Printing inventions 09/08

20080229940 - Printer system and method for recovery from a document assembly failure: A system and method are provided for recovering from print assembly failure in a printer with printed medium assembly capabilities. The method generates a first print set including a plurality of physical medium sheets, and stores the first print set of a first interim stacker. A second print set is... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc. C/o Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20080229941 - Nano-imprinting apparatus and method: An apparatus and a method in connection with the lithography of structures on a micro or nanometer scale. A nano-imprinting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention comprises two rotatably mounted rollers for transferring a pattern of micro or nanometer size to the substrate to be patterned. A first... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080229942 - Front cover structure for a label printer: A front cover structure is used in a label printer, including a back board forming a paper roll support device; a front board coupled to the back board and defining a first hole and including a first cross bar, a second cross bar and a third cross bar, of which... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080229943 - Drum: Various embodiments and methods relating to a drum having a polymer layer with channels on a metal cylinder are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080229944 - Device and method for screen-process printing: A device for screen printing includes a bearing surface for an object which is to printed and a printing mechanism including at least one printing mechanism frame and a doctor blade holder for securing a doctor blade which can be displaceably guided in a longitudinal direction in the printing mechanism... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080229945 - Spray dampening valve having associated electronic adjustment and correction data: An embodiment of the present method and apparatus may have: a spraybar assembly having a plurality of spray valves; a unique identification associated with the spraybar assembly; response profile having a plurality of characteristic profiles, characteristic profiles of the plurality of characteristic profiles correspondingly respectively to spray valves of the... Agent: Patti, Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080229946 - Printing unit of a web-fed printing press: A printing unit of a web-fed printing press is disclosed. The printing unit includes four printing couples where each printing couple includes a plate cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking system as well as, if applicable, a dampening system. The transfer cylinders of every two printing couples arranged horizontally next... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080229947 - Deliver drum and perfecting printing press having the delivery drum: A delivery drum includes at least one supporting shell for supporting a printed sheet and for producing a vacuum region between the supporting shell and the printed sheet. The supporting shell extends over the entire width of the printed sheet. A circumferential length, which is at least one quarter of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080229948 - Imprint device and method of manufacturing imprinted structure: An imprint device transfers a micropattern created on a stamper onto a material to be transferred, by bringing the stamper and the material to be transferred into contact with each other. The imprint device has a flow passage for discharging a fluid to a rear surface of the stamper or... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080229949 - Liquid transfer apparatus: A liquid transfer apparatus includes a supply cylinder and viscosity reducing agent supply unit. The supply cylinder comes into contact with a transfer target body and supplies a transfer liquid to the transfer target body. The viscosity reducing agent supply unit supplies a viscosity reducing agent which reduces a viscosity... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080229950 - Seamless imprint roller and method of making: This invention provides a structure and method of forming a seamless imprint roller. The method includes providing a translucent cylindrical core. At least one uniform seamless layer of material is deposited about the cylindrical core. This uniform seamless layer of material is then processed to define a translucent three dimensional... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080229951 - Device for the transport of sheets by means of a chain-driven gripper bar: In a device for the transport of sheets in a sheet-processing machine, preferably a printing press, provision is made to transport the sheets on chain-guided gripper bars. The gripper bars are fixed respectively to two chain links arranged indirectly beside each other. The forces acting on the gripper bars are... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080229952 - Cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a first liquid supply unit, second cylinder, cleaning unit, third cylinder, second liquid supply unit, first cleaning liquid supply unit, and controller. The first liquid supply unit supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The second cylinder performs transfer to one surface of a transfer... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080229953 - Cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning web, contact member, and web travel unit. The cleaning web is supported to be able to come into contact with and separate from a rotating body so as to clean the rotating body. The contact member comes into contact with the cleaning web. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080229954 - Cleaning apparatus: A cleaning apparatus includes a liquid supply device and cleaning unit. The liquid supply device supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The transfer liquid supplied from the liquid supply device to the first cylinder is transferred to a transfer target body which comes into contact with the first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080229955 - Negative-working imaginable element for development-on-press lithographic printing plate precursor: A negative-working thermal imaginable element for use in making a lithographic printing plate precursor comprises hydrophilic polymer particles and hydrophobic polymer particles, and may further comprise a converter substance for converting radiation into heat. The converter substance may be selected to have an absorption spectrum that is optimized to absorb... Agent: Yisong Yu

20080229956 - On-press developable lithographic printing plate precursor: A lithographic printing plate precursor, which is on-press developable by supplying an oily ink and an aqueous component, includes an image forming layer that has, in an exposed area thereof at 25° C., a water content change rate of 2.0 mass % or less when relative humidity is changed from... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080229957 - Method to obtain a negative-working thermal lithographic printing master: A method to obtain a lithographic printing master comprising the steps of: a) image-wise or information-wise exposing to radiation a thermal negative-working lithographic printing precursor comprising: i) a hydrophilic lithographic base; and ii) a radiation sensitive coating on a surface of said hydrophilic lithographic base, said coating comprising: (1) hydrophilic... Agent: Yisong Yu

20080229958 - Support apparatus for embossing rolls and method for the replacement of the same: Support apparatus for embossing rolls comprising a fixed structure (1) with two sides (10), which provide multiple supports for one or more embossing rolls (2) having the respective horizontal axes between said sides (10) and being connected with corresponding motors (45) which make the rolls rotate around the respective axes... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080229959 - Systems and methods for marking collectibles to increase their uniqueness: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for marking collectible items to increase their collectible uniqueness includes creating a multiplicity of unique date codes, each of the multiplicity of unique date codes including a representation of a calendar month and a representation of a day in the... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080229960 - Methods for setting the contact pressure of a displaceably mounted roller: A method is used to set a contact pressure between a displaceable roller and another roller or for moving the displaceable roller with respect to the other roller. At least one actuator is subjectible to the action of a pressure medium and presses the displaceable roller toward the other roller... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080229961 - Methods for setting the contact pressure of a displaceably mounted roller: A method is used to set a contact pressure between a displaceable roller and another roller or for moving the displaceable roller with respect to the other roller. At least one actuator is subjectible to the action of a pressure medium and presses the displaceable roller toward the other roller... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080229962 - Sublimation transfer paper, method of making, and method for sublimation printing: Sublimation transfer paper is provided according to the present invention. The sublimation transfer paper includes a paper substrate having a first side and a second side, and a sublimable ink receptive coating composition on at least one of the first side or the second side of the paper substrate. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080223232 - Process for producing a carrier material with hidden identification marks: The invention relates to a process for producing a carrier material with at least one hidden identification mark which is attached in at least one surface region of the carrier material and which is then covered. The invention furthermore relates to articles containing this carrier material and its use for... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080223233 - Methods and apparatus for engaging web-material cores: A stencil printer apparatus is provided. The stencil printer apparatus may include a stencil, a material applicator to apply material on the stencil, a supply roller configured to receive a roll of web-material, the supply roller comprising a first shaft, a take-up roller to receive used web-material, the take-up roller... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080223234 - Method for producing screen print: The method for producing a screen print having a given print pattern formed on a printing material by sliding a squeegee over a screen 3 of a screen printing plate comprising the screen 3 disposed above the printing material with keeping a given clearance C and a printing plate frame.... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080223235 - Ink liner frame for pad printing and decorating: A pad printing system includes a doctor blade and an ink liner frame removably attached to the doctor blade. The ink liner frame is removably attachable to an ink liner. A pad printing system includes a doctor blade, an ink liner, and an ink liner frame removably attached to the... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080223236 - Sheet processing device: A sheet processing device includes a transport cylinder, processing cylinder, and blowing device. The transport cylinder holds and conveys a sheet. The processing cylinder opposes the transport cylinder, and processes the sheet conveyed by the transport cylinder. The blowing device blows air to the sheet conveyed by the transport cylinder... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080223237 - Imprint device, stamper and pattern transfer method: An imprint device transfers a micropattern created on a stamper onto a material to be transferred, by bringing the stamper and the material to be transferred in contact with each other and separating the stamper from the material to be transferred. The stamper has a recessed part on a portion... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080223238 - Systems and methods for reducing output delays associated with ink drying: In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to calculating a number of dryer passes that will be used to dry ink applied to print media, the number of dryer passes being calculated relative to a current dryer temperature, applying ink to the print media, and drying the applied... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080223239 - Printing press abnormal state display method and apparatus: In a printing press abnormal state display method, the current states of a plurality of elements of a printing press are detected. The detected current state of each element is compared with a normal state predetermined for the element. It is determined on the basis of the comparison result whether... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080223240 - Method of printing: A method of offset printing wherein a layer of varnish or similar coating material is deposited onto a print drum and an ink image pattern layer is printed upon the varnish layer using a technique such as inkjet printing; the print drum transfers the ink layer onto a print substrate... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080216678 - Hot-stamping method and device: A method for the hot-stamping a plurality of parts for stamping comprises operatively engaging a surface of at least one printing plate and a surface of a part for stamping in a stamping plane. The method further comprises providing a material which is to be stamped on between the printing... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20080216679 - Variable leverage embossing seal: An embossing seal includes a support frame having an opening at a first end thereof and a die assembly disposed in the opening of the support frame. The embossing seal includes a handle pivotally connected to the frame for moving between an extended position and a compressed position for closing... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080216680 - Stencil printing apparatus: A stencil printing apparatus in which the generation of discharge sheet peeling problems and defects such as creasing and tear of the stencil base sheet can be prevented while printing on a coated sheet. When a printing sheet set in a sheet-feed device is indicated by input via a sheet-type... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080216681 - Frame unit for tensioning a printing screen and a jig for fitting a printing screen to or removing a printing screen from a frame unit: A frame unit for tensioning a printing screen, the frame unit comprising a frame including at least one frame member, the at least one frame member comprising: a supporting frame element; at least one engagement element for engaging a fitted printing screen to tension the same, wherein the at least... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080216682 - Screenprinting device and method for the production thereof: The present invention relates to a screenprinting device having a fabric and a template situated on the fabric. The fabric and/or the template each have a coating which reduces the adhesion of a screenprinting paste or a screenprinting ink to the fabric and/or to the template. In this way, finer... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.c.

20080216683 - Apparatus for coating a cylinder in particular a wiping cylinder of an intaglio printing press: There is described an apparatus (1) for coating a cylinder (C), in particular a wiping cylinder of an intaglio printing press, with a plastic composition comprising, inter alia, heating means (6) for applying radiant heat to the cylinder throughout its length, the heating means being disposed in a movable hood... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080216684 - Printing control apparatus and printing apparatus: In another aspect, a first lowest brightness is lower than both a second lowest brightness and a third lowest brightness. The first lowest brightness is lowest brightness of color to be printed without using black ink on a black yellow gradation. The second lowest brightness is lowest brightness of color... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080216685 - Method and apparatus for measuring color density of a color bar in a printing press, and printing press equipped with color density measuring apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus that is capable of highly accurately measuring the color density of a color bar in a printing press by a simple structure, and a printing press equipped with the color density measuring apparatus. There is provided... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080216686 - Cantilevered credential processing device component: A credential production device is disclosed. The credential production device includes a frame, a support member and a credential processing device component. The support member is coupled to the frame and includes a first portion cantilevered from the frame. The credential processing device component is coupled to the first portion... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080216687 - Printing unit of a web-fed printing press: A printing unit of a web-fed printing press having several printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking system as well as, if applicable, a dampening system. Two printing couples respectively arranged vertically one above the other form a printing couple group... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080216688 - Inverted reverse-image transfer printing: A credential printing device is provided. The credential printing device includes a credential substrate transport, a transfer ribbon and a transfer roller. The credential substrate transport is configured to feed a credential substrate along a processing path. The transfer ribbon is adjacent to the processing path. The transfer roller is... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080216689 - Device and method for recognition of register errors: A device for ascertaining a register deviation in the printing colours of a printing machine, comprising: a preliminary printing stage, from which a position of colour components can be determined as a target value; at least one sensor configured to measure the printed position of the colour components; and a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080216690 - Image forming apparatus and paper feeding method: An image forming apparatus includes an external gear to which a rotating force of a resist gear is transmitted, a ratchet for transmitting a rotating force from the external gear to a paper feed roller or releasing the transmission, and a ratchet arm having a claw engaged with the ratchet... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080216691 - Printing plate lock mechanisms: A plate lock system for use with cylinder slots having inwardly-angled slot walls. The system includes at least one lead clamp assembly having at least one lead clamp positioned adjacent at least one inwardly-angled slot wall, at least one trail clamp assembly having at least one trail clamp, and at... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080216692 - Pressured based method and apparatus for applying a decoration onto an object: A method and an apparatus for applying a decoration onto an object (50) use a chamber (22) that can be divided by a deformable foil (10) into a first space (24) and a second space (26). Said foil (10) comprises a carrier film (20), a decoration layer (16), and, at... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, Pllc

20080216693 - Credential production device having a unitary frame: A credential production device includes a unitary frame formed of plastic, a first processing component and a second processing component. The unitary frame includes a rear wall, a pair of side walls extending from opposing sides of the rear wall, a top wall extending from a top side of the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080216694 - Apparatus and method for cleaning guide rollers of a printing unit: An apparatus and method for cleaning guide rollers of a printing unit, particularly a 9-cylinder satellite printing unit, of a web-fed printing press, is disclosed. A cleaning device having a cleaning body fastened to an actuating grip is insertable between the guide rollers of the printing unit. A cleaning cloth... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080216697 - Contact-pressure adjusting method and contact-pressure adjusting system for liquid application machine: Disclosed is a contact-pressure adjusting method and a contact-pressure adjusting system, each of which automatically adjusts the contact pressure between two rotors, for a liquid application machine including: a first rotor to which liquid is supplied; a second rotor to which the liquid is supplied from the first rotor; and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080216696 - Damping unit for a press: A damping unit for a press has means for applying a damping solution to a printing form and means for setting the quantity of damping solution applied. At least one sensor is provided for registering the quantity of damping solution actually applied to the printing form. By means of a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080216695 - Picture color tone controlling method and apparatus technical field: In a picture color tone control method and apparatus for a printing press, in order to make it possible to use an IRGB densitometer to perform color tone control even when printing is performed with a density which exceeds an estimated maximum color space, a target color mixture halftone density... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080216698 - Microdot printing head: A microdot printing head containing hollow pins as reservoirs for biological samples is manufactured with a high degree of accuracy in the spacing of the hollow pins by press fitting the pins into bushings at precisely dimensioned end sections in the bores of the bushings, and receiving the bushings into... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080210110 - Printing press with adjustable bearer rings and method of controlling a printing press: A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of the bearer rings by a setting... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080210112 - Satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press: A satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press with printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder and a transfer cylinder where the transfer cylinders of all the printing couples roll off a common impression cylinder. Each plate cylinder features a high lockup slot and a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080210111 - Web-fed rotary press and method for minimizing fluting in a web-fed rotary press: A web-fed rotary press (10) for printing on a web substrate (12) using heat-set inks in an offset printing process, having at least one print unit (14) and one dryer (16), and at least one additional device (18) for inputting heat into the web substrate (12) which is positioned upstream... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080210113 - Modified printing press: An inking system for an offset printing press having a stationary portion and a movable portion that is movable toward and away from a roller. A plurality of hinge pins form a pivot axis between the stationary and movable portions. Each of the hinge pins having at least one hollow... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20080210114 - Methods and apparatus to deliver ink to printing systems: Methods and apparatus to deliver ink to printing systems are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed apparatus includes control valves which are coupled to a logic device. Together, the control valves and logic device control the flow of constituent components of press ready ink before the constituent components are mixed... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC