Typewriting machines inventions 04/07

20070092323 - System and method for determining an optimal batch size for a print job: A print job is received in a complex printing environment. The print job is decomposed optimal batch sizes by into method and system processing a print job by identifying a total processing time T(b) for each of multiple batch sizes, and the total processing time for each of the batch... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070092324 - Device and method for printing: A hand-held printing device having a hand-operated actuator that moves a print head relative to a print medium and at least one sensor. The hand-held printing device further has logic configured to perform at least one power-using operation of the hand-held device based on an output from the at least... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070092325 - Hand-held printing device: A hand-held printing device has a hand-operated mechanical actuator for moving a print head that prints images to medium and memory configured electronically storing a sequence of images in a predetermined sequential order. The hand-held printing device further has logic that detects a first actuation of the actuator and automatically... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070092326 - Apparatus and method for inputting alphabet characters on keypad: The invention is to efficiently input characters on a keypad and, more particularly, to input various symbols by using the hiding control processing method, thereby maintaining a simple arrangement of the keypad. Furthermore, the present invention produces simple codes using the relation between characters allocated to the keypad and numerals,... Agent: Jhk Law

20070092327 - Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus: An apparatus for perforating a sheet of media includes a perforation forming mechanism including at least one perforation device. The perforation forming mechanism is configured to drive the perforation device through the sheet of media to extend through the sheet of media by a distance.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070092328 - Apparatus, method and ink jet printer capable of determining material of printing media according to transmission light passing through printing media: An apparatus for determining a material of a printing media, includes a light source for exposing the printing media to light; a photo detector for detecting the transmission light, the transmission light generated by the light source and passing through the printing media, to generate an intensity value; and an... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070086820 - System and method for indicating position of a moveable mechanism: A method and apparatus are disclosed for using a drive belt as a position encoder. A position control apparatus includes a belt coupled to a mechanism, where the belt contains a machine-readable position indication and is operable to convey the mechanism. A position control method includes reading a position indication... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070086821 - Tape printer and tape creating method: It is intended to provide a tape printer and a tape creating method which can achieve a high degree of accuracy and constant length of printing even when the rotational speed of a DC motor changes due to the increase of a wire-wound resistance value because of the heat generation... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070086822 - Laser marking device, laser marking method, and object to be marked: The present invention relates to a laser marking device that irradiates a laser beam on a workpiece (W) to transform a portion inside the workpiece at a focal point of the laser beam, thus putting a dot in each predetermined area. The laser marking device includes acquiring means (10, 20)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070086823 - Replaceable ribbon supply and substrate cleaning apparatus: A ribbon cartridge for a printer. The ribbon cartridge includes a frame that supports supply and take-up spools and that has one or more locating features to facilitate its insertion and positioning in a frame of a printer. For example, the ribbon cartridge frame may include a pair of detents... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070086824 - Method of manufacturing mold for producing catalyst carriers: A method of manufacturing a mold for producing a catalyst carrier, which has a circular cross-sectional cell structure to realize high cell density and form a very thin web, compared to conventional arts, using a bundle of I-shaped pins.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070086825 - Circular keyboard: A generic circular keyboard 101 comprised of double concentric circles of switches 1-24 are arranged in a configuration that substantially follows the geometry of a clock face, i.e. 30 degree angular spacing. The adjacent pairs of concentric switches, 1 and 13, 2 and 14, etc. are implemented each as a... Agent: Byung Kon Min

20070086826 - Bearing: In one embodiment, a bearing comprises a cylindrical bearing surface supporting a spherical journal surface. In another embodiment, a device comprises a shaft having a spherical journal surface supported inside and rotatable against a cylindrical bearing surface. In another embodiment, a sheet media feed mechanism comprise: a chassis; a motor... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070086827 - Printer: A printer capable of suppressing reduction of printing quality by inhibiting a feed roller from axial deviation is obtained. This printer comprises a feed roller carrying a paper, a feed roller gear mounted with the feed roller for transmitting driving force to the feed roller and a platelike member having... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070081841 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus: The measured density value of a printer at the time is compared with the density measured value at the time of adjusting a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern density, and the fluctuation amount of the output density of the printer from the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern density adjustment time until the time is calculated. It... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070081842 - Memory system and method for consumables of a printer: A print head for use with a printer. The print head includes an input that receives data or commands associated with printing from the printer. A memory component of the print head is connected in communication with the input and is configured to bi-directionally communicate information to the printer via... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070081843 - Armature structure and dot head: An armature structure according to the present invention is arranged in a manner that two armature members, in each of which a shear plane and a broken-out section are formed by a punching processing on an inner periphery of a through hole into which a fulcrum shaft fits, are joined... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070081844 - Ribbon cartridge and heat transfer type image forming apparatus with the same: A ribbon cartridge, comprising an ink ribbon formed of a transparent sheet with ink layers thereon, the ink ribbon including counting holes arranged at predetermined intervals in a winding direction of the ink ribbon to allow for a counting of a number of printed pages printed with the ink ribbon,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070081845 - Label data creating apparatus, label data creating method, and computer program product: It is intended to provide a label data creating apparatus, a label data creating method, and a computer program product which can make the production of label tapes faster, and increase efficiency of the production thereof. A CPU of computer equipment performs a template data create process by an editor... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070081847 - Method and computer program product for facilitating flattening a bound document in the open position: A method and computer program product for scoring sheets of a document that includes at least two sheets assembled along a binding line includes scoring at least one fold line on a first sheet from one edge of the sheet to another edge of the sheet. The method and computer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070081846 - Method and computer program product for tagging at least one page in a document containing a plurality of pages: A method and a computer program product storing a program for tagging at least one sheet in a document comprising at least two sheets. The method and computer program product include cutting the at least one sheet by forming a cut in the at least one sheet so as to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077106 - Printing apparatus and printing method with respect to medium: A user operates the operation panel portion 6 and selects an image quality mode in a pre-stage of carrying out CD-R printing. If an operation of commencing CD-R printing on the operation panel portion 6 is enabled, the CPU 16 causes the scanner unit 21 to scan a sample CD-R... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070077107 - Ink ribbon cartridge: An ink ribbon cartridge includes spools each including a ratchet gear in one end portion. A cartridge body includes integrally formed resilient engagement pieces each including a ratchet portion that engages and disengages the ratchet gear of the respective spool and a compressed portion that is compressed by a compressing... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070077108 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which a control portion of an image forming unit and an opening cover from which an internal portion of an apparatus main body including the image forming unit can be exposed are provided on an upper face, a front face, or... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070077109 - Media cassette and image forming apparatus having the same: A media cassette and an image forming apparatus having the media cassette are provided. The media cassette includes a cassette frame for loading and discharging a printing medium and a separation preventing member disposed at an upper surface of the cassette frame for contacting a printing medium being discharged to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070077110 - Output tray systems and methods: Embodiments herein comprise a printing/copying media output device or terminal that includes a single media output tray that can be used as a flat tray or a basket tray. The media output tray has a first portion that connects to a media output device, a second portion at the opposite... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC