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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7636100 | Image forming apparatus A structure for a transport path for a recording material within a transfer portion varies between a margin-less print mode and a normal print mode. A necessity of cleaning of a transfer member also varies between both modes. Thus, provided is an image forming appar... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7436379 | Reversible image display medium Disclosed is a reversible image display medium which can be repeatedly used and can display high quality images, in which cells between the two substrates accommodate a dry developer containing at least two kinds of frictionally chargeable dry developing particles h... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426062 | Signal output apparatus, image forming apparatus and information output apparatus A signal output apparatus comprises an impact applying unit applying an impact to a sheet from the outside thereof, and a detection unit outputting a signal by the impact. An apparatus for determining the type of sheet comprises an impact applying unit applying an i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415239 | Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus having the same A conveying apparatus which synchronously conveys a conveyed object includes a first conveyance roller disposed at a downstream side of a conveyance path for conveyance of the conveyed object and a second conveyance roller disposed at an upstream side of the conveya... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7355763 | Image scanning apparatus, method and business machine using the same Scanning errors and document feed errors are prevented by pressing originals, including thin originals and thick originals of greatly different thicknesses, to the scanning surface (1a) of an image sensor (1) with pressure appropriate for the re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333748 | Detachably attached recording medium supplying apparatus with laterally attached conveying part and image forming apparatus A recording medium supplying apparatus includes a recording medium holding part that holds recording media, and a recording medium conveying part that conveys a recording medium from the recording medium holding part. Herein, the recording medium holding part is dis... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312807 | Device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum The invention relates to a device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum, said drum comprising a surface on which a print media is wrapped for printing thereon, wherein said device comprises at least one holder which comprises an abutment p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7245844 | Printing system A printing system includes first and second marking engines. First and second fusers are associated with the marking engines, respectively. The printing system has a first mode of operation in which print media is fused by both fusers and a second mode of operation ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227650 | Output handling of printed media A printing system includes a printer and a first accessory device coupled to receive printed pages from the printer. The first accessory device contains a straight-through paper path and a reversing paper path. The straight-through paper path maintains the printed p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225445 | Execution control apparatus with key pad that enables selection of jobs to be run Various settings are stored into a setting storage table for stop-key processing. These settings are related to a job kind where an operation is stopped by manipulating a stop key, a job kind where an operation is made to pause, and a job kind where an operation is ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216864 | Paper supply cassette for an image forming device A paper supply cassette includes a separately formed case, accommodating unit cover, and handle part. A separating mechanism for separating and conveying paper stacked in the case one sheet at a time is supported in a support unit provided on the front side surface ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7199811 | Image recording media and image recording method An image recording sheet used in electrophotographic imaging which comprises a paper sheet substrate coated with an image recording layer that takes on a probe penetration depth of 0.33 μm or greater for a change in prove temperature from 50° to 150° C. when meas... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182427 | Cut-processing apparatus, cut-processing method in cut-processing apparatus, and program A cut-processing apparatus generates tool move control data to reciprocate the tool, and sheet feed control data to feed the sheet; stores an amount of tool move loss due to backlash in the carriage gear train occurring at tool move direction shift, and an amount of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176951 | Recording material supply device and image forming apparatus A photographic printer removably holds a magazine for containing a roll of photographic paper is provided. The photographic paper is advanced and supplied to a transporting path. A large-width loading support is loaded with a large-width magazine removably. A small-... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165766 | Sheet feeding cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding cassette is configured so as to be able to be attached to and removed from an image forming apparatus main body having an image forming section and is equipped with a box-shaped accommodation portion capable of accommodating a plurality of sheets. A ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136616 | Parallel printing architecture using image marking engine modules An integrated printing system is provided and includes at least two generally vertically aligned image marking engines and at least two generally horizontally aligned image marking engines. The printing system further includes at least one generally horizontal inter... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104624 | Fire pulses in a fluid ejection device An fluid ejection device includes nozzles and includes firing resistors which correspond to the nozzles. Each firing resistor and corresponding nozzle are located in zones on the fluid ejection device where each zone has at least one firing resistor and correspondin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7048821 | Process for manufacturing a transport belt A transport belt comprising a base member layer formed of a film comprised of a thermoplastic material and wound in the shape of a belt, and a plurality of electrodes arranged at given intervals in the shape of comb teeth on the outer periphery or inner periphery of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7015401 | Image processing system with handwriting input function and the method for forming the same A digital system for mixing handwriting with an image is provided. The handwriting data is transmitted into the microprocessor of the image processing system, and then the microprocessor marks handwriting with a specific color and superimposes it on the image accord... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979480 | Porous inkjet receptor media Improved macroporous ink receptor media are disclosed. An inkjet receptive media in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a web comprising a plurality of fibers and a coating overlaying at least a portion of a plurality of the fibers. In ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6965467 | Particles for display device, image display medium using the same, and image forming device Provided are particles for use in a display device, in which particles cohesive force between the particles and a specific gravity are reduced, and an image display medium which can ensure a stable display image over a long period of time, and an image forming devic... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961118 | Continuous paper feed system A paper handler, in combination with a printer comprising, a paper inlet into that which paper enters the paper handler; where the paper has leading edge. The paper handler further comprises a paper exit where paper exits the paper handler and travels from the paper... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6930293 | Induction heating apparatus, heat fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus An induction heating apparatus for a fixing device of an image forming apparatus includes a rectifying circuit for rectifying a commercial power supply, an excitation coil, a switching element for switching the supply of the output of the rectifying circuit to the e... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922204 | Image display medium and image recording apparatus The invention provides an image display medium comprising: a first transparent substrate disposed on an observation side; a second substrate disposed on a further side from the observation side than the first substrate; and a display layer formed between the first s... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905742 | Polypropylene card construction An image retaining card is disclosed. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention may be utilized as an identification card, a driver's license, a passport, and the like. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention comprises... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6900789 | Reversible image display medium Disclosed is a reversible image display medium which can be repeatedly used and can display high quality images, in which cells between the two substrates accommodate a dry developer containing at least two kinds of frictionally chargeable dry developing particles h... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6874419 | Providing customized text and imagery on organic products The present invention features various systems and methods for providing an image on an organic product to provide a communication to the recipient or otherwise individualize the organic product. Notably, the present invention features an organic product printing sy... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871949 | Recording apparatus The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording with a recording section including a feeding section for separately feeding recording paper sheet by sheet and a conveyance route extending substantially straight for conveying a recording medium h... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871946 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus effects recording on a recording material by a recorder. The apparatus includes a tray, mountable to the recording apparatus, for stacking a recording material, a portion to be detected, provided on the tray to permit detection of a position of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6760051 | Image forming apparatus with switching elements An image forming apparatus is provided, with which it is possible to reduce the overall size of an apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member including a plurality of switching elements that are arranged in a moving direction and a gener... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6707479 | Apparatus and methods of printing on an electrically writable medium Apparatus and methods of printing on an electrically writable medium are disclosed. In one aspect, a printer for printing on an electrically writable medium includes a print head and a biasing system. The print head has multiple solenoid-actuated print wires that ar... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6654133 | Recording apparatus The present invention relates to a recording apparatus which has a positioning means for manual sheet feeding for aligning a sheet feeding position, and a positioning means for auto sheet feeding provided on an auto sheet feeder for aligning the sheet fee... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6612569 | Printing unit with a holding device adjustable into the interior of a transport device A printing unit includes a rotatably mounted transport device for transporting a print carrier sheet in which the transport device is equipped with a holding device for holding a print carrier sheet. The printing unit includes a NIP printing head aligned ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6574013 | Facsimile machine with paper sensor for stacker A facsimile machine has a stacker to which printed pages are delivered, and a paper sensor that senses whether the stacker is empty. The facsimile machine clears an internal page count to zero when the stacker is empty, increments the page count as each p... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6574005 | Image forming apparatus Toner and paper powder adhering to and carried by the image non-forming surface of a paper sheet in a developing unit are prevented from fixedly transferring and adhering to the inner wall of the developing unit and the inner wall of the paper sheet intro... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6536346 | Process and apparatus for decorating articles In a process and apparatus for decorating an article, printing ink or electrostatic charges is or are applied in dependence on a digital program in dot form to the article carried by a holder, with individual dots going together to at least form a partial... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6483603 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the present invention continuously conveys a first and a second document set on an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) and having a reference image size to a document reading unit. When the document reading unit reads the first a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6473107 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus comprising a latent image carrier and a writing means having a plurality of writing electrodes which are aligned in the axial direction of the latent image carrier and arranged in contact with or proximity to the latent image... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471351 | Ink jet recording apparatus and recording method therefor An ink jet recording apparatus, which records a image on a recording medium using a recording head provided with a plurality of ink discharge ports, includes a rotative platen having a plurality of supporting pieces arranged at predetermined intervals; a ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6428162 | Method and device for feeding recording sheet A recording sheet is sequentially fed by the transfer roller pairs, first and second feeding roller pairs and a belt conveyor. The feeding speed V1 of the transfer roller pairs including variation is set to be slower than the feeding speed V2 of the feedi... | 08/06/2002 |
