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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5241169 | Photoelectric conversion device having an improved control electrode structure and apparatus equipped with same Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device which is adapted to accumulate optically generated carriers in the control electrode region of a transistor and to read a signal on the basis of the carriers thus accumulated. This photoelectric conversion de... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5235674 | Method and device for adapting a printer into an autonomous facsimile apparatus The device serves to adapt a printer to an autonomous facsimile transmission apparatus. It comprises line interface for transmitting and receiving data conveyed via a telephone line; a printing interface; an input interface for entering data derived from ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5233918 | Reusable screen printing process and apparatus A screen printing process and apparatus for automatic coating, exposing and developing of a continuous belt-type printing screen. A segment of the belt is coated with photoemulsion, then dried, selectively exposed, and developed. After drying again, the s... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5204736 | Image processing apparatus A color image processing apparatus comprises: a device to supply color image data obtained by photoelectrically converting an object image; a changing circuit which has a density conversion table and changes the density of the color image data supplied by... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5196691 | Photoelectric converting device having original conveyance guide and an image processing apparatus incorporating the device A photoelectric converting device having a guide member includes a plurality of photoelectric converting elements disposed to confront an original sheet the image information of which is to be read; a protection layer disposed on the photoelectric convert... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5189521 | Image forming apparatus and method for correction image density non-uniformity by reading a test pattern recorded by the apparatus There is disclosed an image forming apparatus for recording an original image read by a reading unit on a recording medium uses a recording head having an array of a plurality of recording elements. The apparatus includes pattern forming unit for forming,... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5182650 | Information processing apparatus capable of connecting printer An information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of printers including an ink-jet printer, includes a connection unit for electrically connecting a printer, a discrimination unit for discriminating a type of printer connected... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5159349 | Recording apparatus which projects droplets of liquid through generation of bubbles in a liquid flow path in response to signals received from a photosensor A recording apparatus for recording an image sensed by a photosensor comprises an inlet for accepting a liquid to be delivered to an outlet orifice through a liquid flow path. Liquid is supplied to the inlet for flow through the liquid flow path to a heat... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5146087 | Imaging process with infrared sensitive transparent receiver sheets Disclosed is a process which comprises providing an imaging apparatus equipped with a path for moving receiver sheets through the apparatus and having infrared sensors situated along said path, incorporating into the imaging apparatus a substantially tran... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5072304 | Image reading and recording apparatus with correct image mode and mirror image mode An image reading and recording apparatus comprises a reader for reading an image of a document by scanning a document and a recorder for effecting recording of the image read by the reader on a recording medium by scanning one side of the recording medium... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070410 | Apparatus and method using a combined read/write head for processing and storing read signals and for providing firing signals to thermally actuated ink ejection elements A reproducing system uses an array of photodetector elements to sense an image from an original document page and a corresponding array of printing elements to print the image onto a duplicate document page. Mirror-imaging between the original and duplica... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5060927 | Sheet feeding device In a sheet feeding device adapted to be positioned in a main unit such as a copying machine, a printer and the like, having a case member for holding a plurality of cut-form sheets in a stacked state and a pair of feeding rollers for feeding the sheet one... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5049999 | Compact multimode input and output scanner A compact combined input scanner and output scanner having a frame assembly with a scanning carriage movably mounted for movement in a scanning path in a first direction across the length of said frame assembly. The scanning carriage has co-mounted a read... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5040074 | Full-width simultaneous read/write copier A read/write copier, including an integrally formed image reading and image printing unit. The copier also includes means for feeding a document to be read in unison with a copy substrate material to be printed past both faces of an integrally formed imag... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5038208 | Image forming apparatus with a function for correcting recording density uneveness An image recording apparatus comprising a plurality of multi-nozzle heads for forming an image according to input image forming signals, a memory means for storing data corresponding to image forming characteristics of each of the multi-nozzle heads, and ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5032923 | Printing control system for facsimile receiver A printing control system for a facsimile receiver of the type having a printhead which scans across the page and prints multiple lines of the facsimile image simultaneously. The system includes a first in-first out memory for storing incoming facsimile d... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5023728 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus a frame of image data is outputted in a divided manner, and plural images corresponding to the divided image data are recorded in order, respectively on plural recording materials. A manual instruction element is provided for... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5006864 | Information read-out and recording apparatus An information read-out and recording apparatus includes an optical information read-out device for converting optical information into electrical information signals. A serial-input/parallel-output shift register stores information signals from the optic... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4975780 | Ink jet image recording apparatus with control of scan line recording width An image recording apparatus for scanning a print head of predetermined width in a main scanning direction and successively displacing a recording medium in a subscanning direction thereby forming an image on said medium. The constitution of the apparatus... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4972329 | System for creating images, in particular dummies for printing advertising documents such as wrappers, labels or the like A system for creating images for use in printing wrappers comprises a video image reader and a graphic console, a keyboard, a graphic tablet and a monitor to receive, to combine and modify image signals and colors. The system combines video and vectorial ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4972270 | Facsimile recorder with acutely mounted staggered array ink jet printhead A method and system for reproducing facimile images or other images in a dot matrix format wherein the normal printhead line resolution is not the same as the image line resolution. Two embodiments are disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, a commerciall... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4937678 | Color image enlarging ink jet printer An automatic printing device according to this invention comprises a spray gun head ejecting ink jets of e.g. three primitive colors and black, a CPU processing image signals inputted from a television camera, a mechanism for driving 3-dimensionally the s... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4920421 | Simultaneous read/write copier A combined input and output scanner comprising in combination a stationary support for holding a document, a carriage system adapted for scanning movement in a first direction across the document and for indexing movement in a second direction transverse ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4914522 | Reproduction and enlarging imaging system and method using a pulse-width modulated air stream A system for copying images onto a long sheet of paper or vinyl while. A flow of constant-pressure air is pulse-width modulated in accordance with the control signals and passed over an ink meniscus maintained on the end of a small nozzle. The pulse-modul... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4851923 | Recording apparatus for recording a reversed image of an original An image reading and recording apparatus comprises a reader for reading an image of a document by scanning a document and a recorder for effecting recording of the image read by the reader on a recording medium by scanning one side of the recording medium... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4794463 | Ink jet system In an ink jet system, first and second main electrodes are arranged on an insulating substrate board so as to be extended to one side of the board and connected to first and second auxiliary electrodes through photoconductive sections, respectively. An in... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4782691 | Tachograph including means for recording engine speed A tachograph includes stylus recorder (4,5,6) responsive to a signal related to engine speed for recording an indication of the engine speed on a chart (1). The stylus recorder is conditioned to provide a bar trace having different and readily distinguish... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4755877 | Apparatus for reading and printing on a recording medium Unitary apparatus for reading and/or printing a recording medium incorporates a read unit for optically scanning the recording medium and a print unit in the form of an ink jet printer for printing on the same or a subsequent area of recording medium. The... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4718040 | Printing apparatus or system for recording a color image A printing apparatus or system has CCDs for reading out image data from an original or originals, a memory for storing the image data, a plurality of recording sections with recording heads, a control for controlling the overall circuitry and mechanical p... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4700238 | Copying apparatus A copying apparatus wherein an original supported on an original support is read by a reading head, which produces electric signals corresponding to the image. A recording head forms an image of the original on recording paper in accordance with the elect... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4638373 | Method and apparatus for improving gray scale resolution in an ink jet printing system Image processing apparatus for increasing the gray scale resolution of a graphic generated by an ink jet printing system wherein the graphic is made up of pixel areas on a receiving surface and each pixel area is comprised of a fixed number of potential d... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4583126 | Raster input/output scanner A combined raster input and output scanner employing spaced document reading and copy printing arrays at a common read/write station. The document to be read and the copy to be printed are disposed in back to back relation and fed simultaneously to the re... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4549222 | Dot matrix printing method and printer therefor The method enables images recorded with different definitions to be printed by the same printer, and the information to be printed with maximum print definitions. For this purpose, the print definitions (dots per mm) is a common multiple of the possible r... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547786 | Ink jet printing system An ink jet printing system suited to the making of large scale graphics, such as outdoor billboards, includes an endless carrier for moving a plurality of rigid flat panels, onto which a graphic is to be printed in sections, repetitively past an ink jet p... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4538173 | Imprint control system with feedback feature A procedure for controlling the imprint in reproductive printing. With a view to providing a versatile printing control system, and one which eliminates the maximum of errors, the invention is mainly characterized in that by means of an optical system is ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4527885 | Image recording system having multiple image recording means An image recording system comprises a plurality of image recording units that can selectively be driven to achieve most efficient operation. For example, the system may also include an input unit for entering image information and a control unit for selec... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4521805 | Printing apparatus or system A printing apparatus has at least one first recording head and at least one second recording head. These recording heads allow recording in binary mode, halftone mode, normal mode, and fine mode. A printing system has at least two recording units. One rec... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4492966 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording unit having a plurality of dot forming portions disposed in a plane, a carriage which moves incrementally in a direction normal to the plane of dot forming portions, and a laser generator mounted on the carriage.... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4476486 | Image recording system utilizing a plurality of recording units An image recording apparatus of the invention has a number of recording units for recording image data of the same or different colors on one or more recording media; a counter to set the number of copies to be produced; and a switch device which selects ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475128 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus capable of recording images on both faces of a recording sheet by a combination of image reading devices for reading both faces of the original in reciprocating scanning motion and recording devices for image recording on both... | 10/02/1984 |
