Typewriting machines inventions 03/06

20060067774 - Printer: A printer capable of printing with high quality by driving the drive motor according to information about a drive current to be applied to a drive motor of a platen roller to feed the printing medium, each of which has the information. Accordingly, the printer comprises the printing medium discrimination...

20060067775 - Modular printhead assembly with opposed sets of serially arranged printhead modules: A modular printhead assembly includes a chassis. A pair of feed rollers is mounted on the chassis to feed print media along a feed path. A pair of printhead module sets is mounted on the chassis and positioned on respective sides of the feed path and adjacent the feed rollers....

20060067776 - Paper cutting device, paper post processing device, and image forming system: There is described a paper cutting device which is suitably used as a part of an image forming system, a paper processing device including the paper cutting device, and an image forming system. The paper cutting device includes a cutter blade having a long shape, being provided slidablly in a...

20060067777 - Printer and a method of controlling the printer: In order to adjust a position of a cut sheet when the cut sheet begins to be sent to a printing positions a leading edge of the cut sheet is fed towards a pair of sending rollers for sending the cut sheet to a printing position, wherein the sending rollers...

20060067779 - Modular printer for double-sided high-speed printing: A modular printer includes a frame. A housng in which the frame is housed has an operatively upper and an operatively lower cover and defines a print media inlet at one end between the covers and a print media outlet at an opposite end between the covers. An inlet roller...

20060067778 - Thermal transfer printer cover: A system and method of protecting a printer housing against moisture infiltration, including affixing a fixed covering portion over the printer housing, wherein the affixing includes exposing a printing opening of the printer housing, and securing a removable covering portion to the fixed covering portion, wherein the removable covering portion...

20060056896 - Apparatus for a floating print head and associated method: The present invention provides a floating print head assembly and an associated method. According to one embodiment, the floating print head assembly includes a head bracket and a print head attached to the bracket such that the print head is suspended above the printing substrate. The assembly also includes an...

20060056897 - Thermal transfer ribbon for forgery-prevention: A thermal transfer ribbon for forgery prevention comprising: a substrate film; a heat-resistant layer coated on one surface of the substrate film for preventing thermofusibility with a thermal transfer head; one or more than one thermofusible ink layer, or one or more then one thermofusible ink layer and one or...

20060056898 - Gel-cushioned accessory for a keyboard: A cushioning means for placement on a computer keyboard is provided for reducing the discomfort of a typist using a keyboard and to personalize the keyboard for a typist. A pad may be attached or applied to one or more keytops of a conventional keyboard, each pad being of a...

20060056899 - Recording medium conveying device: A recording medium conveying device comprising: a master roll holder to hold a master roll of a recording medium; a platen to support the recording medium supplied from the master roll holder in an image recording section; a conveyance roller positioned upstream of the platen to convey the recording medium...

20060056900 - Label conveying apparatus and label printer having the same: A motor (7) rotates a platen roller (3) so as to convey a continuous label sheet (1) drawn out from a roll member (2). A thermal head (4) generates heat at an appropriate timing in synchronism with the conveyance, thereby effecting recording on an adhesive label (1). The continuous label...

20060056901 - Printer: The printer can improve the workability of storing and ejecting printing sheets in or from a storage tray. The printer includes a storage tray comprising a sheet storage case for storing a stack of a plurality of printing sheets with at least one of the sides of the storage case...

20060051148 - Electrically heated writing instrument: An electrically heated writing instrument comprising a hollow barrel including a conical end, a battery circuit housing including an electrical connecting means and at least one battery, a writing member, and a heating member or a heating cartridge including a heating member disposed about or within the hollow barrel. The...

20060051149 - Image forming apparatus, communication apparatus, apparatus setting method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: An image forming apparatus which is capable of providing the same level of userfriendliness for all apparatuses connected via a communication line, without performing the same setting for all the apparatuses. Apparatus setting information registered in other apparatuses connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication line is obtained...

20060051150 - Linerless label printer and methods: There is disclosed a hand-held printer for printing on linerless label webs wherein a thermal print head is maintained in pressure contact with the linerless web and a platen roll throughout successive printing cycles, but wherein the pressure is automatically relieved at or shortly after each printing cycle is completed....

20060051151 - Printer: A printing system for printing on a substrate which includes a holder, a roll containing a substrate wound thereon, said roll being rotatably held by the holder, a first transport means for engaging and transporting the substrate as it is unwound from the roll said transport means being disposed substantially...

20060051152 - Rolled-print-medium holder device: A rolled-print-medium holder device includes an axial member, a holding member, an outer fitting portion, an inner fitting portion, and a weld portion. The holding member is fixed to at least one of both axial ends of the axial member and holds both sides of a rolled print medium. The...

20060045595 - Printer and cartridge: The technique of the invention provides a user with a rental printer and gives adequate maintenance support of the printer. In a printer rental service system of the invention, a service center provides each registered legal user with a rental printer, which works only with entry of an authorized use...

20060045596 - Method arrangement and computer software for the printing of a separator sheet by means of an electrophotographic printer or copier: In a method or system for printing a separator sheet with a printer or copier, with aid of a first program module at least first data are generated that contain at least information for formatting of elements of at least one separator sheet, the elements to be printed on a...

20060045597 - System and method for expedited reprinting: A system and method are provided for the expedited reprinting of documents at a printer. The method comprises: receiving an initial print job identified with a job identification (JID); rendering the print job into a bitmap; in response to rendering the bitmap, initially printing a document; saving the bitmap in...

20060045598 - Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but...

20060045599 - Customizable keyboard that can be fitted with detachable keys in various shapes and sizes: Customizable keyboard that can be fitted/affixed with detachable keys in various shapes and sizes. The customizable keyboard system may comprise a programmable keyboard controller, keyboard keys with interlocking and/or stacking mechanism, and detachable keyboard keys in various shapes and sizes. The detachable keys may support interlocking or stacking mechanisms. The...

20060045600 - Method of creating an image replacement document for use in a check truncation environment and an apparatus therefor: A method of creating an image replacement document (IRD) during two passes of a sheet material through a printing apparatus comprises building a first print file portion based upon IRD data, building a second print file portion based upon IRD data, printing with non-magnetic ink onto the sheet material at...

20060045601 - Printing apparatus and printing method: An object is to acquire the precise width dimension of a medium that is loaded into a paper feed section of a printing apparatus and that has a size other than the standard sizes. The printing apparatus includes *a paper feed section into which media are loaded, a regulating guide...

20060045602 - Mounting arrangement for attaching a stapler to a photocopier: Mounting arrangement (13) for attaching an electrically powered stapler (5) mechanically and electrically to a photocopying equipment (1) wherein the mounting arrangement (13) comprises a mechanical mounting device (15) for connecting the stapler (5) to the photocopying equipment (1), which mounting device (15) comprises a first attachment piece (16) connected...

20060045603 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge is provided with a frame body made up of at least first and second frame bodies that are movable relative to each other to form a space, a frame body positioning member positioning the first and second frame bodies, a latent image bearing member supported by the...