Typewriting machines inventions 10/06

20060239736 - Print job distributing and holding system, printing system, print job holding apparatus, printer, print job holding apparatus control program, printer control program, print job holding apparatus control method, and printer control method: A print job distributing and holding system. The system is capable of distributing and holding plural print jobs where several printers are connected via a network....

20060239737 - Inkjet image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The method includes counting a total number of dots of an image formed on a sheet of recording medium during an image forming operation in an image forming unit employing a page width print head, calculating an optimal drying...

20060239738 - Method for printing wallpaper using pattern collections: A method for printing wallpaper onto a web of media is provided. In the method one or more collections of patterns are provided, a selection of a pattern from the one or more collections by an operator is captured, the selection being communicated by input of a symbol of the...

20060239739 - Portable electronic device and associated charging stand: A portable electronic device and associated charging stand assembly where the portable electronic device has an inbuilt printer and the associated charging stand recharges the device battery and refills the printer....

20060239740 - Image forming apparatus adopting thermal printing head: An image forming apparatus is provided which employs a thermal print head. The image forming apparatus includes the thermal print head, a platen roller forming a printing nip while facing the thermal print head, an aperture formed on an upstream side of the printing nip with respect to a direction...

20060239741 - Thermal type image forming apparatus: A thermal type image forming apparatus is provided for printing images on both sides of a medium, which are a first surface and a second surface of the medium. A thermal print head (TPH) is rotated about a platen roller to a first position facing the first surface of the...

20060239743 - Ink sheet cartridge: An ink sheet cartridge provided with a bobbin case easy to assemble and disassemble, formed with no protrusion on the outer surface thereof and capable of inhibiting the number of components from increase is obtained. This ink sheet cartridge is provided with a pawl and a receiving portion on upper...

20060239742 - Ribbon identification: A ribbon identification system detects a digitally encoded tract comprised of radially printed bands of dark and light areas positioned on a ribbon spool that fits on a media printing device. Each type and length of ribbon to be used is associated with a specific and unique digitally encoded tract....

20060239744 - Thermal transfer type image forming apparatus and method of indicating/detecting remaining amount of ink ribbon: A method of indicating and detecting a remaining amount of an ink ribbon having a transparent sheet on which an ink layer is formed in a thermal transfer type image forming apparatus which prints an image by applying heat from a thermal head to the ink ribbon to transfer ink...

20060239745 - Keyboard structure: A keyboard structure primarily consists of a keyboard body which contains an amplification circuit connected with a microphone socket, a headphone socket and trumpets, a USB socket, an IEEE1394 socket and jacks located at proper positions of the keyboard. The keyboard structure can be provided for listening to music or...

20060239746 - Systems and methods for computer input: A display device, such as a liquid crystal display, can be integrated into each key of a keyboard, numeric keypad, or other keyed input device. The display device can display a symbol when it is active. For example, a “1” when pressing that key will input a “1” and a...

20060239747 - Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of image forming apparatus: An apparatus for controlling temperature of an image forming apparatus includes: a temperature sensing unit including a plurality of temperature sensors to sense temperatures of respective parts of the image forming apparatus; a paper feeding time converting unit converting the sensed temperatures into printing paper feeding times according to a...

20060239748 - Automatic identification system and method for printer recordable media: An automatic identification system and method for printer recordable media, which detects two or more different record media to be printed by a printer. The different record media have different load features. The system includes a transport device, a driving device, a photo encoder, a photosensor and a processor. The...

20060239749 - Printer assembly having tote for printed wallpaper: A printer assembly is provided having a printhead for printing on a media web conveyed along a path defined between a loading area and a winding area, a processor for configuring the printhead to print onto the media to produce wallpaper, and a consumer tote retained in the winding area....

20060239750 - Pinch control in a printer: A pinch control apparatus in a printer for controlling a pinch force exerted on a medium which is being fed into a printing zone is provided. The pinch control apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted across a width of the medium, at least one cam attached to the camshaft, a...

20060239751 - Platen: Embodiments of a platen are shown and described....

20060239752 - Sheet body treating apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide a sheet member processing apparatus by which a necessary working space is secured and a workability can be enhanced in doing maintenance. A housing space (32) in which processing means (26) is housed can be opened and closed by displacing a front...

20060233579 - Printing positioning mechanism and printer: A printing positioning mechanism includes a support shaft, a platen supported by the support shaft, and a printing head disposed in an opposing relationship to the platen for movement toward and away from the platen, and adjusts the positional relationship between the printing head and the platen when the printing...

20060233580 - Image output apparatus and printer driver: In one embodiment, an image output apparatus is configured such that an equipment control portion sets the process of output as an image according to the protection status of received direct print data. When the received direct print data is only simple data in a predetermined file format, the equipment...

20060233581 - Image generating apparatus: An image generating apparatus capable of rotating a pressing member pressing a print head against a platen roller at a large rotation angle with a cam is obtained. This thermal transfer printer (image generating apparatus) comprises a drive cam for driving the pressing member. This drive cam includes a cardioid...

20060233582 - Tape cassette: It is intended to provide a tape cassette which has logos including characters and symbols, formed in a position facing to feed paths of tapes an ink ribbon in an outer wall face of the cassette case. The tape cassette, in which the tapes and the ink ribbon are appropriately...

20060233583 - Rotational torque adjustment apparatus, ink ribbon transport apparatus and printer: A rotational torque adjustment apparatus is used to adjust the rotational torque of a rotational member secured to a rotational shaft for integrally rotating with the rotational shaft. The rotational torque adjustment apparatus includes a friction member for contacting with the rotational member to apply a frictional load to the...

20060233584 - Image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette: An image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette to stack a print medium, wherein the paper feeding cassette includes a plate to support the print medium and which elevates substantially straight, and a supporting unit to support the elevation of the plate....

20060233586 - Packing mechanism for inkjet cartridges for use inside of a printer: An inkjet cartridge packing mechanism having a cartridge storage box and a carrier fixer that uses the inside of a printer for storing an inkjet cartridge in order to save packing space of the printer. The packing mechanism further attaches the carrier of the printer to the carrier fixer and...

20060233585 - Printer: The invention relates to a printer (1) comprising a media unit (26) which can move relative to a printing unit (4). Until now, difficulties in aligning the media unit (26) in the printer (1) always resulted in a poor printing quality. To rectify this, the invention provides that the printing...

20060233587 - Ink usage estimation from print run assets: An ink usage estimate is based on assets of a print run. Examples of the assets include, without limitation, backgrounds, images, logos, graphics, and text. The estimates may be made from full size renditions of the assets or from thumbnails of the assets or both....

20060228141 - Tape processing apparatus, method of controlling tape feed in tape processing apparatus, and program: A tape processing apparatus includes: a feeding device for feeding a processing tape along a tape feed passage; an ink-character printing device for printing ink characters and a Braille-emboss device for embossing Braille characters, respectively on the processing tape to be fed by the feeding device; a mode selecting device...

20060228142 - Multi-media gaming printer: A multi-media gaming printer. The multi-media printer may accept various kinds of voucher media, such as thermally writable medias, smart cards, or magnetic strip cards. The multi-media printer includes writing, reading, and erasing devices within the printer to manage and use the different types of media. In addition, the multi-media...

20060228143 - Portable printer enabling to directly print on an object surface: A portable printer includes a printing assembly having a ink cartridge mounted on a moving device which is mounted on a fixed bracket and a frame, which has the printing assembly mounted thereunder, having a data transmission interface and a control unit for processing to-be-printed information and to control the...

20060228147 - Data producing method of data producing apparatus, data producing apparatus, and sheet processing apparatus: A data producing apparatus has: a first Braille translation device producing information processing Braille data for embossing information processing Braille on a processing sheet based on an ink-character array having one or more ink characters; a second Braille translation device producing general Braille data for embossing general Braille, other than...

20060228146 - Information processing apparatus, printing and embossing complex apparatus, delete menu display method of information processing apparatus and program: An information processing apparatus includes an input device which allows input of a plurality of information so as to allow performance of a plurality of processes, an input information display device that displays input information that is the input one or more kinds of information, a delete menu storage device...

20060228144 - Printing-and-embossing composite apparatus, controlling method for printing-and-embossing composite apparatus, and program: There is provided a printing-and-embossing composite apparatus which performs a printing process of a symbol image and an embossing process of a braille character on the same process sheet, the apparatus including: a printing-area setting device for setting a printing area for the symbol image on the process sheet; an...

20060228145 - Tape processing apparatus, method of conducting demonstration with tape processing apparatus, and program: There is provided a tape processing apparatus arranged to perform an ink-character printing and a braille embossing on a process tape, the apparatus including: a first demonstration device which performs a first demonstration process based on first demonstration data for demonstration of the ink-character printing; a second demonstration device which...

20060228148 - Direct thermal barcode printer: A direct thermal barcode printer including a print assembly is provided. The print assembly is movably positioned relative to a print media for adjusting printing characteristics of an attached print head....

20060228149 - Keyboard layout for mouse or rocker switch text entry: A soft keyboard includes at least three rows of keys wherein a middle row is located near the center of the keyboard. The middle row includes vowel keys, and an upper row and a lower row include consonant keys. The consonant keys and the vowels keys are arranged in alphabetical...

20060228150 - Method of forming label with label forming apparatus, and label forming apparatus: A method of forming a label with a label forming apparatus having a printing section for performing printing while feeding a processing tape, and a working section for performing physical working on the processing tape while feeding the processing tape. The apparatus is capable of selectively performing print processing for...

20060228151 - Method and system for custom paper cutting: A system automatically cuts recording media into non-standard sizes and shapes. The system includes a support for supporting recording media, a feeder mechanism for transporting recording media onto the support, a cutting head having at least one cutting member, and a controller for actuating reciprocation of the cutting member so...

20060228152 - Paper detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A paper detecting apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same are disclosed. The paper detecting apparatus has a sensor unit installed in the main body of the image forming apparatus. The location of the paper detecting apparatus is varied according to the size of printing paper so as...

20060228153 - Systems and methods for handling defective rfid media according to available printer output options: A printing device (10) such as a laser printer includes a radio frequency controller (38) which permits the detection and redirection of media having one or more defective radio frequency device tags, such as an RFID tag, to a specific one of two or more output options (50, 52). The...

20060228154 - One time use paper edge cleaner: An article for collecting dust and debris from edges of paper rolls comprising an annular body of material having a plurality of undulations on the surface of the body to provide one plurality of ridges resiliently disposed in one direction and another plurality of ridges resiliently disposed in an opposite...

20060222428 - Print data editing device, print data editing program and computer readable recording medium: A print editing device is provided wherein a first line of the print data is aligned to a first end in a predetermined print area and, if there are plural lines; a last line of the print data is aligned to a second end and a remaining line is aligned...

20060222429 - Printing/processing system, printing device, processing device, printing/processing apparatus, method for controlling printing/processing system, program, and storage medium: A printing/processing system includes a printing mechanism performing a printing operation on a processing sheet; a processing mechanism performing a processing operation on the printed processing sheet; and a memory device into which the printing mechanism writes information and from which the processing mechanism reads information. The printing mechanism includes...

20060222430 - Linerless web feeding method and system: A method and system operable in multiple modes of operation and including a web feeding mode and an idle mode. In the web feeding mode, the device operates to perform a function on a linerless web having tacky adhesive in contact with a feed roll by which the web is...

20060222431 - Label making apparatus: A label making apparatus displays a copy print setting screen to make a user input a number of sets or labels to be copied, and determines whether or not a value stored in a total number of sets in a RAM is 1. After the determination, if the total number...

20060222432 - Feeding device and image forming apparatus: A feeding device including: (a) a feed mechanism including a motor driven with supply of a power thereto, and a feeder operated by the motor for feeding an object; (b) a power supply controller for supplying the power to the motor until an actual operating position of the feeder coincides...

20060222433 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: (a) a feed mechanism including a motor and a feeder moved by the motor for feeding a medium; (b) a recording head for ejecting an ink toward the medium to form an image; (c) a feed controller for controlling the motor so as to move...

20060222434 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprising: a paper feeding cassette which selectively stores at least two kinds of paper sheets having different size with respect to a paper feeding direction, and includes a posterior end cursor which restricts a posterior end position of the stored paper sheets with respect to the...

20060222435 - Cover locking apparatus for a multi-function device: The present invention relates to a multi-function device comprising a printer, a scanner coupled to the printer to move between an opened and closed position with respect to the printer, and a scanner cover for the scanner. An unlocking part is located on the printer. The scanner has a stopper...

20060222436 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a paper feed tray that can be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus body and a cover tray that can double as a manual feed tray. The paper feed tray has first side walls and first protrusions formed on the inner surfaces of...