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20130076811 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a first ink tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the recording head, a circulation path configured to circulate ink between the first ink tank and the recording head, a measurement unit configured to measure an... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130076810 - Liquid supply device, liquid discharge device, and image recording apparatus: A pressure buffering unit is reduced in size, and thereby the effect of a flexible membrane is suppressed while the performance of the pressure buffering unit is maintained. A liquid supply device includes: a liquid supply passage which communicates with a recording head in which a plurality of nozzles are... Agent:

20130076809 - Printhead assembly priming: In one example, a liquid dispensing device includes a printhead assembly having a liquid port through which liquid may move between a removable liquid container and the printhead assembly and an air port through which air may flow to and from the container. A pressure source is operatively connected to... Agent:

20130076812 - Textile printing apparatus and textile printing method: A textile printing apparatus includes a liquid remaining amount grasping unit which grasps remaining amounts of respective two or more kinds of liquids, and a control unit which performs control of execution of printings onto a plurality of printed textile materials, the control unit has a control mode for, in... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076813 - Inkjet nozzle flushing mechanism: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data, rasterizing the print job data to generate image data for each page of the print job data to be printed, calculating a coverage per unit area for two or more color planes of each page of the image data... Agent:

20130076815 - Inkjet printer and printing method: In a head (21) of an inkjet printer, a plurality of outlet rows are arranged in a scanning direction, the plurality of outlet rows each having a plurality of outlets arranged in a direction intersecting the scanning direction. The plurality of outlets are each capable of forming dots of a... Agent: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd

20130076816 - Media processing device and method of controlling a media processing device: A media processing device includes a reception unit that receives commands; a conveyance unit that conveys media; a reading unit that reads information from the media conveyed by the conveyance unit; a recording unit that records on the media conveyed by the conveyance unit; and an initialization process execution unit... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076814 - Pretreatment method for printing material, pretreatment device, ink jet textile printing apparatus and ink jet textile printing method: A pretreatment method for a printing material is performed prior to ink jet textile printing on the printing material and includes the steps of imparting a tension force to at least a printing area of the printing material on which ink jet textile printing is performed so as to put... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076818 - Liquid jetting apparatus: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head unit including a liquid jetting head, a regulating member arranged to sandwich the head unit from a nozzle array direction, a restriction mechanism configured to restrict the head unit from displacement in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction, and a... Agent:

20130076817 - Method and apparatus for three-dimensional digital printing: Techniques are presented for digital ink jet printing upon a substrate with a significant third dimension. Droplets in the range of 120 pL to 200 pL have been found suitable for substrates with variability, in the third dimension, of up to approximately 4 cm. A larger droplet can be generated... Agent:

20130076819 - Printing apparatus, line printer and method for printing: A printing apparatus includes a head section having a nozzle row being configured to emit photocurable ink onto a target and an irradiating section configured to irradiate the target, a moving section configured to move the head section with respect to the target for printing, and a controller configured to... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076820 - Dynamic inkjet nozzle flushing mechanism: A method is disclosed. The method includes analyzing an image of a first flushing pattern applied on a medium during production of a print job to detect presence of one or more defective ink jet nozzles and adjusting to a second flushing pattern during the production of the print job... Agent:

20130076824 - Image and printhead control: A method of preparing a two-dimensional bit-mapped image is disclosed in which the image has n pixels per row for printing using one or more printheads each having a row of ejection locations. Each ejection location has associated ejection electrodes to which a voltage is applied sufficient to cause particulate... Agent: Tonejet Limited

20130076823 - Nozzle shading method, and an inkjet printing apparatus using same: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink, a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) type scanner for reading, as image data, charts for correction printed in the ink discharged from the nozzles, light emitters for emitting light to the charts for correction, a scanner controller for causing... Agent: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.

20130076821 - Printer and medium for storing printing control program: A printer includes a memory that memorizes a value of a maximum stroke and a processor that executes a process. The process includes calculating a maximum stroke time that lasts from when a print pin arranged in a printhead is projected from the printhead by the maximum stroke to when... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20130076822 - Printing apparatus and printing method: When a paper jam is detected, in the case where the cause of the paper jam is a CR motor error in which the speed of the carriage is decreased by as much as a load when the paper jam occurs and becomes equal to or less than a set... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076825 - Color medical imaging on film: A method of printing a high density image. An image is accessed, wherein the image has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has an r,g,b value. For each pixel, each r,g,b value is separated into separate grayscale components and color components. A lookup table is applied to each grayscale... Agent:

20130076826 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a recording head; a treatment-liquid application portion; a sealing mechanism for selectively taking a sealing state in which an ejection space is sealed or an unsealing state in which the ejection space is not sealed; a humid-airy supply mechanism for performing a... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130076827 - Liquid jetting apparatus: There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a liquid jetting head configured to jet liquid; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid from the liquid jetting head; a waste liquid recover unit including a waste liquid absorber configured to absorb a waste liquid discharged from the liquid... Agent:

20130076828 - Inkjet printing using large particles: A method of producing a print on paper includes drying a selected region of the paper to a moisture content not to exceed that of the paper equilibrated to 20% RH. Hydrophilic liquid is deposited in a selected fluid pattern on the selected region of the paper within 15 seconds... Agent:

20130076829 - Inkjet printing apparatus and a purging method therefor: An inkjet printing apparatus carries out printing by moving an inkjet head and printing paper relative to each other. The inkjet head has a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink droplets. The apparatus includes a feed pipe connected to each nozzle of the inkjet head for feeding ink thereto, an... Agent: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.

20130076830 - Inkjet recording apparatus: According to an inkjet recording apparatus as an aspect of the present invention, the nozzle surface is wiped by a wiping member which rotates about an axle perpendicular to the nozzle surface. Consequently, the nozzle surface can be wiped in multiple directions and it is possible effectively to prevent deterioration... Agent:

20130076831 - Printer and printing head moving mechanism: A printing head moving mechanism is configured to reciprocate a carriage equipped with a printing head between a printing position facing a recording medium and a retracted position retracted outside a printing region of the recording medium. In the printing position, the carriage is disposed at a downstream side of... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076832 - Liquid ejecting head: Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting head is provided in which a plurality of pressure chambers is formed along a nozzle row direction where a plurality of pressure chambers is arranged in parallel with one another to be divided by each partition wall, and a change in pressure of a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076834 - Inkjet head and method for producing the same: A flexible wiring circuit board has a second terminal section bonded and electrically connected to a first terminal section of a wiring circuit board of a discharge die. A drive signal is inputted to the first terminal section through the second terminal section, and then sent to a driver IC.... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130076833 - Usb connection between two electronics boards: A printer includes a printhead; a media path; a first electronics board including a first connector for a flexible flat cable; a second electronics board including: a universal serial bus port; a second connector for a flexible flat cable; and a plurality of traces connecting the universal serial bus port... Agent:

20130076836 - Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus: An ink jet head is provided which includes: nozzles forming a predetermined array; liquid chambers respectively provided for the nozzles; pressure generation elements respectively provided for the liquid chambers which respectively discharge liquid in the liquid chambers; individual supply flow paths which respectively supply the liquid to the liquid chambers;... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130076835 - Liquid discharge head: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of discharge ports configured to discharge liquid, a supply port configured to retain the liquid to be discharged from the plurality of discharge ports, a first pressure chamber including a first energy generation element to discharge a predetermined amount of liquid droplets, a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130076837 - Planar heater stack and method for making planar heater stack with cavity within planar heater substrata above substrate: A heater stuck includes first strata having a planar configuration supporting and forming a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of fluid ejection from an ejection chamber above the heater element and second strata having a planar configuration coating the heater element... Agent:

20130076838 - Inkjet head: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a mask part which covers a periphery of an actuator part in a state where a nozzle hole is exposed to outside and a peripheral edge part of which is opposite to an opening peripheral edge part of a frame part at... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130076839 - High density electrical interconnect using limited density flex circuits: A method and structure for an ink jet print head which includes the use of two or more flexible circuits and a piezoelectric element array. A first pad array is included on a first flex circuit to power a first portion of the piezoelectric element array of the print head,... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130076840 - Solvent for ink, method for producing solvent for ink, ink for inkjet recording, method for producing ink for inkjet recording, ink cartridge, and method for producing ink cartridge: An ink vehicle having a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin produced by suspension polymerization. In the production of the ink vehicle, the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin is partially dissolved in a solvent in a state in which an undissolved gel-like component of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin is... Agent:

20130076841 - Liquid supply method: A liquid supply method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tank having a liquid capacity greater than a storage amount of the liquid which is stored in a liquid storage unit, and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid supplied from the tank side includes the steps of:... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130076842 - Pre-treatment composition: Pre-treatment composition and printing method using such pre-treatment composition are disclosed. A disclosed example of the pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having an acid number of less than 20.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130076843 - Inkjet printer using large particles: A printer includes a dryer, a liquid-deposition unit, a charging member, a development station, and a fixer arranged in that order along the paper path. The dryer dries a selected region of the paper on the transport to a moisture content not to exceed that of the paper equilibrated to... Agent:

20130076844 - Large-particle inkjet printing on semiporous paper: A print is produced on a semiporous recording medium. The semiporous recording medium is dried to an equilibrated 20% RH. Hydrophilic liquid is deposited on the medium in a selected fluid pattern within 15 seconds after the completion of drying. The recording medium is charged so that a charge pattern... Agent:

20130076845 - Horizontal adjustment device of upper base of barcode printer: A horizontal adjustment device of upper base of barcode printer includes a barcode printer chassis formed with at least one threaded hole. A printing-device upper base is mourned to a chassis side wall of the barcode printer, and having a through bore. At least one adjustment bolt has an end... Agent: Tsc Auto Id Technology Co., Ltd.

20130076846 - Process for printing wood-based flat elements and production line: A printing process may involve providing a wood-based flat panel, which is made from a mass of wooden particles, a preliminary step of graphic composition of a multi-colored image using an electronic processor and relative software, and a printing step for printing the wood-based flat panel with the multi-colored image... Agent:

20130076847 - Large-particle semiporous-paper inkjet printer: A printer for printing on a semiporous recording medium includes a dryer adapted to dry the semiporous recording medium to a moisture content not to exceed that of the recording medium equilibrated to 20% RH. A liquid-deposition unit deposits hydrophilic liquid in a selected fluid pattern on the recording medium... Agent:

20130076848 - Barcode printing control device: A printing device includes a barcode area dividing unit that divides a barcode area of a printing sheet into plural division areas along a Y direction, and a barcode area ejection amount conversion and output unit that controls an ink jet printing unit to print black bars such that an... Agent: Riso Kagaku Corporation

20130076849 - Surface emitting laser and image forming apparatus: A first stepped structure configured to apply a reflectance difference and a second stepped structure configured to change a far field light intensity distribution are provided. A region in which a level difference of the first stepped structure is formed has a predetermined relationship with a region in which a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130076850 - Image-forming device and light scanning device: An image-forming device is provided with a shutter member that has a ventilation passage formed extending therethrough in a main scanning direction, the shutter member adapted to slide over the outside surface of the housing in a secondary scanning direction, a cover member adapted to open or close an interior... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130076851 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device scanning scan target surfaces in a first direction with light includes: a light source emitting first and second light beams corresponding to two of the scan target surfaces; an optical deflector including a reflection surface on which the emitted first and second light beams are obliquely... Agent:

20130076852 - 2-d straight-scan on imaging surface with a raster polygon: A 2-D scanning system uses a fast-rotating raster-polygon as a single scanning component to produce straight scan lines over a 2-D image surface. An approach angle of incident light beams to the raster-polygon is selected to minimize pin-cushion distortion of scan lines introduced by polygon scanning on the image surface,... Agent:

20130070008 - Recording device, method of controlling a recording device, and a program: A recording device has a cartridge that holds a first ink tank filled with ink, and a second ink tank that is filled with ink of the same color; an inkjet head that prints using a first nozzle row that ejects ink supplied from the first ink tank, and a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130070009 - Control device: A control device may generate processed image data, supply the processed image data to a print performing unit and execute a compensation process on a target pixel by using correcting data for a target image forming element which is to form an image at a position corresponding to a target... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070010 - Image forming apparatus with ink-jet printing system: An image forming apparatus comprises a printing head unit, a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform having four or more driving pulses in chronological order per driving cycle, and a selector that selects and applies one of multiple driving pulses to a pressure generator to cause... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070011 - Image position inspecting apparatus, computer-readable medium and image forming apparatus: An image position inspecting apparatus includes a reading unit, a generating unit and a specifying unit. The reading unit includes light receiving elements arranged with a reading resolution Rs and reads an inspection image. The generating unit generates a profile based on the read inspection image. The specifying unit acquires... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130070012 - Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus and abnormality detection method for liquid ejection head: A liquid ejection head includes: a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle aperture through which liquid is ejected; and a flow channel plate formed with at least a flow channel connected to the nozzle aperture, the flow channel plate being bonded to the nozzle plate with the flow channel aligned... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130070013 - Motor control device and image forming apparatus: A motor control device comprises: a motor control unit that controls a motor; and a signal output unit that outputs a signal according to rotation of the motor, wherein the motor control unit controls the motor based on an output signal of the signal output unit so that a driven... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070014 - Motor control device and image forming apparatus: A motor control device comprises: a motor control unit; and a signal output unit, wherein the motor control unit controls a motor based on an output signal of the signal output unit, wherein the motor control unit is configured to function as: a first control unit performs a first motor... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070015 - Ink set with near infrared detection capability and method of using the same: An ink set with near infrared detection capability is disclosed. The ink set includes a cyan ink including a cyan colorant, a magenta ink including a magenta colorant, and a yellow ink including a yellow colorant, each of the colorants having maximum light absorbance in the visible wavelength range of... Agent:

20130070016 - Sealing sheet, and liquid ejection head and inkjet apparatus using same: A sealing sheet is configured to restrain at least one of leakage of liquid in and out. The sealing sheet includes: a film member which is impermeable to the liquid and configured to cover a region that needs to be sealed; and electrical wires which are arranged on the film... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130070017 - Image forming method and inkjet recording device using the same: An image forming method including applying a processing fluid for inkjet recording to both sides of a recording medium and, after applying the processing fluid, discharging ink onto at least one side of the recording medium to form an image thereon. The processing fluid for inkjet recording comprises water and... Agent:

20130070018 - Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet head device: A liquid-jet head includes nozzles, pressurized chambers to communicate with the nozzles, a common liquid chamber to communicate with each of the pressurized chambers, each of the common liquid chamber and the pressurized liquid chambers having a negative pressure of a predetermined value, first communicating paths to communicate between the... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070022 - Image forming apparatus including recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes recording heads, head holders, a carriage, a guide member, a reference member, and a pressing member. The recording heads have nozzles to eject liquid droplets. The holders hold the recording heads. The carriage is reciprocally movable in a main scanning direction and holding the holders.... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070021 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head; a carriage to which the recording head is detachably mounted; and a first head protection member that is arranged on the carriage; wherein the recording head is positioned with respect to the carriage in a relative movement direction by moving the recording... Agent:

20130070020 - Liquid jetting apparatus and method for adjusting inclination of head holder of the liquid jetting apparatus: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid jetting head having a liquid jetting surface in which a plurality of nozzles are aligned along a predetermined direction, a head holder holding the liquid jetting head and being rotatable within a plane parallel to the liquid jetting surface, a rotation regulation member... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070023 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording head and a carriage. The carriage includes a slide member that is provided so that the position of the slide member relative to a carriage body is changeable in a direction where a gap between the recording head and a medium changes, and moves... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130070019 - Support for carriage guide in printer: A carriage printer includes a printhead; a carriage guide disposed along a carriage scan direction, the carriage guide including a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a carriage for transporting the printhead along the carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a bearing... Agent:

20130070024 - Printer for minimizing adverse mixing of high and low luminance inks at nozzle face of inkjet printhead: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead having a plurality of color planes for ejecting a plurality of different inks. Each color plane has a nozzle row defined in a nozzle face of the printhead and each nozzle in a respective color plane is supplied with a same ink. The... Agent: Zamtec Limited

20130070025 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus including same: A liquid ejection head including a nozzle plate having a nozzle array constructed of multiple nozzles from which liquid droplets are ejectable; a channel plate in which grooves that form part of multiple pressure chambers respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles are provided with partition walls interposed therebetween, a wall... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070026 - Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus including same: A liquid ejection head including a nozzle plate having a nozzle array constructed of multiple nozzles, a channel member that forms multiple individual channels communicating with the multiple nozzles, a pressure generator to pressurize liquid within the multiple individual channels, and a common channel member that forms a common channel... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070029 - Electromechanical conversion element, liquid drop ejection head, liquid drop ejection device, and image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an electromechanical conversion element, including an electromechanical conversion film including a PIT, an upper electrode formed on a top of the electromechanical conversion film and including a first strontium ruthenium oxide, and a lower electrode formed on a bottom of the electromechanical conversion film and including a second... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070027 - Inkjet head and inkjet recording apparatus: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes actuators configured to pressurize ink. The actuators include piezoelectric elements provided on an insulating layer, first electrodes electrically connected to the piezoelectric elements, and second electrodes connected to the piezoelectric elements and configured to hold the piezoelectric elements in cooperation with the... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070028 - Method of manufacturing electromechanical transducer element, electromechanical transducer element, discharging head, and inkjet recording device: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electromechanical transducer element including a first process of hydrophobizing a first area of an electrode by forming a self-assembled monolayer film; a second process of applying a sol-gel solution onto a predetermined second area of the electrode so as to produce a complex... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130070030 - Inkjet head and inkjet recording apparatus: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a substrate, a nozzle plate, and an actuator incorporated in the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle provided to communicate with an ink pressure chamber, and a vibrating plate exposed to the ink pressure chamber. The actuator displaces the vibrating... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070031 - Continuous inkjet printing method: A method of printing an image with a continuous inkjet printer system employing a jetting module including a nozzle in fluid communication with a liquid ink source and a catcher including a liquid drop contact face; wherein the liquid ink is an aqueous inkjet black ink comprising a black colorant... Agent:

20130070032 - Inkjet printing apparatus: A turning operation of a headset lever is completed, and a printing head can be detached from a carriage part. By the above described turning operation of the head set lever, a supply port insertion and extraction part connected via a link slides, a needle pipe of the supply port... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130070034 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting head in which a liquid is able to be filled in a pressure chamber communicated with a nozzle opened in a nozzle plate and droplets are able to be ejected from the nozzle by applying a change in pressure of the liquid in the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130070033 - Technique to maintain a positive pressure at a septum during depressurization of an ink supply in an inkjet printing device: A technique to maintain a positive pressure at a septum during depressurization of an ink supply in an inkjet printing device is disclosed. In one example, the ink supply is depressurized to a first predetermined positive pressure using an air pump. Further, a second predetermined positive pressure is maintained at... Agent:

20130070035 - Distributed light sources and systems for photo-reactive curing: A light source for a photo-reactive curing apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of light source elements or modules, such as, UV or visible LEDs or LED arrays, arranged to provide a beam profile comprising irradiation zones separated by a dark zone. Photo-polymerization occurs during periods of irradiation and... Agent:

20130070036 - Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method: The present invention provides an ink set including an ink composition including resin particles including a polymer formed from one or more structural units selected from structural units, which are represented by the following Formula (1) and are derived from a polymerizable compound having an SP value of from 8.80... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130070037 - Transfix roller for use in an indirect printer with an image receiving member having a thin wall: A transfix roller is adapted for use with a thin walled image receiving member in an indirect printer. The transfix roller is centrally supported to present a more uniform pressure profile in the nip formed with the image receiving member. An interference fit between the central shaft and the roller... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130070040 - Exposure control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and exposure control method: An exposure control apparatus includes: a plurality of line memories; a processing unit that processes image data by successively recording the image data to the plurality of line memories, and successively reading the image data from the plurality of line memories; and an exposing unit that performs, with an exposure... Agent:

20130070038 - Integral cushion for flexographic printing plates: A system for preparing a flexographic printing plate having a printing layer, a second layer, and a cushion layer includes a first laser for imaging a first zone on a bottom surface of the cushion layer; and wherein the first laser or a second laser images a first area of... Agent:

20130070039 - Surface-emitting laser device, surface-emitting laser array, optical scanner, image forming apparatus, and method for manufacturing surface-emitting laser device: A surface-emitting laser device includes a transparent dielectric layer provided in an emitting region and configured to cause a reflectance at a peripheral part to be different from a reflectance at a central part in the emitting region. In the surface-emitting laser device, the thickness of a contact layer is... Agent:

20130070041 - Laser scan unit housing for an imaging device: A housing for the scan unit printhead of an imaging device. The housing is substantially bowl shaped having a plurality of mounting surfaces extending inwardly toward a central region of the housing. The housing is constructed from a metal composition. The scan unit includes a plurality of light sources and... Agent:

20130070042 - Image forming apparatus and optical scanning unit: An optical scanning unit may include a light source unit configured to emit a light beam, an optical housing configured to receive and support the light source unit, an optical device configured to deflect the light beam and to focus the light beam on a light receiving member, and a... Agent:

20130063505 - Device and method for printing, in particular for printing containers in several colors: An apparatus for printing containers in several colors on an outer container surface with an imprint formed by a print image includes printing head units, a pair of transport systems for moving the head units along a first direction on a closed path, container receptacles, a second transport system moving... Agent: Khs Gmbh

20130063504 - Inkjet printer and ink circulation control method: According to an exemplary embodiment, there is provided an inkjet printer which causes ink to flow in a circulation path communicating from an upstream ink tank to a downstream ink tank via an inkjet head, and is able to discharge the ink, wherein the inkjet printer includes an ink temperature... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063506 - Circuit device and droplet ejection apparatus: A circuit device drives actuator elements respectively associated with a plurality of nozzles to cause droplets to be ejected from the nozzles. The circuit device includes input terminals; a receiving unit; a switching unit; and a transfer unit. The receiving unit receives, via the input terminals, input signals including a... Agent: Ricoh Company, Limited

20130063508 - Driving method and apparatus of an ink jet head: According to one embodiment, a driving method of an ink jet head includes applying a first pulse for expanding volume of a pressure chamber in which an ink is accommodated to an actuator for applying oscillation to the pressure chamber and applying a second pulse for reducing volume of the... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063507 - Image forming apparatus including recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a head driving control unit, and a dummy ejection control unit. The dummy ejection control unit controls first dummy ejection operation to eject droplets to a continuous medium per a constant length and second dummy ejection operation to eject droplets not contributing... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130063509 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130063510 - Multi-mode printing: A printing system configured for multi-mode printing, the printing system comprising a print head, the print head including a number of nozzle pairs, each nozzle pair comprising a primary ink nozzle and a secondary ink nozzle; and switching circuitry for selectively firing either or both of the nozzles in a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130063511 - Fluid jetting with delays: Please replace the abstract at page 29 with the following amended abstract: Among other things, the disclosure features a system for use in fluid jetting. The system comprises a first print module comprising a first row of nozzles, a second print module comprising a second row of nozzles, and a... Agent: Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc.

20130063512 - Image forming apparatus, image correction method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing image correction program: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes a recording head for forming an image by discharging single color ink from plural nozzle sequences. The image forming apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to generate a profile including discharging characteristics of the corresponding nozzle sequences and information indicating a... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130063513 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a conveyor, a recording controller, and a flashing controller. The conveyor conveys a recording medium along a conveyance path. The recording controller causes the conveyor to convey a recording medium, and controls liquid ejection from the liquid ejection head to form... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063514 - Liquid ejecting apparatus that controls ejecting timings and non-transitory storage medium used in the same: In a liquid ejecting apparatus, a recording medium is conveyed by only a first conveying device during a first period, by only a second conveying device during a second period, and by both the first and second conveying device during a third period. The recording medium is conveyed, in theory,... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063515 - Inkjet line printer: An inkjet line printer has a first encoder for detecting the media conveyance distance of the paper feed roller, and a second encoder for generating a signal to control the ink ejection timing. The encoder scales of the first encoder and second encoder are disposed to the intermediate roller of... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130063516 - Liquid ejecting apparatus, method of controlling liquid ejecting apparatus, and program for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus: A printer as an ink ejecting apparatus capable of ejecting sedimentation ink includes an LED as a first light emitting unit that emits light to a patch as a measurement target portion printed on a printing medium by the sedimentation ink, a light receiving sensor as a first light receiving... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130063518 - Pigment particle, ink, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording method: Provided is a pigment particle suitable for an ink capable of recording an image that is excellent in color developability and lightfastness, and has a yellow hue. The pigment particle is a pigment particle having a structure represented by the following formula (1), in which a maximum absorption wavelength of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063517 - Solid printing ink composition for temporarily marking optical glasses: o

20130063519 - Capping device: A capping device for an ink jet print head includes a base configured to receive an ink jet print head and a cap assembly attached to the base. The cap assembly is configured for sliding movement with respect to the base to provide a closed position of the cap assembly... Agent:

20130063520 - Inkjet recording device having waste liquid chamber: An inkjet recording device includes a recording head, a pump, a waste liquid chamber, and a first support. The recording head has a nozzle surface formed with a nozzle from which ink droplet is ejected to form an image onto a recording medium. The pump is configured to draw ink... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063521 - Inkjet recording device having waste liquid chamber: An inkjet recording device includes a main body and a movable unit. The main body includes a recording head and a pump. The recording head is configured to eject ink onto a recording medium to record an image. The pump is configured to draw the ink from the recording head.... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063522 - Inkjet head and inkjet recording apparatus: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes nozzle rows. Each of the nozzle rows includes nozzles. The nozzles are arranged at a fixed pitch in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a recording medium and arranged spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction in each... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063524 - Inkjet recording apparatus, method for inkjet recording, and ink: where R (% by mass) denotes a rate of the mass of the carbon black partially coated with a resin relative to the mass of the colorant, and N denotes the number of coarse particles having a particle diameter of 0.5 μm or more per 5 μL of the ink... Agent:

20130063523 - Liquid recording head and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is a liquid recording head in which a protective layer having resistance to liquid and an adhesiveness improving film are disposed on a second surface opposite to a first surface of a silicon substrate. The first surface and the second surface have a plane direction. The protective layer is... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063525 - Printhead for inkjet printing device: An inkjet printhead is provided for a digitally controlled inkjet printing apparatus wherein the inkjet printhead is comprised of a material layer and a drop formation mechanism positioned in or on the material layer, that is substantially improved in chemical resistance and thermally stability. A chemically resistant and thermally stable... Agent:

20130063526 - Inkjet unit and inkjet device: An inkjet unit and an inkjet device are provided. The inkjet unit includes a liquid compartment that forms a liquid receiving cavity and a jetting nozzle that forms a liquid discharge opening. The liquid receiving cavity is in communication with the liquid discharge opening to allow a liquid contained in... Agent: Shenzhen China Star Potoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd

20130063527 - Fluid ejection device having first and second resistors: A fluid ejection device comprises a first resistor layer that comprises at least a first resistor for heating fluid and a second resistor layer that comprises at least a second resistor for heating fluid. There is an electrically insulating layer between the first and second resistor layers. A print cartridge... Agent:

20130063528 - Fluid ejection device with circulation pump: A fluid ejection device includes a fluid recirculation channel, and a drop generator disposed within the channel. A fluid slot is in fluid communication with each end of the channel, and a piezoelectric fluid actuator is located asymmetrically within the recirculation channel to cause fluid flow from the fluid slot,... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130063530 - Electromechanical transducer: An electromechanical transducer (1) has a pressurizing chamber (21) and a side-chamber (23) formed in a plate (11). On a driven film (13) forming the upper wall surface (21a) of the pressurizing chamber (21) and the side-chamber (23), a lower electrode (33), a driving member, and an upper electrode (35)... Agent:

20130063529 - Printing system, printing apparatuses, and methods of forming nozzles of printing apparatuses: A printing apparatus includes: a flow channel plate including, a pressure chamber, a nozzle including an outlet through which ink contained in the pressure chamber is ejected, and a trench disposed around the nozzle, and the outlet extending into the trench; a piezoelectric actuator configured to provide a change in... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130063531 - Ink-jet recording apparatus: An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a recording portion movable to eject ink to perform image recording; flexible ink supply tube connected to the recording portion; and an ink-supply portion for supplying the ink to the ink supply tube. The ink supply tube includes first and second end portions respectively connected... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063532 - Recording apparatus and printing fluid cartridge set: A recording apparatus has a cartridge installing section including a case which is formed with an opening and which is configured to receive printing fluid cartridges respectively via the opening; a flat plate-shaped lid which has a rotational shaft and which undergoes posture change to a closed posture and an... Agent:

20130063533 - Aqueous ink, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording method: Provided is an aqueous ink capable of recording an image achieving a high level of both of color developability and lightfastness. The aqueous ink includes a first pigment and a second pigment. The first pigment is C.I. Pigment Yellow 213, and the second pigment is at least one selected from... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130063534 - Image fixation apparatus and recording apparatus: An image fixation apparatus includes a supporting surface that is a part of a path along which a recording target medium is transported from an upstream side to a downstream side and can support the recording target medium; and an image fixation section that is provided opposite the supporting surface... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130063535 - Photocurable ink jet recording ink composition and ink jet recording method: Provided is a photocurable ink jet recording ink composition having a low viscosity and excellent curing property and photopolymerization initiator solubility. The photocurable ink jet recording ink composition includes a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable compound includes vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylic esters represented by Formula (I) in... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130063536 - Light source control apparatus and image forming apparatus: A light source control apparatus which controls, based on image data input, light emission of a light source which forms an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing body in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed, including a pattern generating unit which generates an internal pattern for position aligning... Agent:

20130057602 - Determining misalignment of a printhead in a printer: A barcode on a medium is received. It is determined whether misalignment of a printhead of the printer is present based on bars in the barcode.... Agent:

20130057603 - Method of increasing the life of a drum maintenance unit in a printer: In a method of operating a printer, a release agent application system is operated to conserve release agent. The method of operation rotates the image receiving member that receives the release agent at a slower speed to reduce the amount of release agent applied to the image receiving member at... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130057604 - Image forming apparatus including recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes a body, a recording head, a sub tank, a carriage, a main tank, a liquid feed unit, a displacement member, first and second detectors, first to third calculation units, a determination unit, and a supply control unit. When the first detector detects the displacement member,... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130057605 - Image forming apparatus including recording head for ejecting liquid droplets: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording head, head tanks, main tanks, liquid feed pumps, a first driving source, a drive control unit, and a drive switching assembly. The drive switching assembly includes a second driving source, a cam, a slider member, a switching gear, switching position... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130057606 - System and method using ink usage adjustment values: A method for tuning ink usage includes storing an ink usage adjustment value in a memory of an ink cartridge; and with a printing system utilizing the ink cartridge, adjusting an ink usage of the ink cartridge based on the ink usage adjustment value. An ink cartridge includes a memory... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130057608 - Printer and printing method: The present invention provides a printer and printing method that forms a lenticular lens or a transparent structure based on pseudo-embossment printing or the like on paper having penetrability, and an inkjet printer performs: with respect to a base material 9 having a characteristic of being penetrated by radiation-curable ink,... Agent: Dainippon Screen Mfg Co Ltd

20130057607 - Printing system, control method of printing system, and storage medium: When printing is to be performed on sheets by switching a plurality of sheet storage units and feeding the sheets, a user confirms, before the designated number of sheets is printed, whether the sheet matches a designated sheet type, and then instructs printing to be continued. Two or more sheet... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057609 - Recording head and recording apparatus using recording head: A recording head having a plurality of recording elements that are grouped into a plurality of blocks and ejecting ink by driving the recording elements in a time-divisional manner includes driving units configured to drive the recording elements, an input unit configured to receive an enable signal that defines a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057610 - Switchable feedback damping of drop-on-demand piezoelectric fluid-ejection mechanism: A control circuit for a drop-on-demand piezoelectric fluid-ejection mechanism includes a drive and sense circuit, and a switch. The drive and sense circuit has an input, a drive output, and a sense output. The drive output is to be coupled to the drop-on-demand piezoelectric fluid-ejection mechanism. The switch is to... Agent:

20130057611 - Method and system of in-document detection of weak or missing inkjets in an inkjet printer: A method enables the positions of inoperable inkjets in printheads to be corrected for positional changes arising from shifts in media, shrinkage of the media, thermal expansion of optical sensors that detect the inoperable inkjets, and other measurement errors. The measurement errors are detected with reference to image data corresponding... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130057612 - Large-format inkjet printing apparatus: A large-format printing apparatus includes multiple printing head units. Each of the printing head units can intermittently and steppingly move in a first direction and has a printing nozzle which can move reciprocatingly in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction for printing sub-images. Before printing starts,... Agent: Beijing Zhongke Nano-think Print Technology Co., Ltd.

20130057613 - Head cleaning method and head cleaning apparatus: A head cleaning method of wiping and cleaning a nozzle surface of a head with a band-shaped liquid absorbing body by, while pressing and abutting a pressing member on which the liquid absorbing body that travels is wrapped against the nozzle surface of the head, sliding the pressing member over... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130057614 - Process for printing wood-based flat elements and production line: A printing process for a wood-based flat element may involve a preliminary step of graphic composition using an electronic processor and relative software, and a printing step to print a surface of the wood-based flat element using an ink-jet printer of a single-pass type. The ink-jet printer may be controlled... Agent:

20130057615 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid onto a target; a carriage that is moved to scan in a direction perpendicular to a transportation direction of the target with the liquid ejecting head being mounted on the carriage; a fan that blows gas toward... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057616 - Ink jet recording method and recording matter: An ink jet recording method according to an aspect of the invention includes: discharging droplets of a glitter ink composition containing a glitter pigment onto a recording medium to form a glitter region on the recording medium; and discharging a colored ink composition containing a colorant onto the glitter region... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057617 - Liquid droplet jetting apparatus: There is provided a liquid droplet jetting apparatus including: a transporting mechanism; and a head moving mechanism configured to move the second liquid droplet jetting head between a first position facing the one surface of the object and a second position facing the other surface of the object. Under a... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057618 - Method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head and liquid ejection head: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head, including: forming a covering resin layer including a photocationic polymerization initiator and a cationically polymerizable resin on a substrate having provided thereon an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting liquid and a solid layer which is formed of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057619 - Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057622 - Fluid ejection assembly with circulation pump: A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, and a group of uniformly spaced drop generators, where each drop generator is individually coupled to the fluid slot through a first end of a drop generator channel and to a connection channel at a second end of the drop generator channel.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130057620 - Liquid supply flow path device and liquid ejecting apparatus using the same: A recording apparatus comprises a case and an ink nozzle in the interior of the case. An opening and closing member is movably affixed to an upper side of the case. The opening and closing member is configured to open and close. An external tank is located exterior to the... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057621 - Liquid supply flow path device and liquid ejecting apparatus using the same: A recording apparatus that comprises a case in the interior of which is an ink nozzle; an opening and closing member movably affixed to an upper side of the case, the opening and closing member being configured to open and close; an external tank located exterior to the case; a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057623 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A printer includes a filter unit having a distribution flow path through which the introduced ink flows into a recording head, and an air bubble trap in which air bubbles which have entered ink in the distribution flow path are collected, the air bubble trap being provided with a waterproof... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057624 - Automatic cleaning in a liquid ink printing system: A system for automatic cleaning in a liquid ink printing system includes an ink tank, a pump which is configured pump a carrier liquid from the ink tank as a pressurized carrier liquid flow. A filter is configured to remove particulates from the pressurized carrier liquid flow to produce a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130057625 - Ink set and recording method using the same: An ink set includes a first ink containing a fatty acid and a self-dispersing pigment, and at least either a second ink containing a resin-dispersed pigment and substantially no fatty acid or a third ink containing a self-dispersing pigment and substantially no fatty acid.... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057626 - Image forming system: An image forming system has a first image forming section to form an image on a sheet, wherein the first image forming section heats the sheet to fix the image on the sheet, a second image forming section to form an image to the sheet on which the image has... Agent: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

20130057627 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a support portion including a support surface that supports a target; a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid onto the target supported by the support surface, from a position opposed to the support surface; a housing portion that includes the support portion in a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057628 - Image forming apparatus and recording liquid: An image forming apparatus with a voltage applying unit between a recording head and an intermediate transfer drum is capable of activating polyvalent metal ions inactivated in advance in jetted recording liquid without liquid activators independent of the recording liquid for sufficient flocculation on the drum. When the jetted recording... Agent:

20130057630 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus comprises a first printer, having a first print head, in which a first recording medium conveying path is linearly arranged in the horizontal direction, a second printer, having a second print head, in which a second recording medium conveying path is linearly arranged in the horizontal... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057632 - Ink jet printing apparatus: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057631 - Printer: A printer comprises a paper holding section, a printing and conveying section, a buffer section and a movable section. The paper holding section holds the paper rolled into a roll such that can draw out and convey the paper. The printing and conveying section, which is provided with a print... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057629 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a printing medium to a downstream side of a transport direction, a printing head that performs printing on the printing medium, a drying unit that performs a drying process on the printing medium in the course of a transport path of... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130057633 - Image erasing apparatus for erasing image on sheet while carrying sheet: An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in... Agent:

20130057634 - Indication of print media quality to printer users: A printing system for indicating print media quality to printer users includes a printing assembly configured to route print media along a pathway for printing. In an example, the system includes, but is not limited to, a thermal printer having a thermal print head for printing onto paper. The system... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20130057635 - Thermal head and thermal printer including the same: A thermal head capable of dissipating heat accumulated in a heat accumulating layer efficiently and achieving clear printing, and a thermal printer including the thermal head are provided. A thermal head includes a substrate, a heat accumulating layer disposed on part of the substrate, a heat generating portion disposed on... Agent: Kyocera Corporation

20130057636 - Printer and printing control method therof: A printer comprises a multiple printing units, a power supply configured to provide power to the multiple printing units and a printing control unit configured to execute printing in the speed of being that at least one printing unit slower than the fastest printing speed thereof, when the multiple printing... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130057637 - Patterning of coated printed media: A pattern is provided in coated printed media by flood coating a printed media with an overcoat material that hardens to form an overcoat coating and by controllably removing a portion of the overcoat coating from the printed media in a predetermined region with laser ablation. The printed media in... Agent: