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| 7325192 | Method of assembling content from content providers An automated document delivery service acquires content from content providers publishing on different schedules and using different URLs to define the path to their web sites. A rule based process of URL generation enables the use of a limited number of resource lo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7095442 | Method and apparatus for capturing an image A handheld computing and digital image capturing device is physically and electrically integrated. Such a device shares hardware and computing power to provide a versatile item that can be carried with a user to provide the expected computer functions and an image c... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7050195 | Printed medium data storage A method of, and apparatus for, printing information on a hardcopy medium includes the acceptance of data representing a first information and the acceptance of data representing a second information. Second information is printed in regions on the medium where firs... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7006242 | Printing portable-selected information A user of a portable device may request a full-length information set be sent to a high capacity presentation apparatus for printing. A truncated or compressed information set is displayed on the portable device, which the user may select for later printing of the f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978052 | Alignment of images for stitching The complexity of image stitching into a panoramic image is simplified with the use of one or more projectable fiducial marks that ease the establishment of a relationship between adjacent scenes of an image without leaving undesirable fiducial vestiges in the final... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6711806 | Method of manufacturing a thermal fluid jetting apparatus An inkjet printing device employs an inkjet printhead with a plurality of drop generators to eject drops of ink. Each drop generator includes a planar heater resistor, comprising three segments. Two of the segments are disposed on either side of the third segment an... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6697089 | User selectable application grammar and semantics In order that an improved communications interface between a human and a computer be provided, the interface to the computer program is directed to accommodate the variabilities of human communication rather than accommodate the rigid structure of syntax,... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6673160 | Method of cleaning for an inkjet printer In order that sensitive structures of inkjet printing mechanisms be cleaned without damaging these structures, a cleaning sheet and a process of using the sheet has been created. Debris and dried ink is removed from print cartridges and their carriage usi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6594899 | Variable drop mass inkjet drop generator An inkjet printing device employs an inkjet printhead with a plurality of drop generators to eject drops of ink. Each drop generator includes a planar heater resistor, a protection layer having a first heating surface on the heater resistor and a second h... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6592205 | Inkjet printhead for wide area printing A printhead is formed from a plurality of ink ejectors mounted on an inner surface of a rigid substrate while protruding through holes provided in the substrate. Electrical contact is provided on a surface of the ink ejectors common with the ink ejecting ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557974 | Non-circular printhead orifice A printhead for an inkjet printer employs non-circular orifices, such as oval or parallelogram, at the surface of the orifice plate to increase the restoring force of the ink meniscus. The reduced tail and diminished spray of an ink droplet expelled from ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540325 | Printer printhead An inkjet printing device is arranged to employ a first set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a first address signal and a second set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a second address signal. The multiple nozzles of each drop ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6527369 | Asymmetric printhead orifice A printhead for an inkjet printer employs asymmetric orifices, such as an egg-shaped orifice, at the surface of the orifice plate to cause the ink drop tail to be severed at a predictable location from the orifice. The controlled tail and diminished spray... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6513907 | Inkjet printhead for wide area printing A printhead is formed from a plurality of ink ejectors mounted on an inner surface of a rigid substrate while protruding through holes provided in the substrate. Electrical contact is provided on a surface of the ink ejectors common with the ink ejecting ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6489084 | Fine detail photoresist barrier The photoresist barrier layer of an inkjet printer printhead is processed to enable channels narrower than a predetermined width in the barrier layer to be created without blockage. Relatively large volumes of photoresist which form a wall of the channel ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6422688 | Segmented resistor inkjet drop generator with current crowding reduction In order to overcome inefficient power dissipation in parasitic resistances and to provide economies in the power supply, a higher resistance value heater resistor is employed in a thermal inkjet printhead. Higher current densities in a high resistance se... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6402283 | Variable drop mass inkjet drop generator An inkjet printing device employs an inkjet printhead with a plurality of drop generators to eject drops of ink. Each drop generator includes a planar heater resistor, comprising three segments. Two of the segments are disposed on either side of the third... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6371596 | Asymmetric ink emitting orifices for improved inkjet drop formation A printhead having reduced spray includes orifi from which ink is expelled by an ink ejector. The orifi employ an aperture at the outer surface of the orifice plate having an asymmetrical hourglass shape to cause the expelled ink drop to break off at the ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367147 | Segmented resistor inkjet drop generator with current crowding reduction In order to overcome inefficient power dissipation in parasitic resistances and to provide economies in the power supply, a higher resistance value heater resistor is employed in a thermal inkjet printhead. Higher current densities in a high resistance se... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364471 | Fluid accumulator for ink-jet print heads An ink-jet printing system having a pressure regulator that changes the volume of the ink receptacle as the ink pressure changes relative to the ambient pressure so that the ink remains at a substantially constant pressure for delivery to the print head.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6325488 | Inkjet printhead for wide area printing A printhead is formed from a plurality of ink ejectors mounted on an inner surface of a rigid substrate while protruding through holes provided in the substrate. Electrical contact is provided on a surface of the ink ejectors common with the ink ejecting ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6310639 | Printer printhead An inkjet printing device is arranged to employ a first set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a first address signal and a second set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a second address signal. The multiple nozzles of each drop ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6280019 | Segmented resistor inkjet drop generator with current crowding reduction In order to overcome inefficient power dissipation in parasitic resistances and to provide economies in the power supply, a higher resistance value heater resistor is employed in a thermal inkjet printhead. Higher current densities in a high resistance se... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276775 | Variable drop mass inkjet drop generator An inkjet printing device employs an inkjet printhead with a plurality of drop generators to eject drops of ink. Each drop generator includes a planar heater resistor, comprising three segments. Two of the segments are disposed on either side of the third... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257714 | Method and apparatus for removing air from an inkjet print cartridge Method and apparatus for removing air from an inkjet print cartridge by collecting the air in a predetermined area and forcing the air from the air collection area using a conduit.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254219 | Inkjet printhead orifice plate having related orifices A printhead for an inkjet printer utilizes an orifice plate having at least two ink ejection orifices associated with one ink firing chamber so that both orifices eject ink. These orifices are manufactured to be non-circular and opposite each other about ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234598 | Shared multiple terminal ground returns for an inkjet printhead For an inkjet printing apparatus having a large number of ink ejectors, it is desirable to have as few as possible interconnections to the ink ejectors. Sharing electrical ground returns between related ink ejector primitive groups with spaced apart termi... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6227660 | Printhead with pump driven ink circulation A printhead for an inkjet printer employs an integral pump disposed in an ink feed channel, input well, or output well to circulate ink to the ink expulsion chambers in the printhead.... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6227640 | Variable drop mass inkjet drop generator An inkjet printing device employs an inkjet printhead with a plurality of drop generators to eject drops of ink. Each drop generator includes a planar heater resistor, a protection layer having a first heating surface on the heater resistor and a second h... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6161923 | Fine detail photoresist barrier The photoresist barrier layer of an inkjet printer printhead is processed to enable channels narrower than a predetermined width in the barrier layer to be created without blockage. Relatively large volumes of photoresist which form a wall of the channel ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6155670 | Method and apparatus for improved ink-drop distribution in inkjet printing A method and apparatus for improving inkjet print quality uses a printhead having an array using a plurality of nozzles in sets in each drop generator mechanism. Where a conventional inkjet pen fires a single droplet of ink at a target pixel per firing cy... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6139131 | High drop generator density printhead A thermal inkjet printing apparatus employs a segmented heater resistor, a thin passivation layer, and a lower heater resistor activation energy to realize a high density drop generator printhead.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6123413 | Reduced spray inkjet printhead orifice A printhead having reduced spray includes orifi from which ink is expelled by an ink ejector. The orifi employ an aperture at the outer surface of the orifice plate having two orthogonal dimensions with one dimension having a greater magnitude than the ot... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6081465 | Static RAM circuit for defect analysis Small feature CMOS defect analysis of SRAM circuits is made less time consuming with the inclusion of an in-circuit test connection which is brought to external contact pads. External measurement and circuit forcing are accomplished via the external conta... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6070969 | Thermal inkjet printhead having a preferred nucleation site A preferred nucleation site is established in an ink firing chamber for a thermal inkjet printhead. The cavitation barrier layer of the resistance heater substrate is created with particular surface discontinuities and a temperature profile which favor he... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6017117 | Printhead with pump driven ink circulation A printhead for an inkjet printer employs an integral pump disposed in an ink feed channel, input well, or output well to circulate ink to the ink expulsion chambers in the printhead.... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6007188 | Particle tolerant printhead Islands of barrier layer material of an inkjet printhead are disposed between an ink source and the ink feed channels leading to the ink firing chambers to filter particles in the ink. Dimensions of the ink feed channels and ink ejecting orifices have bee... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5988786 | Articulated stress relief of an orifice membrane An orifice membrane is provided an articulation parallel to the rows of orifices and between the area of the orifice membrane secured to the cartridge body and the area of the orifice membrane secured to the barrier layer of the heater resistor substrate.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5933453 | Delta-sigma pulse width modulator control circuit A delta sigma pulse width modulator control circuit uses a delta sigma modulator as a first stage to create a sequence of pulses representing an input control signal. A pulse width modulator accumulates the sequence of pulses and defines a pulse width mod... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5912685 | Reduced crosstalk inkjet printer printhead High frequency of droplet ejection with minimized crosstalk and a uniform large ink droplet weight are realized in an inkjet printer printhead which employs two ink feed channels to couple an ink firing chamber to the source of ink. A first one of the ink... | 06/15/1999 |
