Printing inventions 05/08

20080121123 - Stamping tool in a printing mechanism with a matrix and punch: A process for affixing an embossing arrangement to a printing press having opposing first cylinder and second cylinder is disclosed. The embossing arrangement includes an embossing tool and an opposing tool. The process includes the steps of mounting the embossing tool and the opposing tool together on the first cylinder;... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080121124 - Screen printer: A screen printer having a resolution reproducibility equivalent to that of the photography method, a uniform dimension accuracy, a high aspect ratio (ratio of the line height to the line width), an easy productivity, and a low simple cost. The screen printer, or a screen printing means, comprises drive means... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080121125 - Printing unit on a web-fed rotary printing press: Printing units are supported between side frames of a web-fed rotary printing press. Each such printing unit includes at least one transfer cylinder and at least one cooperating printing cylinder, which is embodied as a forme cylinder. These cylinders are rotatably mounted between the spaced side frames. The printing unit... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20080121126 - Duplex printing apparatus: A duplex printing apparatus capable of printing by performing a slow-up operation on the printing speed so that it increases from a low speed to a set speed at the time of duplex printing. Control means controls, on the basis of a drum rotation position signal and a drum speed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080121127 - Gripper base mechanism of sheet-fed printing press: d

20080121128 - Cushioning sheet, printing apparatus and printing method: A printing apparatus includes a plate cylinder having a relief plate mounted on at least a part of an outer periphery of the plate cylinder and being operable to be rotationally driven about a shaft center, and an impression cylinder having a rigid outer periphery and being operable to be... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080121129 - Planographic printing plate material, printing process employing the same and collecting method of plastic support: Disclosed are a printing plate material and a printing method that excel in on-press developability and printing durability and further in environmental aptitude, and an excellent method of collecting a plastic support. There is provided a planographic printing plate material comprising a plastic support and provided thereon, at least an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080121130 - Method for printing of three-dimensional objects: A method to help control the quality of printed three-dimensional objects is provided. The method may include dispensing building material in consecutive slices using a building material dispensing head which dispenses material in the printing X direction; and combining printing of two or more consecutive slices to provide high resolution... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080115679 - Method for aligning color separations of a printing image on a printing material: The invention relates to a method for aligning color separations of a printing image on a printing material (2), i.e., perpendicular to the transport direction (3) of said printing material (2). Method for aligning color separations on a printing material in a direction (8) transverse to the transport direction (3)... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20080115680 - Printer-roller support structure and printer: An ink-transfer roller is brought into contact with an ink-source roller so that ink is transferred from the ink-source roller to the ink-transfer roller. The ink-transfer roller includes an ink-transfer member, an ink-transfer roller body, an elastic member, and a rotation axis. The elastic member is provided between the rotation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080115682 - Cleaning device and printer: A cleaning device that cleans an ink-supply path of a printer including a plurality of cylinders that constitute the ink-supply path. The cleaning device supplies cleaning solution from a cleaning nozzle to an ink-transfer cylinder in the state where the ink-transfer cylinder is not in contact with an ink-source cylinder,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080115681 - Cleaning device for a printing mechanism: A cleaning device for a printing mechanism includes a substrate; and a layer of adherent material deposited on at least one side of the substrate. The adherent material collects buildup from at least one component of the printing mechanism at operating temperatures in the printing mechanism. A method of removing... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080115683 - System for soft lithography: A transfer sheet placed between a vacuum chuck and a stamp in a soft lithography aligner facilitates three dimensional manufacturing with elastomeric materials.... Agent: Morrison Ulman Nupat, Llc

20080115684 - Method for printing a date stamp on package of food by using edible ink: Disclosed is a method of printing a date stamp on food packaging using edible ink. The method is advantageous in that, since the date stamp is printed between bottom and top films using the edible ink approved by the FDA through an inkjet process, and heat energy is applied using... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080110355 - Printing data processing apparatus and method therefor: A printing data processing apparatus for performing printing operations on an object to be printed is provided, which includes a plurality of printhead modules arranged in parallel, wherein each of the printhead modules has equal number of parallel printheads, each of the printheads has at least one jet orifice, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080110356 - Direct drive: A direct drive for a printing press with lateral register adjustment includes a rotor and a stator, and a connection for mechanically connecting the drive with a stationary support bearing, wherein the rotor is connectable with shaft of a printing press cylinder with the connection being a torsionally stiff spacer... Agent: Michael J. Striker Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080110358 - Non-attenuating light collimating articles for graphic arts: Various systems and methods are provided for non-attenuating light collimating articles. In one embodiment, among others, a phototool comprises a substrate; and a microstructured surface disposed on a first surface of the substrate, the microstructured surface comprising a plurality of light collimating articles.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080110357 - Reducing back-reflection during ablative imaging: A method includes exposing a plate on a support surface of an imager using one or more laser beams, the exposing while there is a metallic screen structure located on the support surface between the plate and the support surface such that the amount of back-reflected radiation is reduced compared... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080110359 - Plate making method, printing plate image output apparatus, image editing apparatus and printing plate image output system: A plate making method for making a printing plate from a printing plate material, this plate making method including an image output process for outputting an image onto the printing plate material in conformity to the first control strip image data which form a pseudo gradation in the two-dimensional direction... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080110361 - Magazine for printing and converting heads, particularly for printing machines: A magazine for printing and converting heads for printing machines, comprising at least one containment body which is adapted to be arranged in close proximity to a printing machine and is adapted to accommodate a plurality of printing and converting heads, a carriage being provided for conveying the printing and... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080110362 - Magazine for printing units, particularly for printing machines: A magazine for printing units for printing machines, comprising at least one track which is adapted to be arranged proximate to a printing machine and allows engagement of a plurality of printing units, further comprising at least one parking track, which is connected to the at least one track, in... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080110360 - Printing plate module and printing press: A printing plate module is disclosed. The module comprises a printing plate support member (3) having means to locate printing plates (4) in a predetermined position thereon and, engagement means (8) on the plate support member for the releasab a engagement of the printing plate support member (3) with a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080110363 - Physisorption-based microcontact printing process capable of controlling film thickness: The disclosed is a physisorption-based microcontact printing process capable of controlling film thickness, primarily for creating patterns of thin film of organic molecules in micron and submicron scales, comprising an inking phase, a printing phase, and a demolding phase. The inking phase is combined with a thin-film growth approach, wherein... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080105143 - Method and apparatus for turning a sheet during its transport through a printing press: A method and an apparatus for turning a sheet during its transport through a printing press permit improved printing results as a result of improved sheet guidance. A sheet is tautened following a transfer from a first transport device to a second transport device.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080105144 - Three-dimensional printer: A three-dimensional printer comprises a base 1, a first supporting member 10 supported on the base such that the first supporting member is movable in the direction of an axis X, a second supporting member 15 supported on the first supporting member such that the second supporting member is movable... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080105145 - Composite printing pad: A pad for use in pad printing includes an inner core including a first set of physical characteristics. In addition, the pad includes an outer contact pad disposed on the inner core, the outer contact pad including an ink contact surface, the outer contact pad including a second set of... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080105142 - Media processing device and control method for a media processing device: A control method for a publisher that has a media drive for writing data to one side of a target disc, a label printer for printing on the other side of the target disc, media stacker for storing the target discs, and a media transportation mechanism for transporting the target... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080105146 - Liquid supply apparatus: An intaglio printing press includes, a rotary screen comprising a hollow cylinder, which has a small hole group for special ink supply formed in a circumferential surface of the hollow cylinder and which is supported rotatably, and a squeegee contacting an inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylinder, a rubber... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080105147 - Printing press: An object is to provide a printing press that has a printing plate with a changeable diameter and that can sufficiently prevent oil and oil mist from entering a printing unit. A rotary press (1) having a blanket cylinder (17) with a changeable diameter is provided. The rotary press (1)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080105148 - Ink feed control method and ink feed control system: An ink feed control method for a printing press in which ink, supplied to an ink fountain roller from a gap between each ink fountain key and the ink fountain roller by the rotation of the ink fountain roller, is supplied to the printing plate by swing operation of an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080105149 - Printing plate cylinder:

20080105150 - Cloth feed control unit of a cleaning device for printing machine cylinders: Cloth feed control unit of a cleaning device for printing machine cylinders. Provided is a position sensor (30), which generates signals linearly in proportion to the radial variations in the distance of the peripheral surface of a cleaning roller (8, 10) from the position sensor (30). The signals can be... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080105151 - Conditioning device: In order to specify a conditioning device for pages and/or printing sheets, in particular printed sheets (6), which in particular is part of a collecting and delivering device (1) for collecting and stacking printed sheets (6) and/or pages suspended on supply rolls, preferably from inkjet printers (2), having means for... Agent: Steven M Hertzberg Abelman Frayne & Schwab

20080105152 - Modular printer with a print media drying housing: The invention provides for a modular printer including a housing having an upper and lower cover, with a first side wall having an air duct with an air inlet, and a second side wall defining air exit vents, so that warm air can be ducted over print media passing through... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080105153 - Method for controlling and/or adjusting a register in a printing machine and a device for controlling and/or adjusting a circumferential register: A register in a printing machine is controlled and adjusted by providing at least one printing unit provided with at least two printing groups in the printing machine. Each printing group comprises a cylinder pair consisting of at least a forme cylinder and a transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder of... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080098910 - Inkjet printing press: An inkjet head 3 is provided at the outer periphery of a printing drum 1 rotated in one direction. The printing drum 1 is provided with holding claws 15 which are opened and closed to hold the leading end of the sheet S and clamps 21 which can be opened... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080098911 - Screen mask: A screen mask includes a screen mesh with a tensioning force of 196 to 392 N/mm; a tension mesh with a tensioning force of 49 to 98 N/mm; a resin plate (fixing part) arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the screen mesh for fixing a part of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080098912 - Process and compound for producing printed design creating three-dimensional visual effect: In a process for producing a printed design creating 3D visual effect, a compound consisting of a printing ink blended with magnetic particles is used. The printing ink containing the magnetic particles is applied onto a printing plate on a printing apparatus, and a tool capable of producing a required... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080098913 - Printing machine with a device and a method for compensation of a longitudinal elongation and a transverse elongation of a printed web printed in differing printing couples: A printing machine utilizes several printing couples to produce at least one printed image on a printed material. Compensation for at least one of a longitudinal elongation and a transverse elongation of the printed material is accomplished. An anticipated elongation of the printed material is compensated for by matching of... Agent: Douglas R. Hanscom Jones, Tullar & Cooper

20080098914 - Rotary body protecting apparatus: A rotary body protecting apparatus includes first and second rotary bodies, a cover, a cover detection unit, an optical detector, and a control device. The second rotary body is arranged in the same axial direction as that of the first rotary body and rotates while opposing the first rotary body.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080098915 - Hand held two-ended ink stamper: A two-ended ink stamper has at least one handle with at least two ends. A first frame and a second frame are provided, and each frame is disposed adjacent to a different one of the ends of the handle. Each frame extends in a different direction from the handle. At... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20080098916 - Jacket for impression cylinder or transport cylinder of printing press: Disclosed is a jacket for any one of an impression cylinder and a transport cylinder of a printing press, which jacket is wound around any one of the impression cylinder and the transport cylinder of a printing press so as to prevent ink from adhering to the cylinder, the jacket... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080098917 - Liquid actuator: s

20080098919 - Method for erasing a printing form: A method for erasing the surface of a rewritable printing form within a printing press in which the form cylinder carrying the printing form rotates during the erasing process, wherein the erasure is performed over the course of two main erasing steps. That is, a first main erasing step is... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080098918 - Method of constructing a machine-readable document: A method is described of constructing a machine-readable document. The method comprises applying a machine-readable document construction process to input documents comprising a first, template machine-readable document and a second, variable data containing machine-readable document to produce an output machine-readable document binding the variable data to the template, storing the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080098920 - Method of compensating for vibration-induced circumferential register errors in a sheet-fed printing press and sheet-fed printing press carrying out the method: A method of compensating for vibration-induced circumferential-register errors in a sheet-fed printing press includes compensating for at least one vibration-induced deviation of an actual angular position of a cylinder from a nominal angular position by adjusting the circumferential register of at least one printing unit, in particular of the cylinder.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP