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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182059 | Image printing device an image printing device comprises a transfer roller configured to transfer a printing medium in a transfer direction, a first sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of the transfer roller, a carriage mounted with a printhead. The image printing device furthe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177317 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including a recording head, a feeding mechanism feeding a recording medium such that a second surface is opposed to the head, a first-area determining portion determining a first area, a second-area determining portion determining a seco... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177316 | Ink jet printing device A blower is disposed at least at backward side of printing moving direction of the head unit, out of two sides of the head unit. The blower has air nozzles for injecting compressed air perpendicularly to the printing plane, and the bottom of the blower is provided w... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167397 | Recording apparatus and recording method In the present invention, a conveying operation of a recording medium is controlled on the basis of a first correction value and a second correction value. The first correction value is used for correcting a conveying amount when the recording medium disengages from... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162428 | System and method for compensating runout errors in a moving web printing system A method compensates for runout errors in a web printing system. The method includes identifying runout error at a first roller driving a web of printable media, generating a runout compensation value corresponding to the identified runout error, identifying a veloc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162430 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a formation unit that forms an image on a first surface of a recording medium; a suction conveyance unit that conveys the recording medium to the formation unit while suctioning the recording medium onto a guide surface; a switch... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162429 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a formation unit that forms an image on a recording medium by inkjetting, a suction conveyance unit that conveys the recording medium to the formation unit while adhering the recording medium by suction onto a guide surface which ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162427 | Image forming apparatus and maintenance method The image forming apparatus includes: a recording medium conveyance device which includes air flow channels and a recording medium holding region on which a recording medium is held, a surface of the recording medium holding region having openings in connection with... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152264 | Inkjet printing apparatus An inkjet printing apparatus that can perform printing with a single printing speed even in a case of being connected with a post-processing apparatus having a different transport speed, and that can suppress increased apparatus costs. A discharge transport portion ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147023 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus including: a first motor configured to provide a drive force for rotating a roll member that is a wound medium; a second motor configured to provide a drive force for driving a transporting drive roller provided on a downstream side of the roll ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147022 | Recording system and recording method A recording system includes: a feeding device including a pair of rollers that cooperate with each other to nip a recording medium; a recording device which is configured to record an image on the recording medium; and a control device which is configured to control... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141974 | Rotary-member control apparatus A rotary-member control apparatus includes a rotary member that rotates while supporting an object on the outer curved surface of the member. A motor is supplied with current based on a current profile representing the magnitude pattern of current to rotate the rota... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132883 | Image forming apparatus and sheet transporting apparatus An inkjet-type image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to eject ink to form an image; a carriage where the recording head is provided, the carriage being configured to reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction; a trans... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132884 | Dual mode printer write heads A dual mode imaging device includes an input for supplying a recording medium to the printer. The recording medium can be erasable media and/or a non-erasable media. A carriage assembly within the imaging device includes guide rails, the carriage assembly reciprocal... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8079659 | Printing apparatus and conveying control method Provided are a printing apparatus and a conveying-error controlling method capable of printing a high-quality image by correction reflecting the conveying amount of a printing medium. A provided inkjet printing apparatus prints images by printing scans for actual pr... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070249 | Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method After a first scan in a forward direction, conveying corresponding to one nozzle block is performed, and then in a second scan in a backward direction, printing of a “printing area 1,” which is a unit area, is completed. Then after completion of printing ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070250 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a transport belt, a pressure device, a sheet detection device, an ejection/transport device, and a control device. The control device controls generating a first stop timing of the sheet transportation by the tra... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061798 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and printing system The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a movable head provided with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid; a carry unit for carrying a medium in a predetermined carrying direction; and a sensor for detecting an edge of the med... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061797 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus having a both-side printing function for ejecting ink to record images on a first face and a second face of a recording medium is provided. The image recording apparatus includes: a conveying unit which conveys the recording medium; a dr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042901 | Recording apparatus and method, and storage medium storing program for detecting position of recording portion A recording apparatus is provided. The recording component includes a plurality of recording portions arranged in a first direction and moves relatively to a recording medium at a speed V in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The reading compo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038248 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus according to an aspect of the invention comprises a first roller pair disposed downstream of a recording unit; a second roller pair disposed downstream of the first roller pair; an inversion guide portion that connects a downstream porti... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029083 | Recording medium detection method and label printer A recording medium detection method uses transmission and reflection photosensors to correctly detect if a recording medium having labels affixed to a liner is in the transportation path. The label printer 1 has a reflection photosensor 26 and a transm... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020957 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus, having a recording system with a nozzle surface, a platen installed in a position to face the nozzle surface to hold the recording medium with a clearance provided between the nozzle surface and a surface of the recording medium held by the pla... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020958 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a conveyor mechanism, a placer, a recording head, and a controller that controls the conveyor mechanism, the placer, and the recording head. The controller determines a desired speed, which is a desired value of a driving speed of a co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020959 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and control program for controlling a carriage upon conveyance failure An image forming apparatus, an image forming method, and a control program therefor. The apparatus includes an image processing control unit to process image information sent from an external device, a carriage to move in a main scanning direction according to a con... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002377 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a print head, an endless belt, a pressure roller, and a controller. The print head is configured to eject droplets of ink from multiple nozzles onto a recording sheet. The endless belt is stretched around at least first and second... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997676 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus configured to record images on front and back surfaces of a sheet, including: a head which ejects ink onto the sheet for recording; a sheet-supply roller which contacts the sheet so as to transfer the sheet for supplying to the head; a s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992954 | Image forming apparatus capable of increasing throughput of duplex printing An image forming apparatus operable in a duplex printing mode includes a liquid ejecting head, a conveyance member, a charger, and a controller. The liquid ejecting head ejects liquid droplets to respective first and second faces of a recording medium to form images... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984958 | Image-recording device In an image-recording device, a feeding roller feeds recording media one at a time from a media-accommodating unit along a conveying path. A pair of registration rollers is disposed on the conveying path and conveys the recording medium fed by the feeding roller to ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980649 | Apparatus and method of ink jet printing An apparatus and method of ink jet printing is provided that poor ejection less occurs even where making a printing on a printing medium ready to cause a paper powder, such as a fine art paper. An image is to be printed on a printing medium by performing a relative ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971952 | Image recording apparatus and recording medium conveyance method executed by image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus executes a recording process for a recording medium is fed from a feeding unit, or the recording medium for which the recording process has been executed and which is re-fed at least via a path switching unit after the recording process.... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971953 | Recording-medium-residual-quantity detecting device, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus A recording-medium-residual-quantity detecting device includes a first rotation-quantity detecting unit that detects a rotation quantity of a roll in which a recording medium is wound. A second rotation-quantity detecting unit detects a rotation quantity of a transp... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971954 | Recording apparatus and method of controlling recording apparatus A recording apparatus having a transporting unit to transport a target, a recording unit recording on the target transported, a fluid supply adjusting unit to switch an operation between supply and non-supply of fluid from a fluid supply source, a drive source for t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963624 | Sheet conveying apparatus, printing apparatus, correction information acquiring apparatus, printing system, method of conveying sheets and method of acquiring correction information Performed is conveying-error correction in accordance with the kind and the number of rollers that are actually involved in the conveying of a printing medium. Each of the rollers that are potentially involved in the conveying of the printing medium has a unique amo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959248 | Recording apparatus and method for controlling the recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium, a roller configured to convey the recording medium, a first signal generation unit configured to generate a first period signal according to a movement of the record... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959247 | Ink-jet printer device and ink-jet printing method An ink-jet printer has a print head that performs printing on a print medium transported in a print medium transport direction by scanning in a scanning direction intersecting the print medium transport direction. A platen supports the print medium while the print m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942491 | Serial recording apparatus and method of feeding recording medium Provided is a serial recording apparatus including: a feed unit which feeds a recording medium; a recording unit which performs recording with respect to the fed recording medium; a movement unit which moves the recording unit in order to performing recording; a tra... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934787 | Inkjet recording device capable of calibrating feeding amount of recording medium An amount of discrepancy between a theoretical paper feeding length and an actual paper feeding length is determined in advance, and a calibration value is determined based on the amount of discrepancy and stored in a ROM, for each of when a sheet of paper is fed wh... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934788 | Inkjet printing apparatus and control method for the apparatus A serial inkjet printing apparatus is capable of stably printing a preferable image, when a printing medium is released and conveyed from an upstream conveying unit, and when the printing medium is conveyed by only a downstream conveying unit. Specifically, the seri... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931347 | Transporting method and recording apparatus The invention is a transport method that transports a medium by causing a transport roller to rotate based on a corrected target transport amount, after correcting the target transport amount that is targeted based on a correction value and includes: printing a firs... | 04/26/2011 |
