Printing inventions 06/08

20080148967 - Inker stabilizer: A special article printing press includes a mandrel wheel for supporting an elongated article for printing thereon, a blanket cylinder for transferring ink onto the elongated article, a plate cylinder for selectively transferring ink to a section of the blanket cylinder, at least one inker for transferring ink onto a... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080148968 - Double-sided stencil printing apparatus: A double-sided printing apparatus using a double sided printing with one plate cylinder and one pressing means system, that is capable of carrying out double-sided printing simply and at low cost, with little deviation in the position of the printed image and with satisfactory resist. Printed matter with little deviation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080148969 - Jewish religious scrolls: A method for preparing handwritten Jewish religious scrolls, such as Torah, Megillah, Mezzuzah and Tefillin scrolls. Techniques are provided for preparing the scrolls more quickly and inexpensively than traditional handwritten scrolls while still complying with the religious requirements of the Halakha (Jewish law) and maintaining the holiness of the scrolls... Agent: Law Office Of Morris E. Cohen

20080148970 - Document processing devices, systems and methods thereof: A document processing system and method thereof are disclosed. The system comprises machine-readable data such as DataGlyphs and human-readable data such as rendering text of the DataGlyphs that are applied on the document. Processing devices of the system can decode document-processing instruction(s) embedded in the machine-readable data, and then optionally... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080148972 - Low-wear bearer ring: A printing roller carries a bearer ring comprised of a metallic body having an outer surface, and a hard, chemically inert, electrically insulating, and diamond-like layer on the outer surface. This ring is used with lubrication and is made by fitting a ring without a coating to a roller, machining... Agent: K.f. Ross P.c.

20080148971 - Printing device and method of patterning thin film using the same: A printing device can be fabricated in a large size, and a method of patterning a thin film using the same are disclosed. The printing device includes a printing roller that rolls on a substrate to form a thin film thereon. A plurality of blankets are adhered to the printing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080148973 - Device for controlling a rotary press for printing a web of material and rotary press: p

20080148974 - Printing press with printing plate manipulation device: A printing press includes at least one printing unit having a cylinder and a cover covering the cylinder. Actuators are associated with the cylinder for changing a geometry of the cover in axial and/or circumferential direction of the cylinder. Positioning electronics are connected to the actuators and a printing press... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080148975 - Ink pad container for a self-inking stamp: An ink pad container for a self-inking stamp that is filled with ink by the top thereof at a pressure. The stamp has a housing and a stamping unit which is connected to an actuating element, movably arranged in the housing and provided with stamping characters. The ink pad container... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080148976 - Apparatus for adjusting gripper-base height of sheet-fed printing press: Apparatus according to the invention comprises operation shaft 28 which is co-centered with cylinder axis 16 and is movable in the axial direction of cylinder; the shaft being equipped with rack portion 32 at optional position in the axial direction of cylinder and rotation engagement portion 36 at the extruded... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080148977 - Lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method: To provide a lithographic printing plate precursor capable of obtaining a plenty of sheets of good printed matters with practical energy dosage, which is excellent in on-press developing property and press life, and capable of reducing pollution of fountain solution, and provide a lithographic printing method. The lithographic printing plate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080148978 - Assembly for blocking a beam of radiation and method of blocking a beam of radiation: An assembly is provided for blocking a beam of radiation. The assembly has a pipe arranged to transmit at least part of the beam of radiation. The pipe has an inner surface provided with an ablation material and encloses a volume. The assembly further has an ablation generation device. The... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080148979 - Method for controlling a rotary press and rotary press:

20080148980 - Method for controlling a rotary press and rotary press: According to this method, in normal operation, said printing and feed cylinders and the or each downstream feed cylinder are driven in a synchronized manner and, in the event of the web breaking, a step for the differential braking of said printing and feed cylinders and of the or each... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20080148981 - Method and apparatus for controlling the cut register of a web-fed rotary press: To control the cutting register of a web in a web-fed rotary press with little expenditure, a specific item of image information or a measuring mark of a printed web is registered by at least one sensor. The sensor generates a registration signal which is supplied to a control device.... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080141876 - Coupling device for the driving of a printing device cylinder: A coupling device for driving an engraved cylinder of a printing device. The coupling device comprises a single part of chromium, nickel and molybdenum alloyed steel having undergone core hardening. The coupling device includes a central cylindrical portions, first and second flanges at the respective first and second ends of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080141877 - Digital printing plate and system with electrostatically latched deformable membranes: A printing surface includes a substrate having latching electrodes on a first surface, a spacer layer on the first surface of the substrate, the spacer layer patterned to form wells such that the latching electrodes reside in the wells, a deformable membrane, the membrane having conductive regions, on the spacer... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20080141878 - Systems and methods for print coating de-saturation: Systems and methods for print coating de-saturation. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and system for controlling the output of a printer. When content is transmitted to a printer to be printed on a surface with a location-encoding pattern the pattern is generally printed in a... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080141879 - Gear driven variable cutoff printing press: A printing press includes gear driven rollers, such as, for example, a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder, and a pivotable gear train adapted to synchronize rotation of the cylinders, and is able to accommodate a range of cylinder sizes. Changing cylinder sizes may be accomplished without the need for... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080141880 - Printing plate and system using heat-decomposable polymers: A printing plate has a substrate and a heat decomposable polymer layer arranged adjacent to the substrate, the decomposable polymer having defined regions within the polymer layer to form a printing pattern. The printing plate may be used in a printing system. The printing plate is formed in a process... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20080141881 - Type unit of a hand stamp as well as a drive wheel therefor: A type unit (3) for a self-inking stamp (1) with at least one type band (32) placed over a drive wheel (33-36), the drive wheel being rotatably mounted in two legs (30) of a bearing member (28) and provided with an adjustment wheel (38), and with a hood-shaped cover (48)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080141882 - Imaging device: One embodiment of an imaging device includes an ink holder adapted for holding ink and an ink flow restriction device positioned within the ink holder, the ink flow restriction device including structure for defining a variable fluid resistance along a length of the ink flow restriction device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080141883 - Plate drum loadable as a sleeve for an imaging device: A cylindrically-shaped tube fitting over a cylindrically-shaped base body rotatable around an axis of rotation. The tube has a cylindrically-shaped inner surface defining a hollow region, a cylindrically-shaped outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The base body is arranged to fit either a sleeve or the tube.... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080141884 - Printing system employing deformable polymer printing plates: A printing plate has a substrate, an array of cells on the substrate, wherein each cell corresponds to an element of a print image, a deformable polymer material localized into the cells such that each cell is at least partially formed from the deformable polymer material, a reservoir corresponding to... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20080141885 - Poster printing using perforated paper: A poster printing method divides a large format poster image into a plurality of image sections and prints them on individual sheets of paper, where some or all of the sheets are perforated sheets with perforation lines along the edges. Unavoidable white margins on the printed sheets can be removed... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080141886 - Method of adjusting a roller in a rotary printing press: A method of adjusting a roller (18) in a rotary printing press (10), includes the steps of a) mounting the roller (18) in a preparation rack (24) so as to be rotatably supported therein, b) scanning the peripheral surface of the roller, thereby to detect a topography of the roller... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080141887 - Method for making a distinguishable mark on objects: A method for making distinguishable mark on objects includes a step of making an annular groove in an outer surface of an object; a step of connecting a ring in the annular groove, and a step of heating and shrinking the ring to shrink the ring which is securely engaged... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080141888 - Postage label having concealed postal indicium: A postage payment label is provided which includes a substrate having an image provided thereon and a postage mark. The substrate and the image are able to transmit light of one or more first wavelengths (e.g., infrared or ultraviolet light) while the postage mark is able to absorb or reflect... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080134910 - Imprinter: The imprinter comprises a printing base for mounting a card P and a print paper S to be imprinted on a predetermined area thereof, a carriage B that is movable above the printing base, a roller shaft 6 arranged at a position of a predetermined height from the card mounting... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080134911 - Embossing device with embossing roller composed of an interchangeable sleeve and supporting centers: The embossing device comprises at least one embossing roller (3) and at least one counter-roller (5) cooperating with said embossing roller. The embossing roller comprises an interchangeable sleeve (19) which can be constrained to two heads (13, 15) which engage the sleeve at the ends thereof.... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.l.c.

20080134912 - Method and apparatus for providing embossed hidden images: A method for providing a hidden image within a substrate the method comprising embossing recesses on the substrate, the recesses form an at least one hidden image, whereby the at least one hidden image can be viewed with the use of at least one decoder. The decoder can be embossed... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080134913 - Stencil printing apparatus: A stencil printing apparatus allows printing on coated paper as in ordinary paper (uncoated paper), and can make a contribution to the diversification of printing needs. The stencil printing apparatus comprises a printing apparatus body comprising a printing drum having UV curable ink, and an UV irradiation device connected to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080134914 - Printing plate and rubber blanket plate for a printing machine: A printing plate for a printing machine, more preferably for a reel-fed rotary printing machine, is disclosed. The plate has a plate-like main body serving as a subject carrier, with a leading end which is angled-off relative to the main body, and with a trailing end which is angled-off relative... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080134915 - Printing press and method of drying printed or varnished sheets in a printing press: A printing press and a method of drying printed or varnished sheets in a printing press include heating printed and/or varnished sheets, before the sheets enter a dryer, to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, through the use of a heatable impression cylinder in the last printing and/or varnishing... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080134916 - Printing press with a washing device for an inking unit and method of removing ink from an inking unit: A printing press includes inking units having rollers provided with a phobic coating made of a material of low surface energy. At least one roller of the inking unit remains uncoated. Ink residues are stripped off the uncoated roller and removed by a blade during a cleaning operation. A method... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080134917 - Printing system: A printing system includes a lithographic plate information printing unit, a variable information printing unit, and a control component. The lithographic plate information printing unit prints lithographic plate information on a recording medium using a lithographic plate. The variable information printing unit prints predetermined variable information on the recording medium... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080134918 - Printing plate, manufacturing method for the same and liquid crystal display device made using the same: A printing plate for an offset printing is provide. it includes a substrate and a plurality of concave printing plate patterns formed on the substrate. At least one auxiliary pattern is located on a bottom of at least one of the concave printing plate patterns and away from a side... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080134919 - Changing station for printing machines: The invention relates to a changing station for sleeves of printing machines with a lifting platform, disposed on the side of the printing machine, and with a wagon, in which a vertically adjustable shelf with carrying mandrels for receiving sleeves is received, whereby the shelf can be coupled to the... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080134920 - Security element and printing method: The security element comprises a background (1) with juxtaposed geometrical elements (2 to 8) each formed by a set of lines, the lines of a geometrical element having a different angle to those of an adjacent element. The lines of a part of the geometric elements are printed with a... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080127840 - Method for operating an anilox printing unit and printing press for carrying out the method: A method of operating an anilox printing unit in which ink accumulates on and detaches from a feed blade and, after detaching from the feed blade, forms ink accumulations on a screen roller, and in which a gap is formed between the screen roller and a further roller for the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080127841 - Printing method and printing apparatus: A printing method and a printing apparatus including a stencil printing apparatus and so on. Focusing on the relationship that exists between copy number and master position displacement that occurs during printing, by determining by pretest and setting top-bottom shift correction values in accordance with parameters including copy number that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080127842 - Graded density filter for a printing press recirculation system: A cylindrical filter for use in a lithographic printing press recirculation system of the type that circulates fountain solution from a printing press pan, where it is applied to the printing press plate by means of a roller system, through the filter positioned in a reservoir or sump and then... Agent: Law Practice Of Scott L. Lampert, P.a.

20080127843 - Pad printing system with pad belt: A pad printing system for applying an image to a print object includes a cliché device capable of presenting a raised ink image and a conveyer belt. A plurality of pads attached to the conveyer belt. The conveyer belt is operable to move the pads into contact with the cliché... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080127845 - Method and system for pad printing with removable pre-filled ink cup: A method for operating a pad printing system includes receiving a removable pre-filled ink cup on a doctor assembly, orienting the removable pre-filled ink filled cup on the doctor assembly, and dispensing ink from the oriented removable pre-filled ink cup. A removable pre-filled ink cup is provided for a pad... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080127844 - Pad printing system with independent and variable compression device: A pad printing system includes a doctor assembly, a first force applicator, and a second force applicator. The doctor assembly further includes a first set of opposing contact points and a second set of opposing contact points, wherein the first set is offset from the second set. The first force... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080127846 - Color management system, ink-control device, printer, and printing method: A color measuring unit measures color tone of an image printed on a test sheet. An arithmetic unit compares color tone set based on print production format (PPF) data with the color tone measured by the color measuring unit to set a color-adjustment amount. An operator selects an ink key... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080127847 - Method of making marking structure for printing multiple inks: A multi-ink marking structure for a hand stamp is made. A unitary foam member is provided and has a front surface, a rear surface and peripheral edges extending between the front surface and the rear surface. Selected locations of the foam member are sealed to form a barrier which extends... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080127848 - Methods and apparatuses for making lithographic plates: Alignment systems and methods of alignment for use with lithographic printing plate processing machines are provided. An alignment system in accordance with the present invention includes one or more movable cam surfaces, one or more loading devices, one or more imaging devices, and a control system. The one or more... Agent: Kagan Binder, Pllc

20080127849 - Method of controlling quality of printed images of color printing press and apparatus for controlling quality of printed images: An object is to securely prevent incorrect reproduction of a highlight portion and an intermediate portion due to the change in condition of the printing press and incorrect reproduction of a shadow portion. The printing press includes a measuring means 12 for measuring the solid densities and the gray balance,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP