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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186793 | Image processing method, program, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system An image forming method is disclosed in which an image is formed on commercial printing paper using a high penetration pigmented ink by performing image processing which makes use of dot patterns corresponding to an output halftone level. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186794 | Method of correcting alignment error of array inkjet head A system and method of correcting an alignment error of an array inkjet head having a plurality of head chips to print a main scanning line can include determining a reference head chip, printing a plurality of reference lines in the main scanning direction to be se... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182058 | Double-sided record apparatus and double-sided record method A double-sided record apparatus for forming images on both sides of a recording medium. The double-sided record apparatus includes: a print head that moves relatively to the record medium and ejects ink onto a face of the record medium; a counting unit configured to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177315 | Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same A printing apparatus includes an ejection unit that ejects fluid from nozzles onto a target and a nozzle inspection unit that performs nozzle inspection to inspect whether the fluid is ejected. An automatic print setting unit sets a check pattern automatic print mod... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172353 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a liquid droplet jetting head which is movable in a predetermined scanning direction, and a wind-velocity sensor which measures a wind-velocity around the liquid droplet jetting head. A drive signal to be supplied to the l... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172354 | Printing position adjusting method and printing system The present invention relates to a printing position adjusting method capable of performing dot adjustment value acquisition processing that can accommodate diversified user needs of recent years, and a printing system capable of achieving the adjusting method. The ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157342 | Liquid-jet device, image forming apparatus, and method for adjusting landing positions of liquid droplets A disclosed liquid-jet device includes a liquid-jet head configured to jet liquid droplets; a pattern formation control unit configured to control the liquid-jet head and thereby to form a test pattern composed of separate liquid droplets on a water-repellent part; ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157343 | Data processing method, data processing apparatus, mask generation method, and mask pattern The present invention provides a mask for divided printing that completes an image by plural scans using inks of different plural inks, the mask being able to suppress possible grains during printing to reduce image degradation resulting from beading. If for example... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152263 | Printer When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for whic... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147021 | Printer When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for whic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147020 | Ink-jet recording method An ink-jet recording method is provided. The ink-jet recording method includes (i) supplying an aqueous treatment liquid containing a fixing agent for fixing the components contained in an aqueous ink, on an art paper or a coat paper, in an amount of from −50% to ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136904 | Apparatus to control color registration and image density An apparatus to control color registration and image density and a method of calculating a color registration error. The apparatus includes registration marks formed on a transfer belt such that each of the registration marks includes a scan direction component and ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132880 | Liquid ejecting device and method of controlling liquid ejecting device A liquid ejecting device includes a nozzle group formed by aligning nozzles that eject a liquid, and a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquids from the nozzles based on ejection serial data that represents ejection or non-ejection of each nozzle of the nozzle group... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132882 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head having a common liquid channel; plural pressure chambers; plural nozzles; plural individual liquid channels, each individual liquid channel extending from the common liquid channel via associated pressure chamber to as... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132881 | Printing apparatus, and method and program for controlling printing apparatus A printing apparatus that measures a consumption of a colorant during printing, includes a shade level measuring unit that measures a print shade level on a print sheet, a range segment counting unit that counts the number of print sheets falling within each of a pl... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128185 | Universal inkjet printer device and methods A signal converter that may perform functions to enable a thermally based technology to be used with a piezo-electric printhead. The signal converter and piezo-electric printhead may optionally be used in conjunction with a chassis assembly having an adjustable vert... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118389 | Image recording device and image recording method An image recording device comprises: a recording head that has a plurality of recording elements; non-uniformity information acquiring unit that acquires non-uniformity information of each recording element by using a test pattern; non-uniformity correction coeffici... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118388 | Adjustment of misalignments of recording positions during bidirectional printing Misalignments of dot forming positions are adjusted by selectively using a position adjustment value for a used bi-directional print mode out of a plurality of position adjustment values that are respectively suitable for a plurality of bi-directional print modes in... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109591 | System and method for protecting a printer from an over-temperature condition in a printhead A method responds to an over-temperature condition in a printhead. The method includes generating a first electrical signal corresponding to a temperature in a printhead, monitoring the first electrical signal with a first electronic circuit to terminate delivery of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104857 | Method of calculating correction value, correction value calculating program, and liquid ejecting apparatus A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed by aligning dots in a direction intersecting a predetermined dir... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100496 | Signaling module, liquid container, recording apparatus, and control method An ink tank receives data signals from a printer and an LED provided on the ink tank is driven on the basis of the received data signals. The LED is driven in an inactive time period that is different from the time period in which the date signals are input to the i... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100494 | Method of printing and printing system A method of printing comprising: determining the position of ink marks on a medium resulting from the breakaway of secondary ink drops from primary ink drops; and positioning the primary ink drops on the medium using said determination. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100497 | Handheld image translation device Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a handheld image translation device are described herein. The handheld image translation device may include an image capture module to capture surface images of a medium and a positioning module to determine positioning informat... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100495 | Inkjet printhead Disclosed is a thermal inkjet printhead including at least one volume-changing body that can be used to maintain a flow resistance of ink that flows into an ink chamber substantially constant over an operating temperature range for the thermal inkjet printhead. The ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096633 | Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus An object of the invention is to provide a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus capable of determining a type of droplet to be ejected through each nozzle at an arbitrary ejection timing, with consideration of not only an influence of droplet ejections at preceding and... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091976 | Inkjet printing apparatus and method of predicting There are provided an inkjet printing apparatus and a method of predicting which can perform an accurate ink remaining amount detection. An inkjet printing apparatus is for performing printing onto a print medium by using a print head including an energy generating ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091975 | Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method One or more scans used to apply a specific ink are varied according to the overlapping conditions of the specific ink and a non-specific ink, and bias in the specific ink nozzle usage frequency and bias in the printing ratio among passes is suppressed. For this purp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087741 | Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liqu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087742 | Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liqu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079658 | Print density adjusting device, print density adjusting method and print density adjusting program A print density adjusting device of print image information includes a print image information acquirer configured to acquire the print image information. A forming information acquirer is configured to acquire forming information of a medium on which an inkjet prin... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070248 | Image forming apparatus and control method of the same An image forming apparatus performs an image forming operation by driving a ejecting element of a recording head with an ink ejecting drive voltage for ejecting ink, detects a temperature of ink to be flown into the recording head and a temperature of ink to be disc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070247 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and controlling method thereof There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a head unit in which a plurality of heads in each of which a plurality of nozzles are disposed in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium transport direction are provided in the direction perpendicular ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066345 | Method for setting up drive signal A method for setting up a condition for a drive signal in a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of linearly-arranged nozzles and driving elements provided for each of the nozzles, includes: calculating an average value or a median value of ejection rates ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057005 | Drop mass calibration method based on drop positional feedback A method of compensating for changes in drop mass of drop emitted by at least one ink jet of an ink jet imaging device is provided. The method comprises identifying a drop placement position on an image receiving member of an ink jet imaging device for at least one ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057006 | Fluid ejection device A fluid ejection device for use with a print system to eject fluid onto a substrate includes a fluid reservoir and an identifier associated with the fluid reservoir, wherein the identifier is fixed and specifies a nominal fluid ejection rate of fluid from the fluid ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052241 | Recording apparatus, recording data generating apparatus, program, and data structure A recording apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding a recording medium, recording heads arranged along a feeding direction and extending in a direction orthogonal to the feeding direction, and a control unit for controlling the recording heads, and including... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042900 | Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits on a recording medium a treatment liquid that insolubilizes or aggregates an ink; a recording head having nozzles which eject the ink; a non-uniformity correction amount stor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038246 | Liquid ejection control method and liquid ejection apparatus It is an object of the invention to achieve a liquid ejection control method and the like that allows the amount of consumed liquid to be reduced. The liquid ejection control method controls the ejection of liquid, from nozzles for ejecting liquid, onto a medium tha... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033628 | Signal processing of indicia for media identification A method of identifying a type of recording medium includes moving the recording medium relative to a sensor at a substantially uniform speed; processing a signal from the sensor to provide digitized data of the signal; identifying a plurality of peaks in the digiti... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033629 | Liquid jetting apparatus and control method for the same A liquid jetting apparatus to which a liquid container is attached, the container containing a liquid and having a first device, includes a processor, a first line, a second line, a controller and a connecting module. The processor executes a prescribed process in r... | 10/11/2011 |
