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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185037 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including the same A sheet feeding device including a sheet feed cassette. The sheet feed cassette includes a tray extendable and contractible in a direction of sheet feed; a guide member having a long groove provided on a bottom plate of the sheet feed cassette in the direction of sh... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8095062 | Media width sensors containing axially spaced paddles and method of using the media width sensor The present application is directed to sensors and methods of use to determine a width of a media sheet moving along a media path. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a shaft that extends at least partially across the media path. First and second paddles may exte... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8064816 | Printer including a fuser assembly with backup member temperature sensor A printer is provided, including a substrate transport apparatus for moving substrates along a substrate path; a media sensor actuated by mid-width and full substrates but not by narrow width substrates; and a fuser assembly including a belt, a heater to heat the be... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7957687 | Image forming apparatus and conveyance malfunction decision method Preventing a paper jam as much as possible when actual paper size differs from designated paper size with increasing throughput by starting conveyance of a second sheet before detecting the length of a first sheet. Unless a register sensor has detected the rear edge... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7907886 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an image forming section; a sheet feed section having a sheet cassette that accommodates a recording sheet and can be drawn out and loaded to the main body; and a sheet misalignment preventing mechanism that ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885597 | Scanning a media stack An apparatus includes a tray, a sensor, and a transport mechanism. The tray holds a media stack. The transport mechanism moves the tray past the sensor to scan a side of the media stack. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877055 | Paper type determination device A paper type determination device of the invention drives plural light emitting points different from one another and having sequentially increasing distances from a reference point to emit light in such a manner that each is identified for irradiating one surface o... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7856202 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program for improving the interest of the user in environmental resource exhaustion An image forming apparatus is provided that can improve the interest of the user in the ecology. The apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, a printing portion that prints onto a recording sheet an image indicated by the image data inputted... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7778589 | Method and apparatus for sheet handling in an imaging device A method and apparatus for adjusting the print area by positioning a sheet in an imaging device utilizing length data from a prior sheet. A first sheet length is measured and thereafter utilized to determine the print zone for a subsequent sheet. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7742736 | Sheet size detecting apparatus A sheet size detecting apparatus having a first arm moved by a moving sheet contacting therewith, a second arm moved by the moving sheet contacting therewith, the second arm being disposed at a location differing from that of the first arm in a direction orthogonal ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7650108 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for use with a transfer sheet includes: a sheet feeding unit structured to feed the transfer sheet; a color detection sensor structured to detect color information on the transfer sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit; a recognition sectio... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7577393 | Image forming apparatus and program for controlling an image forming apparatus There is described an image forming apparatus comprising a tray that outputs information by which various kinds of fixed form sized of recording mediums can be discriminated and a controller to acquire a approximate size of a recording medium having an unfixed form ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7480482 | Printing device capable of increasing a printing speed In a printing device capable of increasing a printing speed, a sheet-feeding mechanism selectively feeds to-be-printed sheets placed in a longitudinal tray and a transversal tray. A memory stores a transversal maximum printing dimension corresponding to a printing u... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7466957 | Image forming unit, a writing unit, and a control unit that controls the image forming unit based on the writing unit An image forming device has an image forming unit adapted to execute image formation on a recording medium, a writing unit adapted to be able to execute at least information writing in a non-contact manner to a non-contact IC chip added to the recording medium, and ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7444110 | Determining a media feature A method for determining a media feature includes directing light toward a media path and a reflector. The reflector converges the light on a light detector. Intensity data is collected from the light detector and analyzed to determine the media feature. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444111 | Apparatus for forming images, method of managing loading of paper feed cassette in image forming apparatus, and copying machine An image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine is provided. In the device, a predetermined period of time is measured from when an operator has specified a desired size of paper through an operation panel. A duration is measured, during which a paper feed cas... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433645 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus determining a paper feed source having a possibility of feeding paper sheets in executing a printing job in accordance with contents of the printing job and detecting characteristics of a paper sheet fed from the paper feed source for exec... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433614 | Imaging forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a printer engine which forms an image on a medium; a unit which supplies the medium to the engine through a path; an element which emits light onto the medium at a position on the path; a receiving element which receives transmitted li... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7403722 | Integrated media and media tray sensing in an image forming device An image forming device determines a plurality of conditions in the device. In one embodiment, a signal source positioned downstream from a media input tray emits a signal. The signal reflects off of a reflective member and is received by a detector. Based on the am... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391980 | Image forming apparatus includes a fixation device control based on a sheet-type when a jam occurs An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image formation portion for forming a toner image on a sheet, and a fixation device for fixing the toner image formed by the image formation portion on the sheet. When a sheet jam occurs, it is controll... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382992 | Sheet material identification apparatus and image forming apparatus therewith The sheet material identification apparatus, includes a sensor adapted to bring a probe having a built-in piezoelectric element into contact with a surface of sheet material being conveyed, and thereby to generate electric detection signals corresponding with irregu... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376381 | Method and apparatus for printing image replacement documents A high performance printing system includes a paper tray for holding the blank paper prior to printing. The printer engine demands that the paper size be selected from a limited set of allowable paper sizes. A paper guide mechanism installed in the paper tray has a ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7359670 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, when a general user pulls a paper tray out of the image forming apparatus, changes used paper with another paper having different paper quality to insert the paper tray into the image forming apparatus and operates a touch panel to cha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338042 | Sheet supplying apparatus The uppermost original of a bundle of originals placed on a stacking tray is photographed by an area sensor, and on the basis of chroma saturation information of image information thus obtained, whether the original to be separated is a color original is discriminat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336912 | Image forming apparatus equipped with an operation section to input an image forming condition An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a composite image on a sheet, based on image data and a cut guide; an operation section to input an image forming condition; and a control unit that controls operation of each section of the app... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7292796 | Method and system for roller pair adjustment A method and system for nip gap adjustment of a roller pair such as is used in a printing device with a fusing station for fusing a substance to a substrate and a sheet transfer path for transporting the substrate through the device. The roller pair may be located a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289760 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit which feeds a plurality of papers, a size sensor which detects a paper size of a fed paper, a paper size error determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281707 | Aftertreatment apparatus, and controlling method, program and storage medium therefor Sheet thickness data obtained from the output of a sheet thickness detecting sensor are calculated to thereby calculate a sheet bundle thickness. When the sheet bundle thickness reaches a predetermined value, other aftertreatment differing from a set aftertreatment ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283758 | Apparatus for forming erasable and inerasable images and/or for detecting and erasing erasable images An image forming apparatus is capable of forming an image on any of an image-erasable recording medium having recording-medium identification information and a recording medium and is capable performing image formation according to a first mode for forming an erasab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277670 | Double-sided image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit that forms an image on one side of a recording medium, and a return unit that returns the recording medium to the image forming unit so that an image can be formed on the other side. A control unit selects differe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274886 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a printer engine which forms an image on a medium; a unit which supplies the medium to the engine through a path; an element which emits light onto the medium at a position on the path; a receiving element which receives transmitted li... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264236 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having such sheet processing apparatus A pressing member is provided on a shutter member provided in a main body of an apparatus and adapted to open and close a folded sheet discharging port upon upward and downward shifting movement of sheet stacking means in such a manner that, after folding processing... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245870 | Image forming apparatus with paper feed direction specifying means An image I/O apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit 125 which is constructed in a manner such that when a plurality of paper sizes exist mixedly in one image forming job, on the basis of paper mixture information which is set on a pri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231172 | Apparatus and method of measuring paper size by using sensor A method of measuring a paper size using a paper feeder having a fixedly mounted body part and a fastener apparatus movable depending on the paper size includes receiving light reflected from the body part with respect to an amount of a sent light, measuring the amo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197272 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading method, and image forming method There is disclosed an image reading process has determining an estimated size of an original based on a width of the original, securing a memory region, the memory region having capacity to hold a maximum image data associated with the estimated size, generating an ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7177584 | Determining a media feature A method for determining a media feature includes directing light toward a media path and a reflector. The reflector converges the light on a light detector. Intensity data is collected from the light detector and analyzed to determine the media feature. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168652 | Rolled paper conveying apparatus A rolled paper conveying apparatus for conveying paper of a first rolled paper provided on a core. The apparatus includes a holding device configured to rotatably support the first rolled paper. The holding device is configured to enable movement of the first rolled... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164881 | Apparatus and method for establishing a default media size for an imaging device An imaging device, such as a printer, scanner, copier, multifunctional printer, and the like includes a sensor to detect the size of media fed into the imaging device. The detected media size can be set as the default media size for further operations, if desired. | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152939 | Printing cartridge with switch array identification A printing cartridge (1230) includes a housing (1231). An array of switch actuators (1232) is positioned on the housing. The array of switch actuators represents data relating to at least one of: a serial number of the cartridge, a media and a m... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142324 | Sensing media parameter information from marked sheets The described arrangements and procedures pertain to configuring image forming devices to form images on various types of print media. Specifically, an imaging device sense data from a sheet of print media independent of whether a media marking comprising the data i... | 11/28/2006 |
