Typewriting machines inventions 09/07

20070223982 - Design and functional improvements for hand held printers: A hand held printing device is disclosed that tracks its motion and prints an image based on its sensed position. The printing device includes a controller, a position sensor, a housing, a display, and a user interface. The display is pivotable between an open position, in which it uncovers the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070223983 - Printing apparatus, method for coping with stick-slip, program product, and printing system: A print head is operable to perform printing with respect to a medium. A motor is operable to move the print head. A guide unit is operable to guide the print head along a predetermined direction. A determination unit is operable to determine whether or not the print head performs... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070223984 - Portable data-entry device: A mobile hand-held data-processing device has a housing that has a front and a back and contains a data-processing unit and whose front contains both an input unit for data input and/or operator control of the hand-held data-processing device and a readout unit, in the form of a display, for... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070217849 - Printer: A printer having a first printing mode in which information is printed in a normal image on a general printing tape and a second printing mode in which information is printed in a mirror image on a transfer tape. When the printer prints a two-dimensional code symbol image 40b in... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070217848 - Printing method, color material cartridge and printer: A printing method is provided for printing on a medium with a color material by a printer including a cartridge accommodating section that removably accommodates a cartridge to which an advance payment information storage section for storing therein advance payment information is attached and which contains the color material. The... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070217847 - Method of image forming and image forming apparatus: A method of image forming comprises the steps of: converting image data into coded data with a code string using a coding key; forming a small pattern string on a sheet of printing paper by printing small patterns, each small pattern corresponding to a code constructing the coded data; recording... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070217850 - Ink sheet cartridge: In an ink sheet cartridge, an ink sheet unit includes a first bobbin on which a longitudinal ink sheet is wound from one end thereof and a second bobbin on which the ink sheet is wound from the other end thereof, which are detachably received in a cartridge case. The... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070217851 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a case formed with a front face and a top face, a first accommodating portion formed in the case, an imaging unit that forms an image on a recording medium; the imaging unit being accommodated in the first accommodating portion detachably, and a front cover... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070217852 - Printing apparatus: When the length of a print area in a print tape is designated and an instruction to print a symbol image of a two-dimensional code and character information is given, a printing apparatus sets the print size of the symbol image of the two-dimensional code to a predetermined print size... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070217853 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: An imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes a motor that controls a drive system, a motor control unit that activates the motor based on an imaging request signal, a paper feed operations control unit that controls paper feed operations to start after a predetermined time period elapses from the activation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070217854 - Simultaneous duplex digital printer: A duplex printer module includes an elongate housing. The housing defines a print media entry slot at one end, a print media exit slot at the other end, a print media path located between the entry and exit slots, and a plurality of engagement formations with which printer feet can... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070217855 - Information processing apparatus and control device: An information processing apparatus includes an electronic paper capable of displaying target data to be displayed and a control device that performs a control of processing. The electronic paper includes a display unit that can electrically display and erase the target data and a first communication unit that exchanges data... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070212144 - Printing device and movie data generating method using printing device: When a printing device inputs image data from a memory card, the printing device prints an order sheet whereon are arranged a chart of the image data and setting entry fields for filling in a variety of settings for generating a movie based on these image data. The user uses... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070212146 - Two-sided thermal print switch: In one embodiment, a two- or dual-sided thermal print switch is provided to direct printing of received print data on one or both sides of thermal media such as a receipt, document, or label. In a further embodiment, a dual-sided thermal print switch is provided to select custom or predefined... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.

20070212142 - Printhead angulator assembly and method: A printer assembly for printing on a supply of media traveling in a media direction. The printer generally includes a platen assembly, a print head assembly and a pivot member. The pivot member provides for pivoting of the print head assembly relative to the platen assembly to adjust for variations... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070212143 - Print management apparatus, recording medium, and print management method: A print management apparatus includes a print command unit that transmits print command data and prints a print image onto a paper sheet on the basis of print data, an acquisition unit that acquires generated scan data from a scan of the paper sheet printed with the print image, a... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070212145 - System and method for detecting peripheral device: The invention discloses a system for detecting a peripheral device being installed onto an electronic apparatus. The peripheral device includes a cable, and the cable has M first pins, wherein a first detection pin is selected from the M first pins. The system includes a port and a delay circuit.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20070212147 - Thermal head printing method and device: Provided are a thermal head printing method and device carrying out printing on a place to be printed of a moving object by a thermal head arranged not to move in a moving direction of the printing object. In the thermal head printing device carrying out printing on the place... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070212148 - Printer device: A printer device is disclosed. The printer device includes: a base chassis that accepts therein and ejects therefrom the printing medium; a top chassis that is disposed to be able to freely open and close in a direction vertical to the basis chassis; an ink ribbon cartridge holder that is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070212149 - Ink ribbon cartridge and printer device: An ink ribbon cartridge to be inserted to and removed from a printer device that prints an image to a printing medium by heating the printing medium with an ink ribbon closely attached thereto. The ink ribbon cartridge includes: a cartridge body provided with a pair of housing sections for... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070212150 - Roll sheet holder and tape printer: A tape printer includes a roll sheet holder storage part of which a bottom is formed with a positioning recess which is rectangular in plan view and long sideways and has a predetermined depth. A discrimination recess rectangular in plan view is provided between the positioning recess and an inner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070212151 - Thermal transfer printer/labeller specifically designed for cassettes or ready-to-use packages: The present invention relates to a thermal transfer printer/labeller supplied with a printing ribbon and receiving ribbon contained in cassettes or equivalent packages. The cassette, of a shape and size depending on the types of ribbon, protects the thermal transfer printing ribbon from contact with the operator, preventing the ribbon... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070212152 - Keyboard configuration: The present invention is a keyboard configuration comprising a plurality of key matrixes and a plurality of sets of keys. A first set of keys disposed in the key matrix has a ↑-character key, a ↓-character key, a ←-character key and a →-character key. A second set of keys disposed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070212153 - Distribution of printer paper: The invention relates to the distribution of printer paper via a housing flap of a printer, the housing flap being rotatably mounted about an axle by use of a hinge, and at least one central part of the hinge may be a printing paper opening having at least a width... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20070212154 - Paper path powered jam/lock systems and methods: An image output device includes a marking engine and a media path adjacent the marking engine. The media path has a media transportation direction and a media transport element (e.g., a nip drive, a belt drive, a suction drive, an air pressure drive, etc.) within the media path that moves... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070206982 - Thermal indicators: A thermal indicator using indicia formed by opaque ink applied to a thermal imaging material element is described. The ink is substantially the same color as the imaging element background and remains substantially hidden until the imaging element background changes color when heated. Time-temperature exposure indicating labels can be prepared... Agent: Robert L. Clark Intellectual Porperty Section, Law Department

20070206983 - printer incorporating a sheet displacement mechanism having an array of spaced apart nozzles: A printer includes a support structure. A feed arrangement is positioned on the support structure and is configured to feed an endmost sheet of print media from the stack. The feed arrangement includes a movable pick-up assembly, the pick-up assembly having an array of spaced apart nozzles configured to direct... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd