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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8441698 | Compact housing for a scan bar assembly A scan bar assembly having a scan element including a length direction; a drive gear; a follower gear; and a housing having a mounting region for mounting the scan element onto the housing; a first mounting member for the drive gear; and a second mounting member for... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8441280 | Safety component in a programmable components chain An electronic circuit includes a plurality of programmable components connected in an electronic chain. An interface is adapted to connect the programmable components to an external controller wherein the controller is adapted to program the programmable components.... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439487 | Continuous ink jet printing of encapsulated droplets A method for creating composite droplets for use in an ink jet system includes a first fluid (1) brought into contact with a second fluid within a set of channels (5,14). The interface between the fluids is characterized by an interfacial tension. The ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439481 | Liquid dispenser including sloped outlet opening wall A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel; and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. The outlet opening includes a ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439477 | Method of characterizing array of resistive heaters A method of characterizing an array of resistive heaters, a first resistive heater of the array having a nominal sheet resistance, a first nominal length and a first nominal width, the method includes (a) providing a first configuration test resistor disposed proxim... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439351 | Measuring amount of media during stack compression A method of determining an amount of media in a stack of media that is disposed within a media holding receptacle of an imaging system, the method includes providing a stack-compressing element configured to contact a first piece of media in the stack of media; prov... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439275 | Multi-resolution optical codes A machine-readable optical code formed on a substrate includes a first code having a plurality of first elements formed on or in the substrate, the first code specifying first information, wherein one or more of the first elements includes a second code on or in the... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8438730 | Method of protecting printhead die face A method of assembling an inkjet printhead comprising providing a printhead chassis; providing a support surface; affixing a printhead die to a die location portion of the support surface; affixing a portion of an attachment surface of a flexible circuit to the supp... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437687 | Calculating booklet sheet length using toner thickness A booklet is produced including an outer sheet and an inner sheet folded and nested together. A print image having a thickness is printed where it is between the two sheets when they nest together. A cut length is calculated using the thicknesses of the sheets and t... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437053 | Gamut mapping using hue-preserving color space A method for applying gamut mapping to an input digital image having an associated input color gamut, to produce an output digital image having an associated output color gamut, which includes: defining a gamut mapping color transform which embodies the operations o... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437044 | Method and device for controlling differential gloss and print item produced thereby The invention describes a method to control differential gloss of halftone areas produced using substantially clear or low-pigmented toner. It is an objective of this invention to provide a method which allows to produce digital watermarks on paper without being lim... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435925 | Thermal receiver elements and imaging assemblies An imaging element has a substrate, an extruded, non-voided compliant layer and an image receiving layer. The extruded, non-voided compliant layer has a heat of fusion of equal to or greater than 0 and up to and including 45 joules/g of compliant layer as determined... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435712 | Developer for selective printing of raised information by electrography The use of electrographic printing to prepare prints which have a desired tactile feel or raised information in a controlled manner by utilizing a developer having toner particle size larger than 50 microns volume average diameter and carrier particles larger than t... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434857 | Recirculating fluid printing system and method A printing system for applying a printing fluid to a substrate, comprising a printing fluid applicator and a recirculating printing fluid supply supplying printing fluid to the applicator, wherein the printing fluid comprising water and a water dispersible polyureth... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434855 | Fluid ejector including MEMS composite transducer A fluid ejector includes a substrate, a MEMS transducing member, a compliant membrane, walls, and a nozzle. First portions of the substrate define an outer boundary of a cavity. Second portions of the substrate define a fluidic feed. A first portion of the MEMS tran... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8431433 | Methods of providing semiconductor layers from amic acid salts A semiconductor layer and device can be provided using a method including thermally converting an aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt to a corresponding arylene diimide. The semiconducting thin films can be used in various articles including thin-film transistor ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8431313 | Balancing charge area developed and transferred toner Printing methods are provided. In one aspect, at least one first toner image is formed and transferred onto a receiver to form a composite toner image on a receiver having a first polarity. A second net development difference of potential of the first polarity is cr... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430952 | Water soluble branched polyethyleneimine compositions A composition for coating or printing on a substrate, comprising a liquid vehicle and a water soluble branched polyethyleneimine comprising amino groups which have been alkylated or hydroxyalkylated, wherein the branched polyethyleneimine prior to alkylation or hydr... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430492 | Inkjet printing fluid An inkjet printing fluid composition including water and a water dispersible polyurethane additive of the general formula of (I) wherein Z is the central portion of a monomer unit that is the polymerization product of a dii... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430474 | Die mounting assembly formed of dissimilar materials A mounting assembly for a microelectronic device, the mounting assembly includes (a) a first member formed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, the first member including i) a mounting surface for the microelectronic device; ii) a wal... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8427722 | Color transform insensitive to process variability A method for determining a blended color transform for use in producing printed colors on a color printer having at least four device color channels, comprising: forming first and second color transforms, wherein the first color transform produces printed colors tha... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427705 | Maximizing speed tolerance during dual engine synchronization A method of improving the synchronization of the timing of a plurality of physically coupled print engines by detecting and eliminating misleading indications of a non-synchronized print engine that are essentially minimal variations caused by disturbances to the pr... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427698 | Enhanced imaging with adjusted image swath widths A method for forming an image comprising a first halftone image having a first screen angle and a second halftone image having a second screen angle. A recording head forms a plurality of image swaths. Each swath is merged with another swath at a merge line. A row o... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427695 | Setting of imaging parameters A method for adjusting an imaging parameter includes operating a recording head (16) to form a first set of image features (60A) on a media (17). Image features in the first set are formed while the imaging parameter is set to a first predetermi... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427648 | Apparatus for discriminating between objects An apparatus for discrimination between a first (308) and a second surface (304) type based on reflectivity has a light source (416) that illuminates on a media surface. A photosensor (420) receives and measures the reflection value from ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8426104 | Negative-working imageable elements Negative-working imageable elements can be imaged and processed to provide lithographic printing plates. These imageable elements are sensitive to infrared radiation but are insensitive to “white” light and thus can be more easily handled under white light condi... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424875 | Device for depositing for a printing machine with a blower system The invention relates to a device for depositing sheets for a printing machine, preferably for an electrophotographically operating printing machine, said device comprising at least one sheet transport member which can be driven so as to rotate and which is provided... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8422930 | Safe radiant toner heating apparatus with membrane Apparatus for heating toner on a receiver having an ignition energy, having an energy source for providing input energy; and a membrane disposed adjacent to the receiver. The membrane receives the input energy from the energy source; stores a portion of the input en... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422919 | Supplying electrophotographic toning member using ribbon blender A toning apparatus for an electrophotographic marking engine using multi-component developer includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field through the surface of a toning member, so that carrier particles in the developer in a receiving zone are attracted to the ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422082 | Reducing ink bleed artifacts for RGB images A method for modifying an input digital image having three color channels, to form a modified digital image suitable for use by an inkjet printer having reduced ink bleed artifacts comprising computing a transformed digital image containing at least a black color ch... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8420297 | Developers and method of coloring lithographic printing members A color contrast image in imaged lithographic printing precursors can be obtained by contacting the imaged precursor with a coloration solution containing a colorless form of a photochromic compound. Residual amounts of this compound attached to the oleophilic surfa... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8420168 | Delivery device for deposition A delivery device for thin-film material deposition has at least first, second, and third inlet ports for receiving a common supply for a first, a second and a third gaseous material, respectively. Each of the first, second, and third elongated emissive channels all... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419176 | Aqueous compositions with improved silicon corrosion characteristics A process for printing inkjet ink and other aqueous compositions through silicon-based microelectromechanical printer structures is disclosed that suppresses the normal dissolution of the silicon device components in contact with the aqueous composition. Inkjet ink ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419175 | Printing system including filter with uniform pores A printing system includes a filter, a printhead including nozzles through which liquid is emitted, and a liquid supply system in liquid communication with the printhead through the filter. The filter, an electroformed metal structure, includes a plurality of first ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419145 | Inkjet printhead and method of printing with multiple drop volumes A printhead and a method of ejecting liquid droplets are provided. The method includes providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes Vi, for i equal to 1 through n, where n≧2, with Vj>Vi wh... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417171 | Method and apparatus for printing embossed reflective images A printing method for producing a textured thin film image (142) upon a receiver (20(R)) is provided. The method may include the steps of a. depositing one or more toner images (50) to form a predetermined adhesive image (50) with more th... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416454 | Method for generating personalized documents A computer implemented method of producing personalized documents comprising the steps of inputting handwritten alphanumeric characters which are then mapped into at least one set of text characters. A textural document is entered into the computer and is transcribe... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8411489 | Semiconducting devices and methods of preparing An amic acid or amic ester precursor can be applied to a substrate to form a thin film, and is then thermally converted into a semiconducting layer of the corresponding arylene diimide. This semiconducting thin film can be used in various articles including thin-fil... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8409937 | Producing transistor including multi-layer reentrant profile A method of producing a transistor includes providing a substrate including in order a first electrically conductive material layer, a second electrically conductive material layer, and a third electrically conductive material layer. A resist material layer is depos... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8409900 | Fabricating MEMS composite transducer including compliant membrane A method of fabricating a MEMS composite transducer includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A transducing material is deposited over the first surface of the substrate. The transducing material is patter... | 04/02/2013 |
