Typewriting machines inventions 12/06

20060291933 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus configured to carry out printing on paper with a printing head, while holding the paper between the printing head and a platen roller, includes: a paper guide block guiding the paper in between the printing head and the platen roller, and holding the platen roller; and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060291934 - Method for generating a perforation clip region: A method for generating a perforation clip region includes defining a shape of a desired perforation pattern on a display screen; inserting at least one image onto the display screen in association with the perforation pattern; and previewing a combined image of the perforation pattern and the at least one... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20060291935 - Apparatus for useby date label printing: The invention comprises a compact electronic apparatus for the purpose of instantly recalculating and printing useby date labels. Once a processed food is exposed to the atmosphere, opened from its manufacturer's packaging (example; opening a can of tuna) then the original manufacturer's recommended useby date may no longer apply, also... Agent: Mr. Daniel Plecas

20060291936 - Resource expander key: Typists press single keys separately to get single pieces of text. For example, the “a” key produces “a” text. Machine stenotypes press more than one key together to get single pieces of text. For example, the “g” produced In stenotype by pressing down the “t”, “k”, “p” and “w” keys... Agent: Suni V. Perez

20060291937 - Apparatus and method for generating data signals: An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20060291938 - Apparatus and method for generating data signals: An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20060291939 - Apparatus and method for generating data signals: An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20060291940 - Image generating apparatus and thermal transfer printer: An image generating apparatus capable of reducing the number of components and discharging a paper with a simple structure is obtained. This image generating apparatus comprises a feed roller for carrying a paper, a paper discharge roller coming into contact with the lower surface of the paper for discharging the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060291941 - Power transmitter for image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same: A power transmitter for an image forming apparatus transmitting power to a plurality of feeding rollers, including a plurality of feeding roller rotation shafts rotatably mounted at certain distances from one another and forming a feeding path of a printing medium by a plurality of feeding rollers which are coaxially... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291942 - Distribution of printer paper: For the distribution of printer paper via a housing flap of a printer, the housing flap is rotatably mounted about an axle by use of a hinge. At least one central part of the hinge may be a printing paper opening having at least a width B.... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20060291943 - Fastening device for optional tray of an image forming apparatus, an optional tray, and an image forming apparatus: An optional tray fastening device of an image forming apparatus, for providing a fastening connection between an optional receiving tray moving in and out with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus and the main body when mounting the optional tray to a lower part of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060291944 - Paper feeding mechanism: A paper feeding mechanism applied to an office machine for feeding a paper is disclosed. The paper feeding mechanism comprises a first adjusting board having a first fixing component, a second adjusting board having a second fixing component, a paper feeding body having a first groove and a second groove... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060291945 - Computer monitor: A computer monitor houses a display for displaying to a user display data received from a computer system and a printer including a pagewidth printhead. The printhead is disposed behind the display as viewed by the user and prints the display data onto print media. In the preferred embodiments, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20060291946 - Ergonomic apparatus for keyboard: A plurality of embodiments of ergonomic apparatus for keyboards are provided for interfacing with a user's arms, wrists, hands and fingers in a more natural way, i.e., in ways that are optimally suited to human typing. The ergonomic apparatus for a keyboard includes structures that reduce extension of human hands... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060285906 - Character input system capable of adjusting a character setting corresponding to an input device and method thereof: A character input system capable of adjusting a character setting corresponding to an input device and a method thereof are disclosed. The input device includes a plurality of input components corresponding to a default character setting. An input component from the input components is utilized for indicating an input of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060285907 - Method for reducing printing position error and image forming apparatus using the same: An apparatus and method are provided for reducing a printing position error, in which the method includes the steps of (a) driving an encoder wheel as many times as a predetermined number of forward counts at a predetermined initial acceleration, thereby making the edge of a printing paper become separated... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285908 - Device for detecting end of paper in a printer: The device (18) for detecting end of paper comprises a support (43) mounted on a wall (26) of a printer (10) of receipts, obtained from a tape (12) of paper wound on a roll (14), contained in a housing (15) of the printer (10). The printer (10) is preferentially employed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20060285909 - Pinch plate lifting in a printer: A pinch plate lifting apparatus in a printer for lifting a pinch plate from a linefeed roller is provided. The pinch plate lifting apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted in the printer and at least one cam attached to the camshaft. The cam has a predefined profile and is able... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060280537 - Image processing method and image processing system: Disclosed is a printing system comprising a printing device and a printing control device. The printing device makes a judgment as to whether it is necessary to correct a profile, which is information concerning reproduction characteristics of print data, and, if it is judged that the profile correction is necessary,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060280538 - Methods and apparatus for inserting tabs in a print job: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing a print job including a plurality of raster image processed pages. A tab page is created that includes a tab image located at a predetermined position in the tab page, the predetermined position associated with a tab position on tab stock. The tab... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20060280540 - Thermal image forming apparatus: A thermal image forming apparatus includes a platen roller and a thermal printhead. A heating portion of the thermal printhead has a plurality of heating elements arranged along an area where the platen roller and the thermal printhead form a printing nip. A plurality of driving integrated circuits are mounted... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060280539 - Thermal printhead and method for manufacturing the same: A thermal printhead (A1) comprises an insulating substrate (1), a common electrode (31) which is formed on the insulating substrate (1) and includes a plurality of comb teeth (31a), a plurality of individual electrodes (41) formed on the insulating substrate (1), and a resistor layer (51) formed on the insulating... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20060280541 - Printer and method for supporting a linerless label: The present invention provides an improved linerless label printer and an associated method for printing a linerless label wherein the printed label is supported in a cantilevered position by a blanket of air until removal. Linerless labels are those labels that are printed and used without conventional release paper or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060280542 - Flatbed printing machine: A flatbed printing machine includes at least one adjustable side stop in an infeed area for the medium to be printed. The side stop is arranged between an infeed area edge and a feeder edge over which the medium to be printed is carried. The side stop is adjustable in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060280544 - Flatbed printing machine: A flatbed printing machine is provided with a printing table and a pressing device for a medium to be printed. The pressing device features parallel guide rails on both sides of the printing table, through which a pressing rail that is moveable above the printing table is guided. The pressing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060280543 - Printing table for a flatbed printing machine: A printing table for a flatbed printing machine, for example, a large format digital flatbed printing machine, has a printing table base and a printing table plate disposed on the printing table base. The printing table base is connected by several connecting elements to the printing table plate. The connecting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060275065 - System and method for printing labels on-demand: The present invention relates to a system and method for printing labels on-demand in a manufacturing environment. During initialization, an association is made between a part being manufactured and the work station in which the part is made. The association is stored in a computer application. When a user desires... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20060275066 - Printing system and method: A printing system capable of executing printing using printing medias of different types is provided. In the system, a first designation unit designates a paper type used to print a first page group in a document. A selection unit selects paper types which can be used to print the second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060275067 - Digital palm computer with built-in printhead for external printing: A digital palm PC includes a housing. An elongate printhead extends along a side of the housing. A pair of rotationally mounted wheels flanks the printhead at either end of the printhead. The wheels are engageable with a sheet of print media. One of the wheels is an optical encoder... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20060275068 - Printing device and method for printing on a surface: The present invention relates to a printing device (10; 40) for printing on a surface comprising: a print head (12; 41) including an ink reservoir (20), a housing (11) that is pressed against a printout surface (17). The print head (12) is movable along and guided by one or more... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20060275069 - Ergonomic keyboard apparatus: A plurality of embodiments of improved ergonomic keyboards for interfacing with a user's arms, wrists, hands and fingers in a more natural way, i.e., in ways that are optimally suited to human typing. In various non-limiting embodiments, the invention provides optimal finger pressing angles, provides optimal range(s) for “gable” angling,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060275070 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and host-based printer: An information processing apparatus which controls a host-based printer includes a determination portion which determines designation of feed from a feed unit or manual feed port, a display control portion which, when it is determined that feed from the manual feed port is designated, causes a display portion to display... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060275071 - Printer with piercing device: A printer includes a controller, a printhead operable, in response to at least a first signal received from the controller, to render an image on a print medium, and a piercing device operable, in response to at least a second signal received from the controller, to produce a predetermined pattern... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell