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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414764 | Duplex/simplex automatic sheet feeder A duplex/simplex automatic sheet feeder includes a sheet input tray, a sheet output tray, a first sheet-feeding path, a temporary storage region, a first sheet-feeding mechanism, a second sheet-feeding path and a second sheet-feeding mechanism. The temporary storage... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7356267 | Jam removing method and printer using toner save mode A jam removing method and printer using toner a save mode includes detecting a paper jam on a printing route, confirming whether a dot count value of a corresponding image exceeds a preset boundary value, and converting a printing mode into the toner save mode when ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331647 | Image recording apparatus and image recording method for the image recording apparatus image An apparatus and method for printing images on both sides of a recording medium. The timing of starting conveying the next recording medium is determined from a schedule that satisfies three conditions. The first condition a leading end of the next medium reaches a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314129 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes two tension rollers; a conveyor belt movably supported at the two tension rollers; a plurality of transfer parts that are arranged on the back surface side of the conveyor belt and between the two tension rollers, that contact on... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7205561 | Media sensor apparatus using a two component media sensor for media absence detection An imaging apparatus includes a media support surface. A light source and a light detector are positioned in relation to a reflective surface such that when a sheet of print media covers the reflective surface, a reflected specular light component of a light beam is... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200352 | Developing apparatus, developing method, image forming apparatus, image forming method and cartridge thereof A developing device including a latent image supporter. Powder is adhered on the latent image supporter to develop a latent image on the latent image supporter and a transporting member is arranged opposite to the latent image supporter. A plurality of electrodes ar... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7158254 | Print-job, PDL/RIP-independent data-management method and system A data management method and system for expediting the flow and handling of print data from a creation source to one or more printers. Data in a stream is examined in light of assessed available and capable printers, and is block boundaried accordingly to divide the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145685 | Method and apparatus for electronic collation A method and apparatus facilitate printing N collated copies of a document on a printer, where N is an integer greater than one. The method detetermines whether the printer has sufficient capacity to print N collated copies of the document. If the printer has insuff... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7123372 | Image forming apparatus administration system An image forming apparatus administration system is provided which includes an image forming apparatus, which is located in a first local network and connected to the Internet through a first firewall server, an administration computer, which is located in a second ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110148 | Duplex image reading apparatus A duplex image reading apparatus has a transportation path for transporting a sheet original to a reading region by an original transporting device, and first and second reading devices placed corresponding to respective transportation sides of the sheet original in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093831 | Media path modules A media transport array for forming sequential media streams feeding a media processing system in which serial flows, parallel flows, or both are desired are structured from standard, batch fabricatable media path modules. Each media path module includes a frame uni... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092074 | Paper feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same Sheets of recording paper are stacked and put on a push-up plate, and the uppermost recording paper is moved by pickup rollers and is separated by separation pawls. The separated recording paper is further moved by the pickup rollers so as to be carried out to the c... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7068959 | Fuser oil contamination prevention and clean-up method Preventing the imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus having a plurality of imaging modules in tandem relative to a receiver transport belt moveable along a transport path from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil. A substan... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061637 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively collating a stack of single-/double-sided recording sheets in a desired ejection tray An image forming apparatus includes first and second image carrying members, ejection trays, and a sheet transferring mechanism. The first image carrying member carries images in increasing order of corresponding sheet numbers. The second image carrying member carri... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049620 | Media type sensing method for an imaging apparatus A method of correcting for sensitivity variation of media sensors includes determining a first signal level corresponding to a first calibration media having a first glossiness; determining a second signal level corresponding to a second calibration media having a s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050145 | Device for copying both sides of an object in a single pass using an office copier A device for use with a copier to make copies of both sides of a document or other objects in a single pass. The device is configured to rest on a copier platen without being attached to the platen and without deriving power from the copier. A document holder in the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039354 | Printer including recover printing control unit A printer includes a transport path, a processing unit, a plurality of transport abnormality detection, a transport page state judgment unit, and a recovery printing control unit. A paper is continuously transported along the transport path. The transport path is di... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7023568 | Image processing apparatus and method and program storage medium An image processing apparatus for outputting a page image corresponding to print data inputted from an external source has an analyzer for analyzing the print data at the time of outputting the first copy and generating a page image, an image spooler for holding the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024142 | Developing apparatus, developing method, image forming apparatus, image forming method and cartridge thereof A developing device including a latent image supporter. Powder is adhered on the latent image supporter to develop a latent image on the latent image supporter and a transporting member is arranged opposite to the latent image supporter. A plurality of electrodes ar... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000915 | Sheet conveying apparatus and original document processing apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus has a conveyor for conveying a sheet to a prescribed position, a pair of reverse-discharge rotating members capable of rotating forward and reverse for feeding the sheet to the conveyor by switchback and an electricity removal unit for re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6862428 | Printer with sheet reversal mechanism In a printer provided with a sheet reversing mechanism, and which can perform printing on both faces of a sheet by a common print head, reduction of the number of parts, prevention of a transport failure, and the like are realized by reversing the sheet while the sh... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6583849 | Apparatus for exposure of photo-curing resin applied to printed circuit board In exposing a photocurable resin to light, the light is irradiated on the photocurable resin while a base material to which the photocurable resin is applied is immersed in a liquid. An apparatus for carrying out the exposure includes an exposure tank in ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6529259 | Sheet supply device with quick reverse function and sheet process method A sheet supply device is formed of a sheet supply stacker, a supply path for guiding a sheet stacked on the sheet supply stacker, a sheet process portion situated in the supply path, and a switch-back path positioned on a downstream side of the sheet proc... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6493060 | Duplexing in automatic document feeder utilizing a path shorter than the length of the document to be duplexed The footprint of a document scanning unit such as a copier, facsimile machine or document scanner or combinations thereof is reduced by causing overlap of the leading and trailing edges of long document sheets to be scanned in the document delivery roller... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6437850 | Method and device for exposing both sides of a sheet A method is described for exposing both sides of a light sensitive sheet such as a printed circuit board panel according to imaging data. The method uses a device that has an optical system for scanning the sensitive sheet by one or more beams. The optica... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6396563 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus comprises mask support portions, which support photo masks each having an exposure pattern thereon for movement between an exposure position in which the masks are in contact with a to-be-exposed object and a separate position in whi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396561 | Method and device for exposing both sides of a sheet A device is described for exposing both sides of a light sensitive sheet such as a printed circuit board panel according to imaging data. The device comprises an optical system for scanning the sensitive sheet by one or more beams. The optical system scan... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6350072 | Printer with plural mode integral module for document handling print output and print duplex inversion In a printer with a print engine having simplex and duplex sheet printing functions, and simplex and duplex sheet feeding paths, and at least one sheet output path, a plural function module is mounted on top of the print engine. This plural function modul... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6333774 | Method and system for printing a pair of images on opposite sides of a sheet There is disclosed a printing method and a printing system for printing a pair of images on both sides of a recording sheet. When printing a first image on a first side of a recording sheet, a printer records directional marks records on the recording she... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6332068 | Print recording apparatus having modular autoduplex mechanism A modular duplex media handling system is installable for use with a print recording system having a simplex media handling system. During first side printing a media sheet is fed along a first media path in the simplex system from feed rollers to meterin... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6323939 | Image forming apparatus with a re-feeding path for duplex copying having waiting position therein An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes two deck cases (sheet stacking means) arranged side by side and disposed below a re-feed path for re-feeding a sheet having a first surface on which an image was formed. In the present... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6323936 | Machine for exposing a panel to laser radiation The invention relates to a machine for exposing a panel to laser radiation, said panel having a working length L in a first direction Y, and being subdivided into N successive segments. The machine has a fixed structure; a horizontal panel support that is... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6307614 | Duplexing in automatic document feeder utilizing a path shorter than the length of the document to be duplexed The footprint of a document scanning unit such as a copier, facsimile machine or document scanner or combinations thereof is reduced by causing overlap of the leading and trailing edges of long document sheets to be scanned in the document delivery roller... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6290410 | Modular autoduplex mechanism with simple linkage A modular duplex media handling system used in conjunction with a simplex media handling print recording apparatus, includes a drive roller having a simple gear linkage. The simple gear linkage provides a fixed rotational relationship between the drive ro... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6288768 | Image reading device with movable sheet guide An image reading device capable of reading images on the both surfaces of a document in order while moving the document at a prescribed speed includes a platen for reading the document moving at the prescribed speed, a reversible transferring device for m... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6281963 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image on both of a first side and a second side which are the right side and the back side of recording material, which comprises an image carrier on the surface of which a toner image is formed, a transfer member... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6249334 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a recording material accommodating device for accommodating recording materials; an image forming device for forming an image on the recording material; a conveyance section for conveying the recording material fed fro... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6222606 | Duplex imaging apparatus Premising a duplex imaging apparatus having an image carrier provided with a plurality of image carrying regions, the image deterioration phenomenon (i.e., the so-called "oil ghost phenomenon"), as might otherwise accompany the local transfer of a releasi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6195151 | Media handling system for duplex printing A media sheet handling system for duplex printing is disclosed. During duplex printing, the media sheet whose first side is printed is directed into a duplex print path, wherein the media sheet is reversed to a flipped over state with respect to its origi... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6177977 | Image forming apparatus and controlling method thereof In a one-face mode, a first sheet discharge portion arranged on an upper face of an apparatus body, or a second sheet discharge portion arranged in the apparatus body so as to be freely opened and closed is opened, and a sheet forming an image on one surf... | 01/23/2001 |
