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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159725 | Printing plate registration A method of forming an image on recording media includes providing a rotatable imaging drum adapted for supporting the recording media; providing an imaging head adapted for forming the image on the supported recording media; providing an encoder adapted for detecti... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8134752 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a determining section for determining if a value indicative of a size of the background portion in the background pattern is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and a background pattern correcting section which corrects ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8009330 | Method for imaging flexographic plates A method for reducing waste in imaging of flexographic plates comprises the steps of: receiving an electronic art file (10); displaying the file on a computer display; selecting a set of polygonal areas (11, 12) from the displayed file in response to c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7920297 | System and method for printing using variable-density white ink under-printed layer Techniques for generated variable density mono-color under-print layer(s) for printing underneath an image on a substrate to improve the appearance of the printed image. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7898698 | Method and device for creating print data, program for creating print data, and computer-readable recording medium containing the program There are provided a method and a device for creating print data, a program for creating print data, and a recording medium capable of accurately adjusting the position of the print image of pre-printing with the print image of post-printing when performing CTP prin... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889396 | Engraving method for a laser engraver In an engraving method for a laser engraver, an engraving apparatus of the laser engraver performs an engraving for data of a transversal engraving line and then engraves for data of a transversal engraving line in a jumping mode to improve a banding phenomenon and ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7715058 | System and method for improved engraving of gravure cylinders by adjusting engraving signal responsive to movement of shoe position An engraver having a shoe sensor system for sensing a movement of the shoe and for adjusting an engraving signal in response thereto. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710611 | Single and multi-spectral illumination system and method A stencil printer apparatus for depositing a solder paste onto the surface of the electronic substrate, comprising a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, the stencil having a plurality of apertures, a dispenser coupled to the frame, the stencil and the dispenser b... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7626732 | Inspection of a printing cylinder The disclosure relates generally to the field of printing. More specifically, the disclosure relates to an inspecting process for a printing cylinder. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7554700 | Apparatus, method and program for carrying out embossed printing processing An embossed printing processing apparatus for carrying out embossed printing by converting attribute values that are extracted from non-embossed image data into height data to create embossed image data, and transmitting the non-embossed image data and the created e... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7483177 | Print processing system, print processing method, print processing program, printer device, printing instruction device A printing instruction device which generates a print job of document information as an object to be printed and sends it to a printer device, includes an embossed printing instruction unit that instructs embossed print setting including an object to be embossed-pri... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7450272 | Method and system for printing management A method and a system for printing management, with the intension of appropriate color management performed in a newspaper print site in which a number of newspaper rotary presses of two or more types are provided, obtain image data representing each page edited in ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7409907 | Stencil printing machine with a plurality of drum units and method of controlling the same A controller reads out image data of an area frame that a user has drawn on an original and accurately extracts the area frame by removing noise from the read-out image data to divide image data of an area outside the area frame and image data of an area inside the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403725 | Imaging drum driving methods and apparatus providing automated setting of control parameters In a drum based imaging system where it may be necessary to change the drum to accommodate different imaging media sizes there is a need to adapt the drum rotational drive system to control the new drum load. An automated process for updating the control parameters ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394564 | Printing machine with a control unit that displays a plurality of key operation switches to control ink keys In an initial state, a key control switch for adjusting opening degrees of ink keys and a display changeover switch are displayed on a display screen of a touch sensitive control panel. The key control switch is a collection of key control switches individually arra... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375858 | Image data control apparatus and method for image-recording device Ablation data of a region other than an image region, which ablation data is required for a positive-type printing plate, is added at a printing plate automatic exposure device side. Thus, a disadvantage of a time duration for transmission of job data from a PC bein... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7315968 | Phase error determination method and digital phase-locked loop system In a digital PLL system, instead of measuring a binarized playback RF signal with a high frequency clock, pulse-length data is generated by using N phase clocks (for example, 16 phase clocks). The pulse-length data is then counted with a virtual channel clock so as ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7284937 | Machining apparatus A pulse generation means that generates a pulse each time an XY movable member moves linearly by a certain amount relative to a base is provided. A workpiece and a light and dark pattern member are provided on the base. A tool, a light and dark pattern scanning sens... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280248 | Printer driver for setting stencil printing machine printing condition items and the like In the disclosed invention, when watermark print is set during printing, the printer driver makes a secret operation setting for holding the secret of print data accordingly, and transmits this print data to the stencil printing machine. Therefore, even if the print... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274464 | Position measuring device A position measuring device for detecting the spatial position of a movable element in relation to a base body, the device including a linear measuring device that measures a distance between a movable element and a base body and an angle-measuring apparatus that me... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7239420 | Corresponding lenticular imaging Disclosed herein is a method of making a corresponding lenticular image comprising: providing an output device in communication with a computer having a memory; receiving into the computer memory an interlaced image file; converting the interlaced image file into an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224490 | Method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier in a rotary printing press A method of producing a printing plate on a cylindrical printing-plate carrier includes subdividing the printing-plate carrier by computation in terms of its width and axial length into at least two circumferential subareas. Then an actual transfer characteristic cu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212688 | Computer program and method for converting an image to machine control data A method of transferring a representation of an image to a surface (12) of a building (14). The method comprising receiving the image as an image file, converting the image file to a raster file comprising a series of dots, scaling the raster file to t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7165492 | Method and apparatus to clamp and release flexible plates onto an imaging cylinder A clamping device, a cylinder including a clamping device, and a method for clamping a plate onto the outer surface of the cylinder. The clamping device includes a base body extending in the axial direction and fixed to, or incorporated into the cylinder. The clampi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158265 | Method of calibrating an engraving machine A method of calibrating a gravure engraving machine includes the steps of providing an engraving signal to the engraving machine to cause production of a cell, measuring the volume of the cell, comparing the measured cell value to a predetermined cell volume and adj... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154525 | Method and device for focus adjustment of optical writing unit and image forming apparatus incorporating the focus adjustment device Focus adjustment of an optical writing unit is performed based on an image of a test pattern formed on a paper sheet. The pattern includes bars of density levels associated with adjustment quantity information indicating numerical values corresponding to the numbers... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146850 | Roll contour measuring apparatus and method A non-contact apparatus and method for precision measurement of the surface characteristics of work rolls which are used in the manufacture of sheet steel and other sheet metal products. The apparatus and method can be used to accurately measure the parameters of cr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136185 | Corresponding lenticular imaging Disclosed herein is a method of making a corresponding lenticular image comprising: providing an output device in communication with a computer having a memory; receiving into the computer memory an interlaced image file; converting the interlaced image file into an... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126619 | System and method for direct laser engraving of images onto a printing substrate An optical scanning system and method for laser engraving a plurality of data subrasters into a substrate to form a raster of engraved data defining an image on the substrate. Each subraster has a length dimension and a width dimension. The system includes a transpo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126723 | Producing engraving-style halftone images An image processing scheme that applies engraving-style effects to an image is described. In one embodiment, an initial line pattern is warped to produce a warped line pattern, and an original image is mapped onto the warped line pattern to produce an engraving-styl... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7107694 | Method for observation of microstructural surface features in heterogeneous materials A method for forming a topographical image of the heterogeneous variations in a surface of a material has a first machining step and a second scanning step. The preferred machining step uses a preselected scribing tool to scribe a plurality of adjacent grooves in a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102795 | Method for engraving printing cylinders In a method and apparatus for engraving printing cylinders in an electronic engraving machine, an engraving control signal is formed from an image signal that represents tonal values of cups to be engraved and from a periodic raster signal for generating a printing ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102794 | Method for engraving printing cylinders In a method and apparatus for engraving printing cylinders in an electronic engraving machine, an engraving control signal is formed from an image signal, which represents the tonal values of the cups to be engraved, and from a raster signal for generating a printin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7085018 | Method for engraving printing cylinders In a method for engraving printing cylinders in an electronic engraving machine, printing densities are matched in individual engraving lanes by engraving cups in the printing lanes with which the prescribed characteristic rated printing densities are to be achieved... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076109 | System and method of automatically determining the dominant periodicity in sequential binary data A system and associated method automatically and very rapidly determine the dominant periodicity in sequential binary data. The method incorporates a fast binary autocorrelation function used to discover the dominant periodicity in a sequential binary signal, and ex... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065238 | Defect inspection method and defect inspection equipment Transforming optical images of a portion including a normal conductor pattern having a surface roughness, a portion subjected to an inspection, and a reference portion to images of electric charges and picking up these as electric signals by an image pick-up device,... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7031027 | Method and apparatus for setting the idle distance of an engraving stylus from the cylinder surface of a rotogravure printing cylinder An idle distance of an engraving stylus for engraving a rotogravure printing cylinder is set from the cylinder surface of the rotogravure printing cylinder by use of a sliding element that is provided for the guidance of the engraving stylus connected to the sliding... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019272 | Wall mounted microwave oven having an exhaust ventilation system A wall mounted type microwave oven having an external enclosure including a bottom closure wall which includes a suction opening and a top vent opening and an oven cavity which is supported within the external enclosure. The oven cavity has a rearwardly stepped port... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6985261 | Method and apparatus for seamless imaging of sleeves as used in flexography An external drum laser imagesetter providing one or more imaging beams. The drum is rotated in a fast scan direction and the one or more beams are modulated while the beams are moved in a slow scan direction. In one embodiment, the imaging beams are deflected in a s... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985264 | Method for calibrating an engraving amplifier In a method for calibrating an engraving amplifier in an electronic engraving machine, whereby a vibration signal is used to control the engraving of an engraving element by using engraving tone values representing desired tone values ranging from “light” to “... | 01/10/2006 |
