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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127222 | INKJET PRINTER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM Disclosed is an inkjet printer maintenance system that includes a processing unit adapted for running a print application corresponding to an image to be printed in response to a print input. The processing unit is further adapted to run a print driver that is capable o... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105519 | PRINT CARTRIDGE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A print cartridge identification system includes a housing, a family key provided on one side of the housing to identify an associated printer of the print cartridge, a fluid key provided on the one side of the housing to identify a property of fluid in the print cartri... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120069066 | Method and Apparatus of Direct Inkjet Offset Lithographic Printing System A method of producing an offset lithographic printing plate including the steps of graining and anodizing an aluminum plate; applying a receptive coating to the grained aluminum; applying an oleophilic inkjet fluid on top of the receptive coating; applying energy to the... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050356 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS An image processing method includes a conversion step of converting input image data into ink color data corresponding to respective use amounts of one or more types of color inks and a clear ink. In the conversion step, the input image data is converted into ink color ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050052 | System and Method for Informing a Customer of Remaining Life in a Customer Replaceable Unit During Replacement of the Customer Replaceable Unit A system and method have been developed that enable a printer user to exhaust completely the useful life of a customer replaceable unit. The system and method also ensure that a user of the printer knows how to remove a persistent reorder message.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120026217 | PRINTING APPARATUS A printing apparatus includes a motor that drives an object to be driven; a detection unit that detects the speed of the object to be driven; and a control unit that controls driving of the motor based on a speed profile including an acceleration range, a constant-speed... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110316913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a support table, a printing head, and a cleaner. The support table rotates around an axis. The printing head faces the support table. The cleaner includes a web coming into contact with the support table.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310138 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD A printing device includes a printing section that deposits printing matter onto a printing medium, a printing control section that controls the printing section so as to cause there to be printed on the same printing medium a first image that is based on acquired print... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110292102 | STORAGE DEVICE, BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER, METHOD OF RECEIVING DATA WHICH ARE TO BE WRITTEN IN DATA STORAGE UNIT FROM HOST CIRCUIT, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING STORAGE DEVICE WHICH IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTABLE TO HOST CIRCUIT A storage device electrically connected to a host circuit includes a data receiving unit, determination unit, and a data transmitting unit. The data receiving unit receives data including first data which are to be written in a memory array and second data which are gen... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292139 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE A liquid cartridge detachably mountable on a body of an image forming device and capable of supplying liquid to the image forming device when mounted on the body. A liquid delivery path has a first portion and a second portion positioned between a liquid accommodating u... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292101 | RECORDING APPARATUS A recording apparatus, including: a recording head; a conveying member for conveying a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a wiper whose distal end is to come into contact with and separate away from the surface; a wiper driving mechanism for driving the wiper t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285766 | Ink Management and Monitoring Mechanism A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job to be printed, determining if the print job is to be printed as a monochrome print job, invoking a monochrome International Color Consortium (ICC) profile if the print job is determined to be a monochrome ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110249048 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING A relief print master is created by printing a sequence of layers on top of each other by an inkjet printing system. The top layer corresponds with the binary halftoned image that is to be printed by the print master and the lower intermediate layers are supporting laye... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242153 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS A preliminary vibration number storage unit stores a first preliminary vibration characteristic which indicates a relation between a downtime of an ejection opening and a smallest number of vibrations in preliminary vibration, the smallest number of vibrations required ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242154 | AMPHOTERIC DISPERSANTS AND THEIR USE IN INKJET INKS The present disclosure provides a ink-jet ink, having a pH greater than 7, comprising a first aqueous vehicle, a colorant, more typically a carbon black pigment, and an amphoteric polymeric dispersant, wherein the amphoteric polymeric dispersant is a block copolymer com... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110216110 | DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DATA GENERATING METHOD Processing liquid is ejected by a scan which is as prior as possible to the ink if it is determined that the printing duty of the ink is relatively low. Furthermore, the processing liquid is ejected by a scan which is as posterior as possible to the ink if it is determi... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110205262 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING INK JET INKS The present invention pertains to process for preparing an aqueous inkjet inks and more particularly to a process for using a milling device with a compatible solvent, a pigment and a polymeric dispersant. While milling a fluid is added to increase the pressure in the m... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110187768 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a droplet ejection head, an absorber, a moving mechanism, and a controller. The droplet ejection head includes liquid passages having at their leading ends ejection openings which eject droplets, an ejection face which faces ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187769 | RECORDING APPARATUS A recording apparatus that records onto recording paper includes: a main case housing a noise source that generates noise when printing is carried out; a scanner space portion that is within the main case but that is independently separate from a housing space portion o... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING USING VARIABLE-DENSITY WHITE INK UNDER-PRINTED LAYER Techniques for generated variable density mono-color under-print layer(s) for printing underneath an image on a substrate to improve the appearance of the printed image.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110134170 | AUTOMATIC RFID CIRCUIT TUNING A method of printing comprising the steps of: providing a print media having a printing surface; measuring at least one parameter of the print media; calculating an optimal configuration for a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder circuit for obtaining a des... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110063343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME An apparatus according to the present invention comprises control unit configured to control print unit to print a code in a prescribed area on a sheet, and search unit configured to search the code on the sheet placed on a manuscript table, wherein a search area in whi... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050763 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a correcting unit. The detecting unit detects an overlapping portion of a first image printed on a first side of a sheet and a second image printed on a second ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110043554 | CONTINUOUS WEB PRINTER FOR PRINTING NON-IDENTICAL COPIES WITHIN A PRINT RUN A continuous web printer that has an inlet for receiving a web of media from a media web roll unwinder, an outlet for delivery to a media web roll winder, a media feed path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a plurality of pagewidth inkjet printhead assemblies posi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110025736 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE THAT MOVES WITH INK HEAD An ink jet recording apparatus is provided. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a supporting member for supporting a recording medium, an ink head comprising a nozzle surface disposed opposite the recording medium during a print operation, an ultraviolet light irra... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025735 | PRINTER FOR EDIBLE SHEETS The present inventions relates to An ink-jet printer for printing on an edible substrate, the printer comprising a guide roller for guiding the substrate through the printer and a print head for printing on the substrate, the print head being mounted adjacent the guide ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110001769 | APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH RFID TAG This disclosure discloses apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag, comprising: a feeding device that feeds a tag tape including an RFID tag circuit element having an IC circuit part and a tag antenna, said RFID circuit element disposed on one side area along a widt... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100265286 | HANDHELD PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF A handheld printer and a printing method thereof are provided. The handheld printer receives distance information from at least one sensor positioned outside the handheld printer, determines its position based on the distance information, and determines data to be print... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100257305 | MEMORY DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID RECEPTACLE, METHOD OF ACCEPTING FROM A HOST CIRCUIT DATA FOR WRITING TO A DATA MEMORY SECTION, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING A MEMORY DEVICE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTABLE TO A HOST CIRCUIT The memory device electrically connectable to a host circuit includes a nonvolatile data memory section, a data reception section, a determination section, and a data transmission section. The data reception section receives, from the host circuit, data including first ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245410 | INK SUPPLY DEVICES An ink supply device includes an ink cartridge and a cartridge mounting portion including a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. The ink cartridge includes a first detectable portion, a second detectable portion, and a third detectable portion. The deter... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245409 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD A motor control device includes a measurement unit, a speed control unit, a correction unit, a drive unit, and a disturbance suppressing unit. During a time period before a measurement value of speed of one of a motor and a driven object which is driven by the motor mea... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238205 | Method for Inkjet Printing of E13B Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Characters and Substrate Having Such Characters Printed Thereon Electromagnetically recognizable E13B characters can be printed onto conventional paper by an inkjet printer using liquid magnetic ink. The printer receives data representing an E13B character, and prints the E13B character onto a substrate according to a modified E13B ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231677 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE USES OF PRINTER COVERSHEETS A method for providing multiple uses of printer coversheets comprises providing a printer having a dedicated coversheet tray, a document sheet tray, and a scanning device, and receiving a print command from a user with an associated username. The method includes drawing... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220160 | PROCESSING LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS A processing liquid applying apparatus includes a processing liquid transfer roller which transfers a processing liquid to a transfer medium while rotating in a predetermined direction; a processing liquid applying section which applies the processing liquid to a surfac... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100220126 | VERTICAL FORM FACTOR PRINTER A printer having a substantially vertical form factor includes a base for supporting the printer; a substantially vertically extending body extending from the base; a print engine for printing an image onto print media, the print engine supported at a top of the substan... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100214597 | SERVICE STATION A service station for a print system includes a dedicated controller and a network interface configured to couple the service station to a central controller of the print system and to other components of the print system over a network. The dedicated controller is conf... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100194796 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING INK CARTRIDGES In an inkjet printer, ink cartridges are set individually in predetermined positions of a cartridge holder portion. Information on the ink cartridges is read by read portions and it is determined whether or not the ink cartridges are adaptive. If all the ink cartridges ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100177131 | METHOD OF CREATING LOOKUP TABLE, PRINTING APPARATUS, LOOKUP TABLE, AND PRINTING METHOD A method of creating a lookup table which describes a correspondence relationship between an input value to a printing apparatus for performing printing by ejecting ink onto a printing medium, and output values of a special gloss ink and a color ink of the printing appa... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100165017 | CONTINUOUS INKJET PRINTERS The invention provides a power-up/shut-down facility for a continuous inkjet printer which enables the printer to be readied for printing and returned to standby by operation of a single control.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149230 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE CRADLE HAVING CONTROL CIRCUITRY A printhead cartridge cradle is provided having a frame, a printed circuit board pivotally supported by the frame, a cover pivotally supported by the frame to pivot between a closed position at which a printhead cartridge is secured within the frame and the printed circ... | 06/17/2010 |
