit a specific number of paper feed steps after the leading end is detected by a first detection unit, and stops conveyance after conveying the leading end of the recording medium passed the second conveyance unit, second... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130044153 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a transporting device that transports a recording medium, a recording head that ejects fluid to the recording medium, a first supporting surface that supports the recording medium at a position opposed to the recording head, a heating device that has a second supporting surface that supports... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130044156 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid to a target; a supporting unit configured to support the target; a light-detecting unit arranged so that a transporting route is located between the supporting unit and the light-detecting unit in a prescribed direction in which the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130044155 - Method and system for distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensors for structural health monitoring: The disclosure provides in one embodiment a system for monitoring structural health of a structure. The system has a structure to be monitored for structural health. The system further has a distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assemblies deposited onto the structure. Each assembly has a plurality of... Agent: The Boeing Company

20130044157 - Printing method and pre-treatment composition: Pre-treatment composition and printing method, for producing durable images, using it are disclosed. Said pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −22° C. to 20° C. Said method encompasses applying the pre-treatment... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130044158 - Image forming apparatus having carriage mounting recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a carriage, a first recording head, a second recording head, and a maintenance assembly. The carriage is movable in a main scanning direction. The first recording head has nozzles in a nozzle face thereof to eject liquid droplets. The second recording head... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130044159 - Ink jet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage with a recording head, a wiper holder that holds a wiper to wipe a discharge port surface of the recording head, a latch member arranged on the wiper holder that moves between a latch position where the wiper holder is held at a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044160 - Printer and printing with boundary layer disruption: A printer for printing on a print medium includes a print module supporting at least one printhead having ink orifices formed in a front face thereof through which ink drops are ejected into a print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing, and a member extending beyond... Agent:

20130044161 - Recording apparatus and carriage unit: A movable carriage unit on which a head for discharging ink is mountable includes a fixing member movable between a fixing position for fixing the head to a mounting position and a releasing position for releasing the fixation of the head, and a moving unit including an operation portion. The... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044162 - Superoleophobic glass devices and their methods: Various embodiments provide materials and methods for a superoleophobic device, which can include a conformal oleophobic coating disposed on glass pillars and/or stripe-shaped glass structures on a glass substrate to provide the device with a textured superoleophobic surface.... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130044163 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device includes a thin film heater resistor portion having a heater resistor, and a two-layer structure disposed over the heater resistor. The two-layer structure includes a top layer and a bottom layer, with the top layer having a hardness that is at least 1.5 times greater than... Agent:

20130044164 - Ink cartridge, ink cartridge assemlby and ink cartridge determination system: The invention relates to an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge set and an ink cartridge determination system. The invention comprises a first signal blocking section and a second signal blocking section, wherein the second signal blocking section is a movable component and is in an initial ink cartridge installation detection... Agent:

20130044165 - System and method for pressure control of an ink delivery system: A pressurized ink delivery system having two delivery reservoirs in an inkjet printer enables a control system to alternate between the two reservoirs for printhead supply without coupling pressurized air from a delivery reservoir to a low pressure source of ink. Each delivery reservoir includes a conduit having an orifice... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130044166 - Printing system including filter with uniform pores: A printing system includes a filter, a printhead including nozzles through which liquid is emitted, and a liquid supply system in liquid communication with the printhead through the filter. The filter, an electroformed metal structure, includes a plurality of first recesses, a plurality of second recesses, a plurality of first... Agent:

20130044167 - Flexible, scratch resistant radiation curable inkjet inks: A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds includes a) no more than 15 wt % of one or more monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a Tg smaller than 20° C.; and b) at least 45 wt % of a mixture of monomers... Agent: Agfa-gevaert N.v.

20130044169 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming member; a conveying member that retains with a retaining member a leading end portion of the recording medium and conveys the recording medium; a suction-attachment plate that is disposed with a separation to the conveying member, the suction-attachment plate suction-attaching the back... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130044170 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming member that jets liquid droplets onto a recording medium and forms an image on a front face of the recording medium, a tension imparting member that induces tension of 100N/m to 1000N/m in the recording medium image-formed on... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130044172 - Image recording apparatus and irradiator: An image recording apparatus includes: a nozzle that discharges electromagnetic wave curable ink that is cured when an electromagnetic wave is irradiated onto a recording medium; and an irradiator for irradiating the electromagnetic wave, wherein a filter that transmits the electromagnetic wave is provided on the irradiator, and the filter... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130044168 - Ink-jet image forming method and ink-jet ink set: In the present invention, provided are an ink jet image forming method employing actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink exhibiting no offset resistance during storage by superposing printed portions after printing in addition to excellent properties of printing durability, gloss evenness of coated paper and paper-feeding suitability, and an ink... Agent: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

20130044171 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording portion that ejects liquid onto a recording medium which is transported in a transportation direction so as to perform recording processing, a first infrared heating portion that is arranged at a recording surface side of the recording medium, and irradiates the recording medium on... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130044174 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an access cover, a paper feed tray, and a paper discharge tray provided on a side thereof in a rotatable manner. A rotation pivot of the paper feed tray and a rotation pivot of the access cover are arranged on the same... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130044173 - Multi-function printer: A multi-function printer including a body, a door, a carriage, and a pushing lever is provided. The door assembled to the body being opened or closed relative to the body. The carriage and the pushing lever are movably disposed in the body, wherein the pushing lever moves between a first... Agent: Cal-comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited

20130044175 - Method and system of fabricating pzt nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor: The disclosure provides in one embodiment a method of fabricating a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor. The method has a step of formulating a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticle ink. The method further has a step of depositing the PZT nanoparticle ink onto a substrate via... Agent: The Boeing Company

20130044176 - Optical writing device, image forming apparatus, and method for controlling optical writing device: An optical writing device forms an electrostatic latent image and includes a pixel-information acquiring unit that acquires pixel information and stores the acquired pixel information in a storage medium with respect to each main scanning line; a tilt correcting unit that generates a tilt correction signal specifying a main scanning... Agent:

20130044177 - Surface-emitting laser device and surface-emitting laser array including same: A surface-emitting laser device is disclosed that includes a substrate connected to a heat sink; a first reflective layer formed of a semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector on the substrate; a first cavity spacer layer formed in contact with the first reflective layer; an active layer formed in contact with the... Agent:

20130044178 - Printer apparatus and printer head: A disclosed device printer apparatus includes a recording sheet conveying block holding a recording sheet and including a light emitting element, and a first light receiving element; a head block printing characters, graphics or the like on the recording sheet including a second light receiving element positioned to face the... Agent: Fujitsu Component Limited

20130038647 - Nail print apparatus and printing control method: A nail print apparatus which prints on a nail and a printing control method of the nail print apparatus. In one implementation of the present invention, the nail print apparatus includes a imaging section; a nail region information detecting section which detects an outline and an area of the nail... Agent: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

20130038648 - Nail print apparatus and printing control method: A nail print apparatus which prints on a nail and a print controlling method. According to one implementation, a nail print apparatus includes an imaging section, a finger dimension obtaining section, a storage section, a model selecting section, a region specifying section and a printing section. The model selecting section... Agent: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

20130038649 - Apparatus and method for control of print gap: Gas bearing systems, print gap control systems, and methods of print gap control are provided. The gas bearing systems can accommodate one or more print module packages. The systems and methods can be used for inkjet and/or thermal printing applications such as manufacturing organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). Gas bearing... Agent: Kateeva, Inc.

20130038650 - Image forming apparatus including recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes a suction controller to seal a nozzle face of a recording head with a cap and drives a suction device to suck liquid from the head to perform sucking operation. The dummy ejection controller ejects, from the head, droplets not contributing to image formation to... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130038653 - Information processing method, printing apparatus, and computer-readable medium for supressing light scattering: Print data is generated to form an image on a printing medium by superposing a plurality of types of printing materials in some or all pixels of an output image in an order complying with the intensities of the light scattering characteristics of the plurality of types of printing materials.... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130038651 - Ink-jet printing method and apparatus: An ink-jet printing method includes the steps of dividing multiple ink droplet discharging pulses into two or more groups in an ink droplet discharging order, providing the multiple ink droplet discharging pulses to a pressure generator per scan line time, and discharging ink droplets from an ink droplet discharge head... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130038652 - Printing method and printing apparatus: There is provided a printing method that is performed by using a first nozzle ejecting color ink that is used for printing an image on a medium, a second nozzle ejecting a process solution that is used for processing the surface of the medium. The printing method includes printing an... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038654 - Liquid ejecting device: A liquid ejecting device includes a driving waveform signal generating circuit that generates a driving waveform signal, a modulation circuit that performs pulse modulation on the driving waveform signal to generate a modulation signal, a digital power amplifier that amplifies power of the modulation signal to generate a power amplification... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038655 - Printing apparatus and density correction method: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique which is capable of always achieving excellent print quality even in any use environment. In order to attain this object, a provisional print read data acquisition part displays provisional print read data which is acquired by reading a... Agent:

20130038656 - Recording apparatus and image recording method: An image recording apparatus includes a transport unit which transports a medium with a joint portion along a transport path, a head unit which performs recording of a printing image on both the joint portion and a non-joint portion by ejecting ink onto the medium, a heating unit which dries... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038657 - In situ calibration of multiple printheads to reference ink targets: A method for calibrating in situ a plurality of printheads in an imaging device has been developed. Firing signals operate a plurality of printheads to form ink test patterns on an image receiving member. Reflectance measurements of light reflected from the test patterns and optical density measurements for a portion... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130038659 - Inkjet ink and inkjet recording method: Provided is an inkjet ink which can form high-quality images with high abrasion resistance and adhesiveness on a non-absorptive recording medium and which exhibits high ejection properties and excellent storage stability. Also provided is an inkjet recording method. An inkjet ink which comprises water, a pigment, a water-soluble resin, a... Agent: Konica Minolta Ij Technologies, Inc.

20130038660 - Inkjet recording ink and inkjet recording device using the same: An inkjet recording ink, which contains: carbon black; a surfactant; water; a water-soluble organic solvent; and particles formed of an anionic self-emulsifying poly(ether urethane) resin, wherein the carbon black contains first carbon black whose surface has been treated with an anionic surfactant and second carbon black which has been coated... Agent:

20130038658 - Non-aqueous ink and method of producing same: a carbon black (B) having a primary particle size of at least 30 nm but not more than 50 nm, a DBP absorption of at least 40 cm3/100 g but less than 80 cm3/100 g and a pH of at least 6.0 but not more than 9.0.... Agent: Riso Kagaku Corporation

20130038661 - Inkjet recording device and nozzle surface wiping method for an inkjet recording device: An inkjet printer 1 has a cap 31 that covers the ink nozzle surface 18 in which ink nozzles 17 are formed when the inkjet head 6 is at a inkjet head standby position 6B; an ink absorber 37 that is held inside the cap 31 and absorbs ink ejected... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038662 - Printhead maintenance assembly having first and second transfer rollers: A printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining an ink ejection face of an inkjet printhead. The printhead maintenance assembly includes: a first transfer roller having a transfer surface for receiving ink from the ink ejection face; a drive mechanism configured for rotating the first transfer roller; and a second transfer roller... Agent: Zamtec Limited

20130038663 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage to mount a recording head which discharges a liquid droplet on a recording medium to form an image, a carriage guide member to support the carriage and move the carriage to scan in a main scanning direction orthogonal to a sub-scanning direction in... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130038664 - Ink composition, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus using the same, and recorded material: An aspect of the invention provides an ink composition ejected from a nozzle having a step, the ink composition containing at least any one of a first water-soluble organic solvent and a second water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent exhibits a surface tension of 30 mN/m or... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038665 - Printing system: A printing system (30, 40, 40′, 50, 50′) includes at least one ejector coupled to a reservoir (38) that is configured to contain a printing composition including a hydrocarbon having at least one unsaturated bond. The hydrocarbon is configured to at least one of polymerize or crosslink in the presence... Agent:

20130038666 - Ink jet head, method of forming image by the ink jet head, angular velocity sensor, method of measuring angular velocity by the angular velocity sensor, piezoelectric generating element, and method of generating electric power using the peizoelectric gene: The piezoelectric film used for the present invention comprises a piezoelectric layer and first and second electrodes which sandwich the piezoelectric layer therebetween, the first electrode comprises a (001) orientation, the piezoelectric layer is composed of (1-z)(NaxBiy)TiO0.5x+1.5y+2-zBaTiO3 having a (001) orientation, x is not less than 0.30 and not more... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20130038667 - Ink container: Ink concentrate container, comprising an inner volume, containing ink for liquid electrostatic printing (LEP), the ink comprising a carrier liquid and electrically chargeable toner particles for electrostatic imaging, an outlet, and at least one flexible wall extending along the inner volume, so that ink can be pressed through the outlet... Agent:

20130038668 - Print preparation method: Provided is a print preparation method possessing an ejection step in which liquid drops of actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink each containing a polymerizable compound, a photo-polymerizable initiator and a gelling agent are injected from an ink-jet recording head to supply the actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet... Agent: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

20130038669 - Method of manufacturing printed matter: A method of manufacturing a printed matter in which a printed matter is manufactured by print images with consecutive numbers on a medium includes a recording base material, and a separating base material which is provided at a side opposite to the recording base material, and has a joint portion... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130038670 - Printing device with marking function: A printing device with a marking function is provided. The printing device includes a printing module, an identification module and a marking member. The printing module is used for printing images on a transfer paper, thereby producing a barcode paper. The identification module is used for scanning the barcode paper,... Agent: Primax Electronics Ltd.

20130038671 - Image forming apparatus configured to perform exposure control and exposure method: The data conversion unit of an image forming apparatus converts input image data into dot image data in which pixel values having gradation information are arranged in a matrix. A storage unit stores optical face tangle error information of each reflecting surface of a rotary polyhedron. An assignment unit assigns... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130038672 - Image forming apparatus, and light beam power adjusting method and program: An image forming apparatus to form an image by optical scanning includes a light emitter to emit a light beam; a rotary reflective mirror to reflect the light beam; a photoreceptor to receive the light beam reflected by the rotary reflective mirror to form a latent image; a light sensor... Agent:

20130033532 - Printer having energy storage device: A printer includes an energy storage device and a charger for charging the energy storage device and for providing a first DC voltage. The printer includes a first DC-to-DC voltage converter for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. The printer includes first printer electronics powered by... Agent:

20130033533 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head for ejecting liquid, a cap unit for sealing an ejection surface of the head, a humidified air supply mechanism including a storing part for storing humidifying liquid and for performing a humidifying operation, a discharge unit discharges liquid from the head, a control... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033534 - Control method of and control device for controlling liquid ejection head, and liquid ejecting apparatus: A drive signal includes a first drive signal and a second drive signal. The first drive signal includes a prior pulse section including a first contraction element and a discharging pulse section including a first expansion element pulling in a meniscus and the second contraction element discharging a droplet of... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130033536 - Image forming apparatus including recording head: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a recording head including a pressure generator to generate a pressure to cause the nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a droplet discharge status sensor unit to detect a droplet discharging status from each nozzle; and a maintenance... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130033535 - System and method for dynamic stretch reflex printing: A method of adjusting the operation of printheads in a printing system with a moving sheet carrying device has been developed. The method includes identifying a first amount of sheet carrying device displacement and second amount of sheet carrying device displacement as the sheet carrying device carries a media sheet... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130033537 - Printing apparatus and control method thereof: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a platen, and a conveyance unit. The printing unit discharges ink for printing. The platen supports a sheet in the printing unit. The conveyance unit includes a first roller and a second roller arranged on a downstream side of the first roller and... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033538 - Image recording apparatus and nontransitory storage medium storing program: An image recording apparatus, including: a first head for ejecting first liquid; a second head for ejecting second liquid; a second-liquid test-pattern recording command section configured to command recording of a test pattern of the second liquid on the recording medium; and an output controller configured to output recording data... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033540 - Liner-free label printer with label adhesive activation: An apparatus for printing and activating an adhesive upon labels with fluid activatable adhesive having a print head and a path along which a label travels to the print head for printing on a front surface of the label. The path after printing reverses the orientation of the label to... Agent:

20130033539 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body having a manifold in which ink is retained, a compliance section absorbing a pressure change inside the manifold and a compliance space provided opposite to the compliance section, and discharging liquid from nozzles communicating with the manifold; an air chamber communicating... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130033541 - Movable spittoon platform: Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods of handling ink using a movable spittoon platform. A frame defines at least a reservoir portion and a side wall protrusion adjacent the reservoir portion. A shuttle includes a platform slidably movable between a first position, in which the platform is... Agent:

20130033542 - Liquid jetting apparatus and cap member: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head which has a liquid jetting surface including a nozzle placement region at which a plurality of nozzles are open; a cap member which covers the nozzles and which includes a bottom wall and a loop-shaped lip portion provided upright on an... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033543 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head for ejecting liquid, a cap unit for sealing an ejection surface of the head, a humidified air supply mechanism for performing a humidifying operation; a forcible discharge mechanism for performing a forcible discharge operation of forcibly discharging liquid from the ejection ports, a... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033544 - Device and method for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-colour image: A printing device and method for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-color image, including: means for holding a material panel in a oriented position; a printing unit for printing a surface of the material panel, the printing unit comprising a plurality of adjacently arranged printing... Agent:

20130033545 - Liquid discharging nozzle and method for recovering water-repellent layer of the liquid discharging nozzle: A liquid discharging nozzle of the present invention includes (i) a liquid reservoir for reserving a discharging liquid and (ii) a discharging tube connected to a bottom part of the liquid reservoir. A water-repellent layer is provided on an inner surface of the discharging tube, on an inner surface of... Agent:

20130033546 - Achieving accurate page yields: A system for achieving accurate page yields includes a first droplet generator comprising a nozzle aperture with a first cross sectional area and a first passageway to an ink reservoir. A second droplet generator includes a nozzle aperture with a second cross sectional area that is larger than the first... Agent:

20130033547 - Liquid ejection head: Provided is a liquid ejection head, including a substrate including an energy-generating element for generating energy to be used for ejecting a liquid, and a supply port that is a through-hole for supplying the liquid to the energy-generating element; and an orifice plate including an ejection orifice for ejecting the... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130033548 - Print head: Thermal inkjet print head, comprising a fluid feed channel for delivering fluid, fluid chambers arranged near the fluid feed channel for receiving fluid from the fluid feed channel, resistors for actuating the fluid in the chambers, arranged in a staggered pattern with respect to a fluid feed channel wall, and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130033549 - Methods, apparatus, and systems for spreading radiation curable gel ink: A radiation curable gel ink spreading system includes a print head for jetting radiation curable gel ink onto a front side of a substrate, a heated re-flow drum for contacting a back side of the substrate to heat the gel ink and cause the ink to re-flow, and at least... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130033551 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device includes a chamber, at least one fluid supply channel, and more than two fluid inlets disposed between the fluid channel and the chamber. An inkjet printing system includes a fluid ejection device having a chamber disposed along fluid supply channels within the fluid ejection device, where... Agent:

20130033550 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: In a passage unit of a recording head, a first ink introduction port of a first reservoir and a second ink introduction port of a second reservoir are formed between the first and second reservoirs. The first and second ink introduction ports are formed at different positions in a nozzle... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130033552 - Ink cartridge for inkjet printer: The invention relates to an ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, which comprises a cartridge body, a detection mechanism and a tension generating component, wherein the cartridge body comprises an ink storage cavity and an ink outlet; the detection mechanism for detecting the ink cartridge and the ink level comprises... Agent:

20130033553 - Ink-jet printer and medium transfer method: Provided are a ink-jet printer and a medium transfer method printer may include a placement section configured to attract a rolled medium, and to move in a direction parallel to a medium transferring direction, an ink discharging unit configured to move in a direction perpendicular to the medium transferring direction,... Agent:

20130033554 - Print station system: A print station system having a chassis for housing a modular print station; a power source in communication with the print station; a controller circuit card assembly in communication with the print station; a display panel in communication with the print station; a media rewind hub; a pair of adjustable... Agent: Source Technologies, LLC

20130033555 - Printer: A printer includes a thermal head including a line head in which heating elements are arranged in a straight line, a feed device being configured to feed a printing medium in a vertical scanning direction, and a control device being configured to control the feed device and the thermal head,... Agent:

20130033556 - Printing system: A printing system having a chassis for housing a modular print station; a power source in communication with the print station; a controller circuit card assembly encoded with at least one feature module and being in communication with the print station; a display panel in communication with the print station;... Agent: Source Technologies, LLC

20130033557 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A light scanning unit and an image forming apparatus employing the same. The light scanning unit deflects light in a main scanning direction, irradiates the light on a photoconductive drum, and includes a beam detecting sensor to detect a horizontal synchronization signal by receiving a part of the light beam... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

20130033558 - Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus, and optical scanning device designing method: An optical scanning device including a light source having multiple light emitters; an optical element to reflect and transmit the emitted light beams; a photodetector to receive the reflected light beams; an aperture having an opening to shape the transmitted light beams; a light deflector to deflect the transmitted light... Agent:

20130033559 - Surface-emitting laser device, optical scanner device, and image forming apparatus: A surface-emitting laser device includes a lower reflector, a resonator structure having an active layer and an upper reflector on an inclined substrate, and an emission region emitting laser light enclosed by an electrode. The upper reflector includes a confinement structure having a current passing region enclosed by an oxide... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.,