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| 8131115 | Method for aligning scanned image elements For aligning two or more image elements on separate pages, a position of a common part of the image elements is determined relative to a predetermined reference position. The image elements are then shifted with respect to the reference positions such that each imag... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8085442 | Method of producing a tiled print product In a method of producing a tiled print product, the print product is composed of a plurality of print substrates that are printed separately and are disposed adjacent to one another in at least one row. Each substrate is printed by means of a print process that crea... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068262 | Imaging system for processing a media An imaging system for processing a media includes a media transport path, an imaging station, a displacement device that controllably displaces the media along the media transport path relative to the imaging station, and a controller assembly. The controller assemb... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057031 | Method of forming a phase change ink image on a self-laminating recording medium A method of creating an image on a recording medium including a support having thereon a porous fusible layer, using an ink composition that is solid at room temperature and liquid at elevated temperature including the steps of generating droplets of the ink composi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055168 | Magnet knife assembly for a toner developing device A magnet knife assembly for a toner developing device including a ferromagnetic strip held between like poles (N) of two permanent magnets such that a knife edge portion of the strip projects outwardly beyond the two magnets and is subject to a magnet force that ten... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054490 | Automatic job routing for wide format print distribution A method for dispatching a job for printing an original document from an original document set to a printer. The method includes routing the job to a printer group based on the characteristics of the original document via a dispatcher. When exactly one printer group... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049939 | Method, apparatus and computer program for generating transfer functions to be used in a printiing system A method of generating transfer functions to be applied to the input data of an image to be printed by a printing apparatus using a group of colorants, each colorant being assigned to the rendering of a distinct color channel, includes determining a maximum total ar... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045915 | Apparatus for decurling an advancing sheet, and a printing device containing such an apparatus An apparatus for decurling an advancing sheet, which contains an endless carrying belt, and multiple rollers for guiding said carrying belt, said rollers including a decurling roller, wherein the mutual orientation between the carrying belt and the decurling roller ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033645 | Orifice plate for an ink-jet print-head and a method for manufacturing the orifice plate An orifice plate for an ink jet print-head for ejecting drops of an ink, wherein the orifice plate includes an outer surface, which has a wettability with the ink, and at least one orifice arranged in the outer surface, said orifice being configured for ejecting ink... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027609 | Image forming apparatus for counting images formed by the apparatus An apparatus having an operative mode and a non-operative mode with a method for counting events with a volatile counter and a non-volatile electronic memory having a number N of memory areas, includes counting events with the volatile counter, when the count value ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018617 | Erasing a stored information pattern on a storage medium A method is presented of erasing, in a document data processing device, a stored information pattern on a rewritable data carrier that is accessible by a data processing facility of the document data processing device. The document data processing device includes pr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010898 | Process of specifying print time fold method, location, and orientation A method for specifying a folding option for a print job includes displaying a file from the print job, after selection by a user for printing, the file comprising a legend, opening the file in a preview window, displaying markers in corners of the preview window, r... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005305 | Method and apparatus for generating a halftoned image from a compressed image A method and apparatus are provided for generating a halftoned image from an image compressed by a domain transformation yielding coefficients for resulting domain components and by a coding operation by which these coefficients are coded. The method includes perfor... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7981203 | Hot melt ink An ink composition which is solid at room temperature and liquid at a higher temperature, containing a substantially non-aqueous carrier composition and at least one dye, formed by at least one salt of the anthrapyridone series. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976124 | Ink jet device and method of manufacturing the same An ink jet device including a plurality of ink channels that are arranged side by side and are covered by a flexible sheet, and a corresponding number of actuators are arranged to exert an actuating force onto the sheet through a bump that has a trapezoidal cross-se... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971955 | Method and control unit for controlling the power supplied to a plurality of heat sources in a printer A control unit for a printing apparatus has a plurality of heat sources, each heat source being operable at an individual power level. The control unit is configured to control the power supplied to the heat sources such that, at each instant, the sum of the deliver... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969626 | Scanner and method of scanning A scanner and a method of scanning an image on an original includes an optical sensor having sensor elements for each of three basic colors that is used to generate pixel values of the scanned image. Each pixel value represents an optical density of a pixel of the i... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966576 | Method and system for moving an icon on a graphical user interface A method of providing a graphical user interface includes displaying a graphic representation of a data object at an initial location, receiving a command selecting the data object from a user, moving the graphical representation of the data object towards a destina... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963521 | Sheet flipping device A sheet flipping device including a receiving member for receiving a sheet, a flipping volume defined by the flipping movement of the sheet when in operation, a flipping element for flipping the sheet around an axis of rotation within the flipping volume onto the re... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7930698 | Distributed document handling system for carrying out a job by application services distributed over a network Disclosed is a networked reproduction system comprising connected scanners, printers and servers. A reproduction job to be carried out includes a number of subtasks. For the execution of these subtasks, services distributed over the network are available. A service ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7903290 | Printing method with camouflage of defective print elements A printing method is provided for a printer having a printhead with a plurality of print elements and capable of printing a binary pixel image. The method includes locating defective print elements, determining a camouflage area in the vicinity of pixels that would ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891800 | Printer with a paper treatment system A printer having a sheet feed system for feeding an image receiving sheet to a print station, and a sheet treatment system for subjecting the paper to an anti-cockle treatment including a humidity sensor arranged to detect the degree of humidity of ambient air, and ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7843113 | Ink jet device having piezoelectric actuator with insulating structure and method of producing the piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator having a bottom electrode attached to a membrane, a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the bottom electrode extends substantially over the entire bottom surface of the ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7823880 | Stepper mechanism A stepper mechanism for transporting a substrate along a linear transport path, which includes a stationary member and first and second transport members, extending widthwise across the transport path, the stationary member and transport members each being adapted t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815279 | Adjustment of print arrays in a printing device A method for adjusting a first and a second array relative to each other in a printing device has a carrying structure for mounting the first and second arrays. The first array has nozzles arranged in a first row substantially parallel to a first direction for formi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815274 | Method for identifying misdirecting nozzles in an inkjet printing apparatus A method for detecting malfunctioning nozzles of an inkjet printer does not need any sensors, scanning means or processor time. The method includes printing a test pattern with an inkjet printer having at least one array of at least two nozzles, and for each array p... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806253 | Apparatus and method for steering a belt An apparatus for steering a belt includes a steering roller supporting the belt, a rotatable element and a transmission. The steering roller is rotatable about a first axis and pivotable about a second axis, the second axis being substantial perpendicular to the fir... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794078 | Method of printing a substrate with an inkjet printer, and an inkjet printer suitable for performing this method The invention relates to a method of printing a substrate using an inkjet printer which includes a holder to rotatably receive a roll on which the substrate is wound, a downstream print zone and an inkjet printhead for printing the substrate at the print zone, a tra... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791630 | Method of adjusting an exposure device for an electrophotographic printer and exposure device A method of adjusting an exposure device suited for an electrophotographic printer, the exposure device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The method includes the steps of energizing selected light-emitting elements according to a selection scheme, usi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788218 | Handling digital documents in a networked system using an e-mail server Digital documents are handled in networked document processing system that includes user workstations, document processing devices and a control system. A document storage is used for storing and managing digital documents associated with a user of a workstation. Th... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7756332 | Metadata extraction from designated document areas A method and device are described for extracting metadata from an image of pixels, such as a title or author of a document. At least part of the image is shown on a display for a user. A pointing control element in a user interface, such as a mouse or a touch screen... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7725055 | Roller for a printer and a method of cooling the roller surface A roller for a printer includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. The inner tube is position within the outer tube. The outer tube extends in an axial direction from a first to a second end and the inner tube extends substantially parallel to the outer tube... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720847 | Apparatus and computerised method for determining constituent words of a compound word An apparatus, a computer program and a computerized method for determining constituent words of a compound word are provided. Constituent words constitute a compound word. When the constituent words comply to split decision criteria then the constituent words can be... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7708272 | Device and method for forming a stack of sheets on a delivery surface A method and device for forming a stack of sheets including a delivery surface, and also a stop and a pusher element movable in the direction of the stop, and also a guide which can occupy a first and a second position, in which the first position a sheet can be rec... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697158 | Method for printing a digital print file and a printer adapted for applying the said method The present invention pertains to a method for printing a digital print file using a system comprising a digital network which interconnects a plurality of service units, for example a plurality of printers, and a print file memory. The method includes submitting a ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7676491 | Method and system for accessing a file system A method for accessing a file system and for subsequently presenting to a user a list of files in store, where files in the list are identified by names derived from the contents of the files. the method is suitable for use in a reprographic apparatus, for access to... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7646911 | Conversion method, apparatus and computer program for converting a digital image obtained by a scanner An image conversion method and an apparatus for converting a digital image obtained by a scanning unit into a converted digital image includes the steps of acquiring statistics for at least some pixels of the digital image, extracting characteristic values of a back... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7634211 | Temperature control system for a roller in an image forming apparatus A temperature control system for a roller that is detachably mounted in a frame of an image forming apparatus includes a primary liquid circuit formed in the roller and containing a first liquid and a secondary liquid circuit formed outside of the roller and contain... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7607751 | Method for aligning droplets expelled from an ink jet printer A method of adjusting alignment positions of ink dots printed with at least one printhead that is mounted on a moving carriage of an ink jet printer includes printing ink dots on a testchart while the carriage moves over the testchart at a predetermined speed, measu... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7589860 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing image data stored on a memory for rendering an image on a device The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing image data stored on a memory for rendering an image on a device. The method comprises dividing the image data into a number of portions of image data, each portion consisting of a number of untruncat... | 09/15/2009 |
