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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113650 | Printer having arcuate printhead A printer is provided having housing, and print head and inlet roller assemblies housed by the housing. The print head assembly has at least one print head for printing on print media fed along a print media feed path and the print head has an arcuate portion in the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104889 | Print medium with lateral data track used in lateral registration A method of printing onto a print medium using a mobile device with a printhead and sensor, the print medium comprising: a laminar substrate defining first and second opposite faces; and a data track containing first information encoded in accordance with a linear e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092006 | Handheld printer configuration Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated by an operator to print an image on a media. An inkjet printhead and two position sensors front one another in a triangular configuration thereby providing a large printable area compared to the prior art.... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8042934 | Capping device for hand-held printer An inkjet printer that includes a printhead configured to eject ink. The printhead is housed in a housing. A capping device is pivotally fastened with respect to the housing to be pivotal into and out of capping engagement with the printhead. The mechanism includes ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042935 | Micro-miniature fluid jetting device Micro-fluid jetting devices and methods for ejecting fluid mixtures on a substrate are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention show fluid-flow architecture whereby fluid channels direct a plurality of fluids from their respective reservoirs to be ejected through the... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029130 | Hand-held printer with capping device A hand-held printer comprises an elongate body defining an ink ejection slot through which ink is ejected; an ink cartridge received in the body and defining a plurality of ink reservoirs storing respective types of ink; a movement sensor for sensing movement of the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016414 | Drive mechanism of a printer internal to a mobile phone Provided is a mobile phone having a chassis with a drive mechanism incorporated therein. A replaceable print cartridge received by the chassis is also provided. The replaceable print cartridge has a housing with ink-bearing structures and a printhead, as well as a m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016413 | Hand held printer color misalignment correction A method for correcting misalignment between a plurality of columns of color ink jetting nozzle arrays of a color printhead during printing with a hand held printer includes determining a misdirection angle of motion of the plurality of columns of color ink jetting ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011782 | Elongate hand-held printer device with an optical encoder wheel An elongate hand-held printer device for printing on a medium when a user moves said device over the medium. The device includes an upper and a lower moulding configured to complementarily receive each other to define a housing, said housing defining an ink ejection... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997719 | Multi-nozzle liquid droplet ejecting head, a writing instrument comprising such a head, and a method of ejecting liquid droplets from same A liquid droplet ejecting head designed to be mounted in a liquid ejecting instrument that includes ejection nozzles through which droplets are to be ejected from the head, and actuating chambers, each actuating chamber having at least one inlet to be in fluidic con... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984986 | Hand held personal digital assistant having an internal printer Provided is a hand held personal digital assistant (PDA). The PDA includes body and display sections interconnected via a hinge section, as well as an internal printer arranged in the body section. The internal printer includes a printhead, a motor driver and media ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7946702 | Printer incorporating partially arcuate printhead A printer is provided which has a housing having an upper cover, a lower cover, a first side wall and a second, opposed side wall; a print engine housed within the housing, the print engine having two pairs of print heads arranged in opposed relationship across a pr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938532 | Hand held printer with vertical misalignment correction A method for automatically providing vertical misalignment correction in a hand held printer fixedly mounting a printhead having a plurality of ink jetting nozzles arranged in a column includes defining a fixed quantity subset of the plurality of ink jetting nozzles... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938531 | Methods and apparatus for handheld printing with optical positioning Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated by an operator to print an image on a media. A controller correlates a location of a printhead to the image and causes printing or not. A position sensor provides input to the controller. Its signal typifi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7854504 | Digital device incorporating inkjet printhead and platen A handheld print-on-demand digital device. The device comprises a pagewidth inkjet printhead and a platen assembly operatively positioned relative to the printhead. The platen assembly comprises: a planar platen member for supporting print media; a print media trans... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841713 | Mobile device for printing schedule data A mobile telecommunications device including: a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network; a processor for processing schedule data to generate dot data representing a visual layout of the schedule data; and a printer co... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7824031 | Print cartridge with friction driven media feed shaft A print cartridge for an inkjet printer with a media drive assembly, the cartridge comprising: a drive shaft for feeding a media substrate past a printhead, the drive shaft positioned such that it engages the media drive assembly upon installation of the cartridge; ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819521 | Modular printer system and print media dispenser A hand-held modular printer system for printing a stored image. The printer system includes a memory module in which the image is stored; a printer module releasably interconnected with the memory module; and a print media dispenser module defining a print media out... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815305 | Electronic paint brush with scanner and dispensers An electronic brush (10) for dispensing ink (22) onto a writable medium (30) employs an electronic-brush housing (12), at least one ink dispenser (20) coupled to the electronic-brush housing, an electronic-brush scanner (14)... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7784933 | Smart projector guides for handprinters An improved handheld printer includes projectors to project images of the various page content that remains to be printed on the page. By providing this visual indication of locations of the page that remain to be printed, the projectors assist the user in achieving... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7771042 | Digital stamp having a compressible housing Provided is a stamp including a compressible housing having an upper housing portion telescopically receiving a lower housing portion defining an opening. The stamp also includes a printhead and ink cartridge arrangement housed within the lower housing, said printhe... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753517 | Printhead with an optical sensor for receiving print data A printhead for an inkjet printer with a print engine controller for operatively controlling the printhead, the printhead comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting ink; print data circuitry for providing the nozzles with print data; and, an optical sensor for opt... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748840 | Methods and apparatus for handheld printing with optical positioning Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated by an operator to print an image on a media. A controller correlates a location of a printhead to the image and causes printing or not. A position sensor provides input to the controller. Its signal typifi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748839 | Handheld printing with reference indicia Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated back and forth by an operator during use to print an image on a media. The media includes reference indicia upon which users maneuver the printer whenever a location of the printer is unknown or needs upda... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735995 | Mobile phone with an internal printer having a print cartridge with a media drive shaft Provided is mobile phone having an internal printer. The phone includes a print cartridge having a housing with ink bearing structures and a printhead integrated circuit, and a capper fast with the housing to operatively cap the printhead integrated circuit. The car... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7708399 | Print engine assembly with dual motor assemblies A print engine is provided for in an inkjet printer. The print engine includes a chassis. A print cartridge is mounted to the chassis, and includes a print roll defining a plurality of ink reservoirs and carrying a wound length of print media. A first motor assembly... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690785 | Pager with built-in printer A digital pager has a built-in printer to enable the printing of a text message and/or a graphic image upon a page as the pager housing traverses the page. The pager can be maintained compact and lightweight as no paper storage or paper feed mechanism need be provid... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7682017 | Handheld printer minimizing printing defects Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated back and forth by an operator during use to print an image. An inkjet printhead of the printer has a plurality of fluid firing actuators arranged in a substantial column. A controller communicates with the... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673988 | Micro-miniature fluid jetting device A micro-fluid jetting device and a method of ejecting fluid mixtures onto a substrate. The micro-fluid jetting device includes a housing containing a logic circuit and fluid reservoirs for at least two different fluids. A micro-fluid ejection head is attached to a f... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661814 | Hand held micro-fluid ejection devices configured to block printing based on printer orientation and method of blocking A hand-held micro-fluid ejection device for ejecting a fluid onto a substrate surface in a plurality of physical orientations between the ejection device and a substrate surface, and methods for controlling the geometric accuracy of printing using a hand-held printi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661813 | Mobile device with a printer and a stylus having a printhead tip A mobile device including: a printer for printing onto a print medium; and a stylus having a printhead tip for allowing a user to use the mobile device as a writing or drawing device; the stylus and the printer sharing at least one common ink reservoir. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654665 | Ink jet pen having a free ink chamber An ink jet pen that is equipped with a free ink chamber. The ink jet pen has a free ink chamber in fluid communication with a negative pressure producing chamber. The negative pressure producing chamber is in communication with a printhead. The ink jet pen has a pow... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7604345 | Digital camera with printing assembly A digital camera includes an image capture assembly, roll of print media and microelectromechanical stationary printhead. Upon capturing an image a central processing integrated circuit operates the printhead and associated transport assembly to print the captured i... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591553 | Personal digital assistant with internal printer having capping mechanism A hand held personal digital assistant including: an information storage device; a display; a printer including a pagewidth printhead wherein said printhead is an inkjet printhead; | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585067 | Modular printer system with pen-shaped structure A modular printer system includes a number of modules connected together to define a substantially pen-shaped structure. A male connector is at one end of each module and a female connector is at an opposite end of each module. The modules include at least one image... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7578591 | Filing, identifying, validating, and servicing tip for fluid-ejection device A tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device is filled with fluid. The fluid may be introduced into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body. The body of the tip has a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572003 | Personal digital assistant incorporating a print roll cartridge storing ink and print media A hand held personal digital assistant (PDA) that has a body section housing an information storage means, display means joined to the body section by a hinge connection and a print engine with a printhead and a print roll cartridge that has a cylindrical former def... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7572004 | Print engine with chassis ink channels between printhead and cartridge A print engine includes a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes an ink ejection printhead. A chassis assembly includes a molding defining ink supply channels for supplying respective inks to the printhead. A print roll cartridge includes a core definin... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7556371 | Inkjet printer with a capping device An ink jet printer that includes a printhead configured to eject ink. The printhead is housed in a housing. A capping device is pivotally fastened with respect to the housing to be pivotal into and out of capping engagement with the printhead. The mechanism includes... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7524051 | Hand-operated printer having a user interface A hand-operated printer includes a body, a printhead mounted to the body, a target sight mounted to the body, and a display device mounted to the body. The display device is configured to display an image and a representation of the target sight in relation to the i... | 04/28/2009 |
