Typewriting machines inventions 10/07

20070248392 - Printing control apparatus and image pickup apparatus: A printing control apparatus of the present invention includes a monitor that displays predetermined time segments in a list, a microcomputer that classifies image data recorded in a memory for each of the predetermined time segments, and an operating portion that receives a predetermined operation and transmits a content of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070248393 - Method and apparatus for driving a printer: Methods and apparatus for driving a printer are provided. Data indicative of cash information to be printed on a cash voucher is received at a first driver from a local controller. Data indicative of non-cash information to be printed on a coupon is received at a second driver from a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070248394 - System and method for ordering and producing a made-to-order corrugated product: A system and method of ordering and producing a made-to-order box is disclosed. The system includes a server having a data base of box attributes and a data base of images, at least one image having a blank area therein. Graphical images of a user selected box type are transmitted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070248395 - Image generating apparatus: This image generating apparatus comprises a chassis including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion and a print head including a first arm and a second arm rotatably mounted on the first mounting portion and said second mounting portion respectively. The first arm and the second arm of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070248396 - Decurling tag webs in printers/stackers: There are disclosed embodiments of a decurler system for tag webs used for example in printers and stackers to automatically remove curl from tag webs to promote further tag handling and better tag appearance. The decurler system may determine the current diameter of a stock roll and gradually adjust parameters... Agent: Paxar Americas, Inc. Attn: Joseph J. Grass

20070242999 - Image forming device, image printing method, and program recording medium: An image forming device having a printing unit, an intermediate tray, and a stapler fixed at a predetermined position, which stacks printed paper printed by the printing unit in the intermediate tray after either a face-down process or a face-up process when performing a normal operation and staples the printed... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070243000 - Ribbon cassette: A ribbon cassette structure is provided. The provided ribbon cassette structure includes a cartridge having at least a rotating structure. The rotating structure includes a first actuating element, a first connecting element, a second actuating element and a support shaft. The first connecting element is located between the first actuating... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070243001 - Image forming devices: A carriage transiting device includes a pair of guide rails, a carriage including a carriage body and mounted on the pair of guide rails, a recording head mounted on the carriage body, and a belt drive mechanism disposed along the guide rails to move the carriage back and forth along... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070243002 - Interconvertible structure of alphabetic-numeric keyboard: An interconvertible structure of alphabetic-numeric keyboard provided comprises of four lines of keys, wherein keys of the second, third and fourth are movable horizontally; a movable sheet is arranged on the on the lower edge of each key of each line; a converting mechanism connected with said movable sheet by... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070243003 - Print media processing apparatus and media transportation control method for the same: A print media processing apparatus increases printer throughput by starting printing after setting the conveyed print medium to the printing start position, and a transportation control unit controls how far the print medium is advanced according to the length of text to be printed on the print medium. The transportation... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070243004 - System, device, and paper for printing an image: A system and a device for printing an image, and a paper for printing an image thereon, which help reduce a printing mistake, thereby minimize waste of high-priced papers. The system includes a print instruction unit, a paper, a detection unit, a print determination unit, and a print unit. The... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20070237561 - Methods and apparatuses for sensing a print area using a hand-held printer: A hand-held printer includes two or more tracking devices, such as optical sensors, located adjacent a print head. The two or more tracking devices permit the identification of a printing surface underneath at least one of the tracking devices, such that the movement of the hand-held printer along or near... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070237560 - Stand-alone hand-held printer and systems with display for print quality: Stand-alone hand-held printers comprising a housing, a printhead, one or more sensors, and a display. The one or more sensors are adapted to detect relative position of the print head during an ongoing print job. The hand-held printer is configured to show one or more print quality features of the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070237562 - Print cassette: The lettering tape produced by the print cassette is composed of an application tape and an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape has a release sheet with which an adhesive layer is coated. A printing surface of the application tape to which the ink is thermally transferred and the adhesive layer... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070237563 - Roll paper printer: A roll paper printer having a roll paper compartment in which roll paper is mounted so that the roll paper is freely rotatable inside the roll paper compartment with the roll paper compartment designed to prevent the roll paper from meandering from a given path of travel along which the... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick P.C.

20070237564 - Modular printer system with pen-shaped structure: A modular printer system includes a number of modules connected together to define a substantially pen-shaped structure. A male connector is at one end of each module and a female connector is at an opposite end of each module. The modules include at least one image processing module, at least... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070231039 - Printing apparatus and format edit program recorded in computer-readable recording medium: When a user selects a printing format for use in producing a label and specifies block names of blocks constituting a printing format in an arbitrary order through a n th-block specifying screen (first block specifying screen, second block specifying screen, . . . ), edit sequence table 400a... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070231038 - Printing system: A print controlling method in a print controlling apparatus for controlling printing processing by using printing limitation information indicating printing limitation, including an obtaining step of obtaining printing limitation information; an identifying step of identifying printing setting set to the printing data; a deciding step of deciding the printing setting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070231040 - Printer with cantilevered first guide arm and second guide arm movable along the first guide arm: A printer includes a supporting device, a cantilevered first guide arm, a second guide arm, and a printer head. The supporting device is configured to support a material to be printed. The cantilevered first guide arm has a longitudinal direction. The second guide arm is connected to the first guide... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070231041 - Ribbon feeder and printer: Ribbon tension detecting means (20, 21), which are formed of a plate-like lever body (35) each, are located individually on the upstream side and the downstream side of a platen (7) with respect to its travel. The plate-like lever body (35) has first and second rollers (47, 48) on the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070231042 - Printer and printer control method: A printer which prints to a roll paper medium under the control of the printer and to a printer control method for maintaining consistently in high quality printing even at the end of a roll paper print medium. The printer conveys roll paper 11 through a paper transportation path and... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick P.C.

20070231043 - Label-printing apparatus and label-printing program recorded on a computer readable recording medium: An assumption is made a quantity of labels that make up a set of labels that is set in advance is A (S81). A determination is made as to whether or not a specified label exits between n th and (n+A−1)th in a history of printing stored in a history... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070231044 - Printer with sheet sending mechanism: A printer is equipped with a supply roller for sending a piece of sheet from pieces of sheets stacked within a cassette; a pair of feed-in rollers for sending the piece of sheet supplied from the supply roller toward a printing region; and a sheet sensor provided between the supply... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070231045 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus has an apparatus body including a platen roller, a thermal head, a storage in which a ribbon cartridge is stored exchangeably through an opening, and a cover of the apparatus body that covers the opening so as to be opened and closed. A gap is secured between... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC