Typewriting machines inventions 05/06

20060110199 - Printer comprising two uneven printhead modules and at least two printer controllers, one of which sends print data to the other: A printer comprising: a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region, wherein the first printhead module is longer than the second printhead module; at least first and second...

20060110200 - Method of protecting leakage of information, and information processing apparatus and driver program which implement the method: A host computer which generates a print job subjected to printing by a printer stores a drawing command output from an application in a spool file via a graphic engine. A spool system, the graphic engine, and a job chasing function processing unit execute a chasing data generation process by...

20060110201 - Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon: A printer includes a ribbon supply end including a shaft, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The printer further includes a print head, a driving module for driving the ribbon...

20060110202 - Print shaft contamination detector: A system and method for providing a self-diagnostic process for determining a print shaft contamination condition such as debris build up on the guide shaft in a shuttle head printer is described. The process can be carried out at several points in time including automatically when the printer is powered-up,...

20060110203 - Dual numerical keyboard based on dominance: There is a need to develop a more sophisticated and educational system of keyboard set ups for not only the disabled population from their worker's compensation injuries but for the entire continuum of keyboard users nationally and internationally. This is due to the rising medical costs associated but also for...

20060110204 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that prints an image on a medium. A transport unit transports the medium in a first direction to supply the medium to the image forming unit, and in a second direction for printing. Media is stacked on a paper cassette. A...

20060104690 - Print system, print control apparatus, printing method, and control program: It is an object to allow an advertising effect to be efficiently exercised by certainly printing an advertisement. For this purpose, according to the invention, print data of the user and advertisement data are synthesized so that an image based on the print data of the user is printed into...

20060104691 - Printer, print method and print system: A printer is permitted to obtain printed matter of high picture quality from print data transferred in the state changed into 1 bit for the purpose of shortening data transfer time. A multi-value conversion unit (23) converts CMYK respective 1 bit binary data from an expansion unit (22) into multi-valued...

20060104689 - Systems and apparatus for writing data to multiple rf tags contained on print media: Print media (28) having a plurality of radio frequency data storage devices (88) passes through a print media pathway (110) of a printer assembly (14). The devices (88) can be programmed using groups (142, 144) of antennas which are arranged about the print media pathway (110) such the simultaneous programming...

20060104692 - Electronic device handling apparatus and temperature application method in electronic device handling apparatus: i

20060104693 - Braille-information processing apparatus, braille-information processing method, program, and storage medium: There is provided a braille-information processing apparatus capable of performing, on a display screen, an edit display for editing braille information for braille embossing and a preview display for displaying an embossing image for the braille embossing. As the edit display, displayed is a cell mark including a non-embossing point...

20060104694 - Modular printer: e

20060104695 - Thermal transfer printer: A thermal transfer printer includes a thermal head, a platen roller which allows the thermal head to be in the head up/down state, an ink ribbon which is drawn between the thermal head and the platen roller, a paper feed roller which can convey a recording paper. A peeling member...

20060104696 - Wire dot printer head and wire dot printer: A wire dot printer head which has an armature spacer having plural notches accommodating support shafts of plural armatures respectively supporting a printing wire, and an abrasion preventive member provided between the armature spacer and a yoke holding the support shafts of the plural armatures with the armature spacer for...

20060104697 - Rewritable card printer: A rewritable card printer useful as a rewritable card printer. The rewritable card printer includes a print module coupled to one or more separate card magazines, each having independent card drives. The operation of the print module and one or more card magazines are controlled by a printer controller. Cards...

20060104698 - Printer and control method for operating a printer: A printer has an ASF connection/disconnection sensor 18a as a sheet feeding device detector which detects if an ASF 60 is installed to the main printer unit 1, a roll paper holder connection sensor 38 as a roll paper holder detector which detects if a roll paper holder 40 is...

20060104699 - Printer and supply unit for use in the printer: The present invention relates to a printer which includes a print unit, a supply unit for the supply of substrate, said supply unit containing a first holder for rotatably receiving a first web of a first substrate wound into a roll, and a second holder for rotatably receiving a second...

20060104700 - Printer, a supply unit for the printer, and a member for accommodation in the supply unit: A printer including a print unit, a supply unit for holding a web of receiving material wound into a roll, a system for unwinding the web and transporting it for printing to the print unit, which supply unit is adapted to carry an elongate member on which the roll is...

20060104701 - Receipt printer configurable for full or partial cut: A receipt printer having a scissor cutter for cutting off a receipt from a paper roll. The scissor cutter includes a moving blade that articulates across an adjustable stationary blade. The adjustable stationary blade is adjustable laterally according to whether a full cut or a partial cut across the paper...

20060104702 - Sheet recording apparatus with dual nip transport: An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium (12) into an image recording section (20). A write head (56) records onto a portion of the sheet medium (12) between the entrance nip (14) and exit nip (24)....

20060099021 - Original position setting apparatus, recording apparatus and control method for the same: An original position setting apparatus for driving a driven member by a stepping motor and abutting the driven member against an original position setting member to set an original position of the driven member, wherein the original position apparatus includes a drive control section that periodically drives the stepping motor...

20060099022 - Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon: A printer includes a ribbon supply end, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The printer further includes a print head, a driving module for driving the ribbon supply end and...

20060099023 - Keyboard and stand for portable computing and communication devices: The present invention provides a fully functional keyboard in a form factor no larger than that of a small cell phone. The keyboard achieves this small form factor by utilizing an entirely unique keyboard layout in which the keys in the top and bottom letter rows are reduced in the...

20060093422 - Printing device: A printing device for printing labels comprising: a memory for storing one or more character sets, each character set including at least a principle character and an additional character which is associated with the principle character; user input means having character selection keys for selecting a character set to define...

20060093423 - Method and apparatus for controlling printing in inkjet printer: A method of controlling printing in an inkjet printer having a paper feeding apparatus, wherein the method includes the steps of determining whether print papers are double-fed by detecting a first print paper on which a first print data is to be printed, and a second print paper on which...