Typewriting machines inventions 09/08

20080232883 - High-frequency rifd printer: There is disclosed a printer having a print head and a high frequency magnetic coupler to magnetically couple with high frequency RFID transponders in a web at or near the print head. The coupler couples magnetically to only one transponder at a time that is generally aligned with one or... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation

20080232886 - Label tape, label tape cartridge, and label producing apparatus: A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080232884 - Method for printing onto coloured substrates: A method for printing an electronic image comprising a plurality of pixels onto a substrate using a computer-assisted image processing system, said method comprising the step of using alpha channel information in combination with substrate color information to calculate the transparency level that needs to be applied to each pixel.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080232887 - Output system, printing system, printing device management device and printing device, print instruction program, printing device management program and printing device control program, and printing method: An output system having an output device that performs output based on output data so that the output device performs the output after having acquired authentication. In the system, an operating state controlling unit outputs a power-save-cancel command for causing a power-saving state to be changed into an active state... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232882 - Printed medium management apparatus: A printed medium management apparatus includes: a controller that outputs print data generated from file data, and outputs tag data comprising search data including a search word; a print unit that prints an image based on the print data on a recording medium equipped with a non-contact tag; a data... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080232885 - Systems and methods for creating customized activities: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for creating customized activities. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising storing a plurality of activity records, storing a plurality of text elements, storing a plurality of template letters with fillable fields, receiving a plurality of customized text... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group P.C.

20080232888 - Ink ribbon cartridge for a label printer: An ink ribbon cartridge is used in a label printer, including: a frame having two opposite side boards, a top board, and a bottom board, of which the top and bottom boards are mounted to top and bottom ends of the side boards; two first pivots respectively mounted to opposing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080232889 - Ink ribbon cassette and printing apparatus: An ink ribbon cassette which is used in printing apparatus and is able to prevent the ink ribbon from getting across the lengthways embankment to cause dual movement even if in the case that the ink ribbon is extended for prolong the life of the ink ribbon cassette. In the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080232890 - Movable print head for a label printer: A movable print head is provided for a label printer, including: a control panel module having two pivots arranged on opposite sides of the control panel module and coupled to opposite sides of a body of the label printer to serve as rotational center for rotation of the control panel... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080232891 - Input device: An input device including a keypad, the keypad comprising wrist support means and curved key area. The wrist support means of each keypad comprises a generally flat portion having a plurality of soft cushioned pads protruding from the upper surface of the flat portion. The key area is contiguous to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080232892 - Apparatus and method for providing printer separator pages: An arrangement is provided wherein a printer used with a host device is operated to generate print batch separator pages using the same blank sheets as are used to print respective pages of successive print jobs. The printer is directed to print a visually distinctive graphic indicator, such as a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080232894 - High frequency rfid printer: There is disclosed a printer having a print head and a high frequency magnetic coupler to magnetically couple with high frequency RFID transponders in a web at or near the print head. The coupler couples magnetically to only one transponder at a time that is generally aligned with one or... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation

20080232893 - Method and device for printing on the surface of a strip-type medium: Label printers for labels without a carrier strip are problematic in that the self-adhesive coated surface (4) of the label strip to be printed is bared as it passes through the printer and is guided over a roller (10) used to transport said label strip through the printer, from which... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080232895 - Strengthened structure for the body of a label printer: A strengthened structure for a body of a label printer is disclosed, including: a plurality of metal tubes extending through the body of the label printer and each having first and second ends respectively fixed to first and second side portions of the body of the label printer to structurally... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080226372 - Systems and methods for determining media size: In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to measuring the length of media using a first sensing system of the printing device to obtain a first length value, measuring the length of the media using a second sensing system of the printing device to obtain a second length value,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080226373 - Lettering tape, tape cassette, tape printer: A lettering tape is formed having an integrated layered configuration in which a base layer, an ink layer, and an adhesive layer exhibiting adhesive properties when heated are sequentially stacked. When the lettering tape is selectively heated by a thermal head to form an image thereon, the heated portion of... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080226374 - Tape cassette and tape printer: A tape cassette includes an ink ribbon provided with a base film coated with an ink layer thereon and a film tape provided with a transparent film with an adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof. When an adhesive layer of the film tape and the ink layer of the... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080226375 - Thin keypad assembly: A thin keypad assembly with a keypad panel of a smooth surface, a mist surface or a lines layer includes an elastic layer, a carrier and a keypad layer. The elastic layer includes a plurality of support portions, and each support portion has a protrusion. The carrier is installed on... Agent: Hdsl

20080226376 - Printer and method of printing: There is disclosed a portable printer and a method of selectively printing on any one of a plurality of label rolls housed in the printer, or on a wide roll housed in the printer.... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation

20080226377 - Printer: A printer includes first transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media. The first transporting belts transport a print medium while adsorbing the print medium. Second transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080219735 - Printhead assembly for a credential production device: A credential production device is disclosed. The credential production device includes a frame and a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a support member, a pivotable coupling, a printhead and an actuation mechanism. The support member has a first end and a second end. The pivotable coupling attaches the first... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080219738 - Creation of customized transactional cards: Customized transactional cards are created in one of various ways. The card holder may obtain a blank transactional card already having an encoded account number, create a customized design, and then apply the customized design to the blank transaction card such as by printing the design onto a label to... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080219737 - Hand held printer having a doppler position sensor: A hand held printer for printing on a print medium includes a body. A printhead is fixedly mounted to the body of the hand held printer. A Doppler position sensor is mounted to the body. A controller is communicatively coupled to each of the printhead and the Doppler position sensor.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080219736 - On-demand printing of coding patterns: A technique is provided to enable reproduction of a high-precision code symbol, which comprises a mark with a given location with respect to a reference point, using a comparatively low-resolution printing device which is arranged to apply dots of marking material in a resolution grid on a substrate. The resolution... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080219739 - Credential production print ribbon and transfer ribbon cartridges: A ribbon cartridge for use in a credential production device is disclosed. The ribbon cartridge includes a take-up spool, a supply spool and a ribbon wound on the supply and take-up spools. The supply spool includes a loaded condition, in which a majority of the ribbon is wound on the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080219740 - Tape drive: A thermal transfer printer incorporating a tape drive comprising a first torque-controlled motor and a second position-controlled motor, two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective one of said motors, and a controller for controlling the energization of the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080219741 - Tape drive: A tape drive comprising first and second motors, two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective one of said motors, a sensor for sensing tape motion between the spools, and a controller. The controller is adapted to receive a... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080219742 - Tape drive: A tape drive comprising two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, at least one spool being drivable by a respective motor, a controller for controlling the energization of said at least one motor such that the tape may be transported in at least one direction... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080219743 - Tape drive: A tape drive comprising two position-controlled motors, at least one of which is a closed-loop position-controlled motor, two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective one of said motors, and a controller for controlling the energization of the motors... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

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20080219745 - Indent printing apparatus: An indent printing apparatus that is capable of indent printing on both sides of a document. A desktop card printer that uses the indent printing apparatus, a method of personalizing a document in the printer, and a ribbon cartridge used with the indent printing apparatus are also disclosed. The indent... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080213018 - Hand-propelled scrapbooking printer: A handheld, hand-propelled mobile printer is disclosed for use in printing a scrapbook item on a scrapbook sheet. The printed item may be any graphic, image, drawing, illustration, text, embellishment, or other scrapbook item. The printer receives or generates image data of the item and a user moves the printer... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080213020 - Automated system and method for dynamically generating customized typeset question-based documents: The present invention generally relates to a system and method for dynamically generating customized, typeset publication quality question-based documents, such as examinations, answers and/or worked out solutions in a portable document format. More particularly, the system and method of the present invention enable users to select questions from a catalog... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080213021 - Print engine controller for a pagewidth printer with a four-stage print pipeline: Provided is a print engine controller for a printer having a pagewidth printhead. The controller includes a serial interface, a JPEG decoder, a fax decoder, a halftoner/compositor unit, a tag encoder, a line loader/formatter unit, and an interface to the pagewidth printhead. These components together define a print control pipeline.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080213019 - Process for producing rfid labels: The invention relates to a method for producing an RFID label using a printing method. The aim of the invention is to apply the required parts to the label in a simple manner, and preferably also to protect the antenna from mechanical damage. To this end, at least part of... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080213022 - Printer with thermotransfer print head and method for control thereof: In a method for controlling a print head with a number of printing elements operating according to the thermotransfer principle, an energy quantity is fed to a printing element in a feed step in order to transfer ink from an ink carrier device associated with the print head to a... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080213023 - Thermal transfer printer ribbon cassette apparatus and ribbon cassette mounting method: A thermal transfer ribbon printer ribbon cassette apparatus and a ribbon cassette mounting method by which a ribbon cassette for a thermal transfer ribbon of large roller size can be easily and reliably set in a thermal transfer printer. Focussing on the use of a main guide shaft as an... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080213024 - Recording apparatus and medium storage device: A movable rod member is provided that changes the shape of a medium receiver of a medium storage portion by changing the location of the movable rod member. The location of the movable rod member is changed in accordance with the condition of a medium, so as to change a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080213026 - Configuring gaming voucher layouts in gaming machines: Systems and methods for configuring gaming voucher layouts are described herein. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, in a gaming machine, a gaming voucher layout defining a print layout for a gaming voucher. The method can also include loading the gaming voucher layout into a printer, where the printer... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080213025 - Image generating apparatus: An image generating apparatus capable of properly feeding papers in the body thereof and reliably suppressing wrinkling easily caused on cross-directional ends of an ink sheet is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a print head, including a print portion pressing an ink sheet, capable of printing an image on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080213027 - Imaging device: An imaging device includes a support platen having vacuum hold down recesses and a screen positioned on the platen.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company