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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185957 | Peripheral device A method for an impaired user to control a peripheral device including receiving key-value pair input from the user, determining whether the received input is valid and executing a job generated from the valid received key-value pair input. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180269 | Resistive heating hot roll fuser A fuser roll adapted to fuse toner on the surface of a recording medium is disclosed. The fuser roll includes a non-metallic core having an outer surface, and a resistive heating element covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the core. A current transmi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180240 | Color belt fuser warm-up time minimization A belt fuser assembly for a color EP printer that quickly warms up the fusing belt before allowing a first sheet of print media to run through the printing stations at the fuser assembly. The warm-up cycle includes: (1) a preheat mode, (2) a first portion of a belt ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178265 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor having a spectral marker and electrophotographic printer using the same A photoreceptor comprising a spectral marker and an electrophotographic printer using the same wherein the presence of the spectral marker is detected by the spectral marker detector, which enables photoreceptor authentication and thickness determinations, thereby p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175482 | Printer including a fuser assembly with backup member temperature sensor A printer is provided comprising substrate transport apparatus for moving substrates along a substrate path through the printer; a fuser assembly comprising a heat transfer member including a belt and a heater to heat the belt, a backup member adapted to engage the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173338 | Photoconductor system for electrophotographic device An electrophotographic photoconductor system for use in an electrophotographic device and method of using the same. The electrophotoconductor system comprises an electroconductive support, a charge generation layer disposed on the electroconductive support, and a ch... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173031 | Photoimageable nozzle members and methods relating thereto Nozzle members, such as for a micro-fluid ejection head, micro-fluid ejection heads, and a method for making the same. One such nozzle member includes a negative photoresist composition derived from a first di-functional epoxy compound, a relatively high molecular w... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172381 | Multi-color ink tank with features spaced by distances ensuring interface with printhead and carrier support structure A multi-color ink tank includes certain features that properly interface with features on a printhead and carrier support structure to operatively seat the ink tank in the carrier support structure in a sealed flow communicative relationship with the printhead. Thes... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172378 | Carbon black pigmented inkjet ink having multiple humectants The present invention relates to a carbon black inkjet ink having improved printhead idle time and start up in order to substantially maintain, un-interrupted printing with better nozzle jetting. The inkjet ink includes a non-ionic silicone surfactant, a polymeric d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172370 | Planar heater stack and method for making planar heater stack A heater stack includes first strata configured to form a fluid heater element responsive to energy from repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to fire repetitive cycles of heating and ejecting fluid from an ejection chamber above the fluid heater element... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172369 | Inkjet printhead substrate with distributed heater elements A substrate heating system for an inkjet printhead. The substrate heating system includes heating resistors distributed in association with the ink jet nozzle structures, and located thermally adjacent thereto. The plural switching transistors that control the curre... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172220 | Dual shaft media picking mechanism A media picking mechanism includes a pair of transmission shafts rotating in opposite directions. A housing is mounted around the pair of transmission shafts such that the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft are positioned substantially equidi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171638 | Process for providing improved electrical properties on a roll for use in electrophotography A method and system for producing rolls for electrophotography are provided. The rolls can be rotated and shifted laterally during an oxidative baking process to produce finished rolls having improved electrical and printing characteristics. The oxidation of the rol... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171392 | Automatic forms processing systems and methods Systems and methods analyze the physical structure of text rows in a document image, including the positions of one or more alignments of one or more character blocks in one or more text rows of the document image. The systems and methods determine one or more group... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167300 | Method for determining the amount of media sheets in a media tray in an image forming device A method for determining the amount of media sheets in a media tray in an image forming device according to one embodiment includes raising a lift plate supporting a stack of media sheets toward a pick mechanism for feeding the media sheets by rotation of a motor in... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165918 | Method of licensing functionality after initial transaction Methods for licensing functionality after an initial transaction are provided. One such method is directed to licensing after an initial transaction of a customer obtaining a supply item including the step of prompting the customer to acquire a usage license for the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165495 | Devices and methods for retracting a cartridge in an image forming devices The present application is directed to methods and devices for moving a cartridge between engaged and disengaged positions in an image forming device. The image forming device may include a bias control arm movable between first and second positions. When the bias c... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163819 | Adhesive compositions, micro-fluid ejection devices and methods for attaching micro-fluid ejection heads Adhesive compositions, micro-fluid ejection devices, and methods for attaching micro-fluid ejection heads to devices. One such adhesive composition is provided for use in attaching a micro-fluid ejection head to a device, such as to reduce chip bowing and/or to decr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162438 | Rotary printhead disc in a rotary inkjet imaging apparatus A rotary inkjet imaging apparatus includes a carrier movable bi-directionally along a linear guide path defined adjacent to a curved print zone and extending parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, and an inkjet printhead disc having a body and at least one and pre... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162313 | Method for aligning a media sheet in an image forming apparatus A method for aligning a media sheet in a media path of an image forming apparatus includes aligning the media sheet against a first reference edge of an input tray. The media sheet may then move through an alignment nip which is constructed to laterally move the med... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160969 | System and method for ordering consumables A system for ordering consumables includes a peripheral device that utilizes at least one consumable, an entitlement system established between a user of the peripheral device and a supplier of at least one consumable, wherein the user pre-purchases a quantity of at... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159732 | Apparatus and method for scanner skew adjustment in an image forming device An apparatus and methods of use for adjusting a sliding guide rod for an imaging device of a flatbed scanner to improve scanner skew misalignment comprising an attachment member movably mounting the sliding guide rod at one end thereof to one side of the flatbed sca... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158336 | Process for making a micro-fluid ejection head structure A method of making a micro-fluid ejection head structure and micro-fluid ejection heads made by the method. The method includes applying a tantalum oxide layer to a surface of a fluid ejection actuator disposed on a device surface of a substrate so that the tantalum... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150297 | Geneva drive and locking mechanism therefor in a toner metering mechanism for an image forming apparatus The present invention provides a toner container system, such as a toner cartridge, having a first reservoir for containing toner and a second reservoir for receiving toner from the first reservoir and transferring the toner to an image forming apparatus, and a tone... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146913 | Removable media dam for a media tray of an image forming device A removable media dam structure for a media input tray. The removable media dam structure is mountable in a front wall of a media tray and may contain one or more rollers for feeding media from the media input tray. The removable media dam structure allows for diffe... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145083 | Toner calibration in an image forming device The present disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for calibrating toner measurement in an image forming device. A toner patch is deposited onto a control surface, the toner patch reflecting light in a plurality of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum.... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141870 | Methods for moving a media sheet within an imaging device A method for moving a media sheet within an imaging device includes moving a media sheet along a media path past a predetermined point PP on the media path by rotating a roller. After moving the media sheet past the point PP, a processor monito... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138775 | CMOS-controlled printhead sense circuit in inkjet printer A CMOS-controlled printhead sense circuit includes a CMOS control circuit module operable as a transmission gate switchable between first and second signal levels and a CMOS sense circuit module operable in a printhead sense mode in response to the CMOS control circ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133647 | Black toners containing infrared transmissive A toner formulation is disclosed comprising a binder, an IR absorbing colorant, and one or more infrared transmissive colorants, wherein the colorants are configured to provide a low reflectivity in the visible region of the spectrum and an intermediate reflectivity... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132904 | Filter/wicking structure for micro-fluid ejection head A micro-fluid ejection head structure and a method for assembling a micro-fluid ejection head structure. The micro-fluid ejection head structure includes a molded, non-fibrous wicking and filtration structure. The wicking and filtration structure is fixedly attached... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132889 | Method for detecting purging ink flow through printhead heater chip nozzles by thermal analysis A method for detecting ink flow through a printhead, due to a successful purging of the nozzles of a heater chip of the printhead, includes moving the printhead to a location in preparation for a purging operation such that a purge pump is connected in flow communic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130255 | Method and system for selecting total job time print A system and a method for improving total job time without needing to know a job size. An engine dynamically decides which process speed to warm up to based on a number and size of pages currently submitted to the engine, and thus deliver the best job time dynamical... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126342 | System for tailoring a transfer nip electric field for enhanced toner transfer in diverse environments A system for tailoring a transfer nip electric field includes a transfer roll, a backup roll forming a transfer nip with the transfer roll, and a pre-nip roll positioned upstream from the transfer and backup rolls and the transfer nip such that a toner image-support... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123212 | Method and apparatus for adjusting media positioning and indexing using an encoder in an image forming device A method for indexing a lift plate in an image forming device according to one exemplary embodiment includes driving a motor in a first direction to drive a pick mechanism for feeding media from a stack of media sheets on a raisable lift plate such that as media is ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118233 | Printing device for printing of radio frequency identification (RFID) labels Disclosed is a printing device for printing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) labels. The printing device includes an input media drawer configured to receive a plurality of RFID labels including RFID tags and an RFID label processing mechanism operatively coupl... | 02/21/2012 |
| D654533 | Cleaner housing for a laser printer cartridge | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116657 | Upper seal for inhibiting doctor blade toner leakage A seal assembly for inhibiting toner leakage comprises a j-seal received by a developer housing in a toner cartridge. The j-seal has an upper seat portion engagably sealing with a doctor blade seal and a leg for slidably sealing of a developer roll. The upper seat p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116655 | Charge roller cleaning member for use in media processing device A segmented cleaning member for removing particulate from a charge roller of a media processing device. The cleaning member in one embodiment includes a substrate and an open-cell foam cleaning pad disposed onto the substrate. The cleaning pad is segmented by a plur... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116580 | Embedded high frequency image details A system, method, and process for embedding low frequency image details and high frequency image details into a final digital image file. A digital image file is stored with embedded low and high frequency image details that are accessible with a compatible digital ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113618 | Methods and systems using printhead tank memory to determine printhead tank configuration Methods and systems using printhead tank memory to determine printhead tank configuration are provided in accordance with embodiments of the invention. One example embodiment of the invention may include a printhead ink tank. The printhead ink tank may include a mem... | 02/14/2012 |
