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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186787 | Method and apparatus for printing on variable thickness print media A method for printing information on a print medium, such as a mailpiece, that includes determining a thickness of the medium while it is being transported toward a print head, such as an ink jet print head, causing the distance between the top surface of the medium... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186786 | Printer A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172350 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a recording section so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the recording section in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167393 | Printable electronic features on non-uniform substrate and processes for making same A system and process for compensating for non-uniform surfaces of a substrate when direct printing traces is provided. The system and process provided herein measures the surface of a substrate and can determine whether the surface is substantially flat, rises or fa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167394 | Image recording apparatus and calculation method An image recording apparatus, including: a platen which supports a sheet; a movable carriage disposed so as to face to the platen; a head mounted on the carriage to record an image on the sheet; an optical sensor mounted on the carriage and constituted by an emittin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162425 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus improves the operating efficiency while preventing trouble due to the contact of a recording medium with a discharging surface of a recording head. A distance sensor for detecting the distance of the leading edge of a sheet from a convey... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141970 | Method and device for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object A method for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object is disclosed. According to the method, the object to be decorated and a digital, contactless printing head are moved in relation to one another during the printing operation and the printing ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141971 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a recording section having a head holding member holding a plurality of head units ejecting ink, and a position adjusting mechanism including position adjusting members, each being provided for each head unit, for adjusting a po... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8118382 | Method for measuring a gap between an intermediate imaging member and a print head using thermal characteristics A method uses temperature measurements for a print head and an imaging member to identify a distance between a print head and an imaging member. The method determines whether the print head at the print position is too close to the imaging member to identify the gap... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109585 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction,... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8038240 | Adjustable docking pin A docking arrangement for establishing a gap between a first component and a second component comprises an adjustable spacer moveably positioned on the first component. The spacer defines a transverse channel and a cross pin extends through the transverse channel. T... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8025351 | Recording apparatus having carriage guide members for maintainig parallelism between a recording head and recording medium A recording apparatus includes guide rails that each control the posture of a carriage at an arbitrary recording position by being in contact with the carriage. The guide rails are disposed on respective sides of a guide shaft in a direction in which a recording med... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7980645 | Droplet applying apparatus, method for measuring gap of droplet ejecting section and method for adjusting gap of droplet ejecting section A droplet applying apparatus includes a base 11 having a mounting surface 11a on which a substrate 10 is to be mounted, beam members 41, 42 which are fitted to the base 11 so as to be movable relative to the base 11 i... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7950757 | Image recording apparatus In an image recording apparatus, there are oppositely arranged an image recording section capable of recording an image all over the recording width of a recording medium, and a platen section which holds the recording medium and which conveys the recording medium p... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946669 | Aligning apparatus An apparatus to align a substrate and a print head having a plurality of orifices so as to perform a printing operation by ejecting ink on the substrate comprises a camera unit provided between the substrate and the print head to photograph the plurality of orifices... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926892 | Method for measuring a gap between an intermediate imaging member and a print head using thermal characteristics A method uses temperature measurements for a print head and an imaging member to identify a distance between a print head and an imaging member and a heat transfer function. The method includes heating an imaging member to a predetermined imaging member temperature,... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918518 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a setting portion on which a recording medium is set; a feeder which feeds the recording medium from the setting portion in a feed direction; a recording head which ejects ink so that an image is recorded on the recording medi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7878610 | Information recording apparatus An information recording apparatus into which an information recording medium is loaded, in which a label can be printed on a label surface of the loaded information recording medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an information recording means positioned on ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866774 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with a recording device for printing a recording medium, a conveyance unit arranged below the recording device to face the recording device and adapted to convey the recording medium, and an elevator for moving the conveyance u... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866775 | Printing system, inkjet printer, and printing method A printing system includes an inkjet head and a decompressor. The inkjet head has nozzles to eject ink to a medium. The decompressor is configured to reduce pressure of at least an area between the medium and said nozzles of said inkjet head to a value lower than an... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7837287 | Segmented receiver table and throw distance calibration for a digital printer A receiver table (1) is provided for holding a receiver in a digital printer using a shuttle (2) carrying the printheads (3), e.g. an ink-jet printer, which is divided in small table segments (5) of which height and orientation can be adj... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837286 | Guide unit for positioning trays in edible ink printer An apparatus for printing a visual image on food items (20) has a printing station provided with a printer (12) connected to the computer and having software for directly printing the image on the exposed surface of the food item. The printing station ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828400 | Image forming apparatus having position detection mechanism In an image forming apparatus having a recording head including a plurality of nozzle arrays for ejecting each ink droplet per color for plural colors respectively onto a transported recording medium, a positioning mechanism of the image forming apparatus having a d... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810894 | Hybrid printing device A hybrid printer adapted to print onto roll-based print media and rigid print media is presented. The printer comprises a print head that is movable along at least one substantially horizontal scan axis; and drive means adapted to drive lifting means. The lifting me... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806494 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprises a recording head having nozzle holes formed on a nozzle surface which is placed opposite to a recording medium; a platen disposed opposite to the recording head; a cleaner for cleaning the nozzle surface of the recording head in prede... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806493 | Robot for large-format, three dimensional digital printing on a fixed surface and printing method involving at least one such robot The invention relates to a robot for large-format, three-dimensional printing on a fixed surface, using five powered spindles. The inventive robot comprises an inkjet printing block, means for moving and orienting said printing assembly along several axes, at least ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798587 | System and method for cross-process control of continuous web printing system A system and method for controlling the cross-process position of ink print heads including identifying a first roll error frequency related to a circumference of a first roll, identifying a first roll error phase with respect to a reference location along a process... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784891 | Image recording apparatus In an image recording apparatus, there are oppositely arranged an image recording section capable of recording an image all over the recording width of a recording medium, and a platen section which holds the recording medium and which conveys the recording medium p... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7758139 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and transport method A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head, a transport mechanism, a memory, and a controller. The head ejects a liquid. The transport mechanism transports a medium in a transport direction with respect to the head in accordance with a target transport amount that is ta... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748809 | Printing apparatus and printing method In the ink-jet printing apparatus, the influence of displacements of printing positions caused by the excessive conveyance of a printing medium to the resultant image when the rear end of the printing medium exits from a nip portion between the roller pair in a conv... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735946 | Apparatus and method for ink jet printing The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling temperature for the ink jet printing apparatus wherein the temperature of a print head, which may lower during printing, is controlled before printing without using any sub-hea... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731319 | Imaging head elevator Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for lifting an imaging head are disclosed. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717529 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including: a medium-convey belt; a recording head; an image sensor being movable together with the recording head and including an image-pickup element, an image-forming optical system, and a light-entering surface which is more distant ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703869 | Image forming devices An image forming device includes a recording head including a nozzle face, in which the recording head is configured to dispense ink onto a recording medium to form an image thereon. The device also includes a supporting member which faces the nozzle face and is con... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699419 | Spacing-sensing apparatus for use in a printing module of printer A spacing-sensing apparatus for use in a printing module of printer is disclosed. The spacing-sensing apparatus includes an oscillating device pivotally disposed on the frame of printing module, wherein the oscillating device has a swing body designed to be rotatabl... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699418 | Liquid jetting apparatus and liquid jetting method A liquid jetting apparatus and a liquid jetting method are achieved that can prevent unexpected landing position displacement relating to satellite droplets. For example, the liquid jetting apparatus includes a head in which a nozzle row constituted by a plurality o... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699417 | Image recording unit and image recording apparatus A recording unit according to the present invention includes a holding member, a recording element held on the holding member, an ink supply section held on the holding member, and a guiding portion provided in the holding member. The guiding portion guides a record... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7681969 | Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus for discharging a medium on which liquid is ejected by a discharge roller after ejecting liquid on the medium by a liquid ejection head includes a medium pressing roller for controlling floatation of the medium between the liquid ejection... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677683 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction,... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7661780 | Tuning apparatus for a printhead A tuning element having a second inclined plane interacts with a pushing element having a first inclined plane to accomplish adjusting the position of a printhead. The tuning element rotates relative to a printhead carrier and produces displacement in a second direc... | 02/16/2010 |
