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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7715043 | Multilevel print masking method A method of computing swath data in response to a digital image having a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, each pixel having a multitone code value, the swath data suitable for commanding an inkjet printer containing at least one printhead having plurality of... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7673873 | Offset print stacking tray with anti-stubbing feature A tray for receiving printed media from a printer, the tray including a print well, a ramp and at least two side walls. There is at least one support member extending from the tray adapted to engage the printer and position the tray such that the print well is later... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7564481 | Printer parameter compensation by a host camera A system wherein already-existing computing and memory resources in an electronic camera are used to process an image for printing. Rather than duplicating, in printers, computing and memory resources that are already in digital cameras, significant computing and me... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7448718 | Determining defective resistors in inkjet printers A method and apparatus for determining defective heating resistors Ri in each of a plurality of inkjets in an inkjet printer, wherein each heating resistor Ri is connected in parallel with a common capacitor, the method for each heating resisto... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7417627 | Sensing display A display and method for making the same are provided that can sense a force applied thereto. The display comprises a substrate, an array of individually controllable image-forming elements arranged on the substrate; and a support located proximate to the substrate.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395744 | Chad diverting apparatus An apparatus for diverting chad in a paper printer including a paper supply, a cutting mechanism for cutting the paper perpendicular to the path of the paper and a diverter flap positioned downstream of the cutting mechanism, the diverter flap being biased to reside... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393071 | Ink level and negative pressure control in an ink jet printer An ink jet printer having an expandable ink container biased to expand and configured to receive refill ink and an ink reservoir to provide refill ink to the expandable ink container. The printer also has an electronic volume detector to detect a refill value and a ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363856 | Flat bed platesetter system The present invention provides a flat bed platesetter system and a method for its use, particularly for imaging printing plates. For providing a precise, continuous, rapid and format-independent system which is reliable, the present invention suggests to move the pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7300138 | Replaceable ink container for inkjet printer An ink container for an ink jet printer adapted to supply ink via a tube to an ink jet cartridge. The cartridge includes a bottle, a cap engaging the bottle to form an ink containing cavity, an ink exit channel from the ink containing cavity through the cap, an air ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7234787 | Liquid level detection method and apparatus A sensing system is described for detecting the presence of ink at a predetermined level in an ink reservoir for an ink jet printer. The reservoir includes a perimetric wall having first and second wall sections, wherein at least a portion of said first wall section... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7177047 | Gamut-preserving color imaging A color imaging technique includes setting a target value in a device-independent first color space and mapping the target value to a substantially complete point set in a second color space. The point set may include a plurality of points, each of which define subs... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165833 | Ink container installation and alignment feature An ink container for an ink delivery system in an inkjet printer, the ink container including a bottle for holding a supply of ink, a cap attached to the bottle to form a hermetic seal therebetween, the cap including an air inlet channel and an ink exit channel, and... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163738 | Polyvinyl alcohol films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, polyvinyl alcohol films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152964 | Very high speed printing using selective deflection droplet separation A method for ink jet printing a plurality of pixels corresponding to a digital image including pixels of image data is taught using a half toning algorithm wherein droplets of two different volumes are formed. The method includes the steps of determining if the prin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7125504 | Optical switch microfilms A method of making a light diffusing microfilm, includes providing a carrier substrate; coating a coating fluid onto the carrier substrate; drying the coating fluid on the carrier substrate to form a releasable light diffusing microfilm on the carrier substrate; and... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119760 | Color image display accuracy using green-limited gamma estimate Improved color image display accuracy can be achieved across a computer network by obtaining information characterizing the color response of display devices associated with a client residing on the computer network, and using the information to modify color images ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120295 | Color processing A method of characterizing a color imaging system is provided. The method comprises obtaining first data indicative of output of the color imaging system. The first data is processed, to yield second data, according to a color appearance model that varies in accorda... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7095600 | Electrostatic charge neutralization using grooved roller surface patterns A method for coating a liquid composition from an applicator to a first surface of a moving web having opposite first and second surfaces, the web being conveyed along a path through a coating apparatus, the coating apparatus including a charge neutralization statio... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083752 | Cellulose acetate films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, cellulose acetate films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081910 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in successive dye transfer areas of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during dye transfer from each dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066731 | Method for conditioning/heat treatment A method for heat treatment of printing plates includes arranging a plurality of printing plates into a stack, interspersing a plurality of thermally conductive plates at a plurality of levels in the stack, and placing the stack of plurality of printing plates with ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057184 | Scanning electron microscope The invention provides a liquid injection system (12) for an environmental scanning electron microscope. The liquid injection system comprises a liquid firing device (18) for firing a liquid and a heat transfer system (17, 22, 24). The heat tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057624 | Display device light leakage compensation The invention relates to techniques for light leakage compensation in a multi-channel display device. The invention may be particularly useful in calculating single-channel emission spectra for liquid crystal displays (LCD). In order to accurately model and calibrat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051911 | Apparatus and method for cutting sheet materials A method and apparatus are taught for cutting a sheet material comprising the steps of engaging a first side of the laminated web structure with a crack initiator having a high rake angle, the crack initiator extending from a first cutter base having a low rake angl... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048823 | Acrylic films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, acrylic films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier substrate.... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050197 | Image processor for high-speed printing applications An image processor (14) supporting very high-speed printing. The image processor (14) preferably has two separate connections to a source (12) of the image being printed, e.g., a printer control bus (34) and an image data bus (36).... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7012746 | Polyvinyl butyral films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, polyvinyl butyral films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004574 | Ink delivery system including a pulsation dampener An ink delivery system in an inkjet printer includes a printhead mounted on a carriage in the inkjet printer. The printhead has nozzles to eject ink droplets for image printing. The system includes an ink reservoir for delivering ink to the printhead. The ink reserv... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004571 | Preventing defective nozzle ink discharge in continuous inkjet printhead from being used for printing A method, and apparatus for performing the method, are intended to prevent all of the ink discharged from a defective one of multiple nozzles in a continuous inkjet printhead from being used for printing on a print medium. This can be done by periodically heating th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999108 | Method and apparatus for image registration improvements in a printer having plural printing stations A thermal printer apparatus has a plurality of print stations for recording image information onto a receiver moving past the print stations. An adjustable-speed receiver drive mechanism is adapted to advance the receiver along the path. A plurality of sensors adapt... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977669 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in successive dye transfer areas of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during dye transfer from each dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975343 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975341 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6961141 | Method and electronic apparatus for formatting and serving inkjet image data In connection with a host processing system (90) capable of delivering commands and raw image data, an apparatus (100) for formatting raw image data and selectively delivering enhanced image data to a print processing subsystem (92). An image da... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961075 | Method and apparatus for thermal printing of longer length images by the use of multiple dye color patch triads or quads A method and apparatus of thermally printing an image on a receiver by (a) printing a first sub-image on a first region of the receiver with a first dye-donor patch of the first color and (b) printing a second sub-image on a second region of the receiver with a seco... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951375 | Large area marking device and method for printing A method and apparatus for printing an image on a large surface area or walkway provides for imagewise marking of the surface with a color marking solution, to form a visible image on the surface during an image recording mode of a marking engine. The marking engine... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952286 | Doubleprint photofinishing service with the second print having subject content-based modifications A method is disclosed for providing photofinishing services for images having a main subject and background, comprising the steps of producing a digital image of a customer's photographic image; producing a main subject belief map from the digital image; employing t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6940541 | Printer parameter compensation by a host camera A system wherein already-existing computing and memory resources in an electronic camera are used to process an image for printing. Rather than duplicating, in printers, computing and memory resources that are already in digital cameras, significant computing and me... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6908179 | Ink level and negative pressure control in an ink jet printer An inkjet printer having an expandable ink container biased to expand and configured to receive refill ink and an ink reservoir to provide refill ink to the expandable ink container. The printer also has an electronic volume detector to detect a refill value and a f... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908178 | Continuous ink jet color printing apparatus with rapid ink switching A print head provides for multi-level printing with colorants of different densities without print head replication. A continuous ink jet printer includes a plurality of ink sources; a print head connected to multiple ink sources; and apparatus adapted to selectivel... | 06/21/2005 |
