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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080112727 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having removable/replaceable process cartridges is provided. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges may be removed/replaced from a panel which is different than a panel from which the other removable/replaceable process cartridges... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20070243748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE An image forming apparatus, includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; a casing that encloses the image forming unit and that has an ejection port configured to eject the recording sheet on which the image are formed; an ejection tray that... | 10/18/2007 |
| 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 a... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070206575 | Charging information generating apparatus, charging information generating process program, consideration information generating apparatus, consideration information generating process program, and so on Providing a charging information generating apparatus, a charging information generating process program, a consideration information generating apparatus, a consideration information generating process program, and the like capable of generating reliable and certain ch... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070181014 | Stamp In a fixed print portion 100, a cylindrical holding member 125 holds a fixed print member 112 and an ink storage body 113 from the side of the ink storage body 113 and a frame member 120 having an L-shaped section is set from th... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070164855 | Environment setup system, electronic apparatus, radio communication terminal, program An MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) obtains a BD address and a device name from a communication partner search response when it receives the communication partner search response from a cellular phone. When the MFP successfully obtains the BD address and the BD address i... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070147903 | Image Forming Apparatus The belt cleaning unit receives a biasing force, receives a rotating force of an output gear connected to an input gear, and further receives a reaction force from a cleaning roller rotationally driven to be opposed to a transfer belt while in contact with it during a c... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070146817 | Scanning Units And Image Reading Devices A scanning unit is configured to slide along a guide shaft that extends in a predetermined direction. The scanning unit includes a carriage configured to slide along the guide shaft, a bearing which is disposed on a carriage and through which the guide shaft passes, and... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070133039 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes a casing, an accommodating section, a reading unit, a determining unit, and a printing unit. The casing defines an outer frame. The accommodating section is detachably mounted in the casing and configured to accommodate a stack of sheets... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070132815 | INKJET HEAD, INKJET HEAD SUBASSEMBLY, INKJET HEAD ASSEMBLY AND INKJET PRINTER An inkjet head including a flow path unit and a plurality of actuator units, each of the plurality of actuator units has a parallelogram shape defined by two sets of opposing sides, which is substantially parallel to a first direction and a second direction intersecting... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070124800 | Image forming system, image forming program, management program and client apparatus An image forming system includes: a server apparatus; a client apparatus connected via a network to the server apparatus; and an image forming apparatus connected to the client apparatus, wherein: the server apparatus includes: an authentication validation unit that mak... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070116492 | Developer supply device and developer A toner leakage restrainer is disposed in an opening formed in a development cartridge case. In the development cartridge, the toner which contains fine particles only in a small amount is accommodated such that fusion bonding of the toner to the lower film is not cause... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070109607 | Print control program product A print control program product comprises creating a new image file of the created printing data for a new watermark when an instruction is given to create the image file based on the created printing data, and storing the created new image file in the memory. ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070091154 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case; an ink chamber situated within the cartridge case; an ink supply opening formed in the cartridge case for supplying ink from the ink chamber to an exterior of the cartridge; and a lever mechanism provided in the ink chamber, t... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070081059 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a rubber member in an ink flow passage. The rubber member is pretreated with an organic solvent having a high boiling point, a water-based liquid containing a coloring agent, or a mixture of the two. The pretreatment is effective ... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070080957 | Electronic Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Comprising Such Electronic Apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a main body; a display portion, a responsive member and a frictional sliding member. The display portion is supported by the main body rotatably about an axis of a rotary shaft so as to extend and retract with respect to the main body. T... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070077093 | Image-forming device having mechanism for separating developing rollers from photosensitive drums A laser printer includes a contact/separation mechanism that linearly moves developing cartridges between contact positions where the developing cartridges contact corresponding photosensitive drums and separating positions where the developing cartridges separate from ... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070077086 | Image forming apparatus, process unit and developing cartridge An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartr... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070075670 | Apparatus and method for generating acceleration profile for controlling object using optimized waveform shaping A technique is disclosed for generating an acceleration profile indicative of a time history of an acceleration of a controlled object, to thereby generate at least one of a target velocity profile indicative of a time history of a target velocity of the controlled obje... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070070146 | Ink cartridges An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber including one or more walls, and the one more walls include a film. The ink cartridge also includes one ore more ribs disposed within the ink chamber. Specifically, the one or more ribs contact the film of the one or more walls, ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070070145 | Ink cartridges An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, a communication path configured to dispense ink from an interior of the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink chamber, and a valve member disposed within the communication path. The valve member is configured to selectively open... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070070143 | Ink cartridges An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber comprising a first wall, and an ink dispensing portion disposed within the ink chamber. The ink dispensing portion has a dispensing chamber formed therein, and a first end of the dispensing chamber is positioned adjacent to the f... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070070142 | Methods of forming cartridges, such as ink cartridges A method of forming a cartridge includes the steps of positioning a movable member within a chamber, enclosing the chamber, and dispensing a liquid within at least a portion of the chamber. The method also includes the steps of positioning a first portion of the enclose... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070064041 | Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus and method of recovering liquid-droplet jetting head A liquid-droplet jetting apparatus for jetting liquid droplet includes a first liquid-droplet jetting head having a plurality of first nozzles arranged in a predetermined direction; a movable body movable in the predetermined direction relative to the first liquid-dropl... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070058219 | Image processing apparatus, and method for controlling return speed of image reading unit therefore Any one of a plurality of modes such as a scanner function, a copy function, a facsimile function and the like can be set, and an operation mode of an image reading unit at the time of its image reading operation is judged, and a return speed of the image reading unit a... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070052150 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder, which is capable of feeding a document for double-sided reading, includes a document feed path connecting an input tray and an output tray, a bidirectional feed path connected to a connection position of the document feed path, a bypass div... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070032899 | Embroidery data processing device and computer program product The invention presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of easily forming images of finished state of applique even if the fabric for applique is a pattern fabric. A selected fabric image of fabric for applique is displayed, an... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070019258 | Image forming system An image forming system includes: an image forming device and a data processing device. The image forming device includes: an image forming unit; a color correction information preparing unit preparing color correction information on the basis of an image forming state ... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070019045 | Inkjet recording apparatus To prevent evaporation of the solvent in an ink from an ink supply tube and reduce the increase in the viscosity of color inks when a selected mode is switched to a facsimile mode, withdrawal-driving of pumps corresponding to the respective color inks is performed to wi... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070019011 | Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method There is disclosed a method for recording a solidly filled portion in an image using an inkjet recording apparatus. The method includes: recording an outline of the solidly filled portion with a first ink of a first color, recording at least one first area of the solidl... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070003744 | Wiring Board In order to prevent stress caused by bending a flexible wiring board from being applied to the connection section between the flexible wiring board and a driving IC, solder is deposited as a reinforcement member, on both sides of the driving IC connected onto the flexib... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070002397 | Contact image sensor and image reader An image reader includes a casing, a contact glass plate, a contact image sensor, and a sliding mechanism; wherein the contact image sensor has a housing, a light source attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate, a plurality of light receiving elemen... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060286480 | Method of producing toner, and toner Spherical-shaped liquid droplets are made by dispersing oil phase containing: a resin with an acid group, a first hydrophobic solvent effecting dissolution of the resin, a colorant, and a charge control agent which is positively charged in an aqueous dispersion medium i... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060279586 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus including: (a) a recording head unit having actuators and operable to perform a recording operation using at least one recording material that is ejected by activation of the actuators; (b) a main circuit operable to output activator signals for ac... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060268303 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms plural copies of images on a recording medium having divided areas N (>1) by arranging the images on the divided areas, respectively, includes: an input image data acquisition unit that acquires an input image data for one co... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060250630 | Information processing apparatus and storage medium readable by computer therefor An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit which displays images; an input unit through which an instruction is input from outside; a page image display processing unit which causes the display unit to display at least two page images each representing... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248476 | Printer control program and apparatus A program product for enabling a computer to control operations of a printer. The computer includes a display and a pointing device for controlling a position of a pointer on the display. The program product includes: software instructions for enabling the computer to p... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060244803 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided which can perform image recording on a recording medium being conveyed while restraining a curl at the front end of the recording medium. The ink-jet recording apparatus has an upstream curve forming portion that curves a recor... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060228131 | Image forming device An image forming device includes: a main body; a plurality of image forming units; a holding unit; and an engagement mechanism. Each of the plurality of image forming units has a developing portion. The holding unit holds the plurality of image forming units. The plural... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060221385 | Display Technique for Displaying Default Printer Information of a Print Network System A display terminal displays default printer information of a print network system. The print network system comprises a plurality of terminals and a plurality of printers. The display terminal is one of the terminals of the print network system. The display terminal com... | 10/05/2006 |
