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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7717632 | Card printer printhead mounting A card printer comprises a print platen, a first support, a printhead, and a biasing component. The first support is moveable, relative to the platen, between print and withdrawn positions. The printhead is moveably mounted to the first support for movement between ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7611299 | Thermal printer A thermal print head has a row of heating elements arranged in a printing position in which the heating elements row abuts against a platen via a paper guide path. The thermal print head is held so as to be displaceable in an adjusting direction substantially orthog... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7537402 | Thermal activation device and printer A thermal activation device includes a platen lock mechanism for locking a platen roller of a platen unit and a heating unit or printing unit into press contact with each other. The platen lock mechanism has a lock arm mounted to undergo rotation about a rotational ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7427132 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a head portion, a platen roller a plurality of elastically deformable support rods, a U-shaped rotary member and a drive mechanism. The head portion is pivotally supported on the chassis. The platen roller is rotatably suppo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420579 | Printer A head unit (200) and a sensor unit (300) are freely Rotatably mounted in a printer main body (100). A rod-shaped portion (320) is projectingly provided to the tip portion of the sensor unit (300), and a first catching portion is p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367726 | Thermal image forming apparatus A thermal image forming apparatus includes a platen roller which supports a medium, a print head, including a heating unit which applies heat to the medium to form an image thereon, which rotates around the platen roller and moves the heating unit to a first locatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355613 | Thermal recording system employing adjustable head pressure An imaging apparatus (30) for thermally recording images on an imaging media (44) including a printhead (32) having an array of individually energizeable heating elements (42), a rotatable drum (34) for conveying imaging media (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344324 | Image forming apparatus having a member for pressing a print head element against a platen roller The image forming apparatus includes the print unit pivotably supported by the chassis, and the pivoting member rotatably supported by the support rod. The print unit has arm portions and the print head element. One of the arm portions has a downward facing portion.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7300219 | Image forming apparatus using thermal printing head An image forming apparatus that uses a thermal printing head (TPH) is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a platen roller. A TPH unit faces the platen roller and pivots to contact or separate from the platen roller. A first elastic member elastically bias... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283147 | Printer A roll sheet is unwound and fed with its side edge being positioned in a reference point of the thermal head, and then subjected to printing by the thermal head. Coil springs are placed at positions respectively dividing substantially equally a length from a center ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273323 | Printing apparatus and methods A printing apparatus (10) has at a printing station (11), a print head (12) with an array (13) of heating elements individually selectable by a computer controller (15), a feed path (16) for feeding carrier ribbon (18... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267501 | Image forming apparatus having a pickup roller for driving a discharge roller An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that prints an image on a medium. A transport unit transports the medium in a first direction to supply the medium to the image forming unit, and in a second direction for printing. Media is stacked on a pape... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256808 | Printing device The invention relates to a printing device for printing sheet elements (1) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprising a feed device for feeding the s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252358 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprising: a printing head which has a plurality of recording elements and performs recording on the recording medium; a head holder which holds the printing head; a flexible wiring board comprising a flexible insulating band and a plurality o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246959 | Image formation apparatus and sublimation printer An image formation apparatus or a sublimation printer includes a main frame, a platen roller, a head assembly, and a press lever. The platen roller is rotatably held between first and second side panels of the main frame. The press lever is pivotably supported on th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7198419 | Apparatus and method of performing double-sided printing A method and an apparatus for forming an image on a medium having first and second surfaces wherein an image is formed on the first surface of the medium using a printing unit. After the image formation on the first surface of the medium is completed, the medium is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192206 | Image forming apparatus A thermal printer includes a main frame having side plates, a platen roller rotatably supported in the main frame, a print head unit supported in the main unit so as to be pivotable between an image-forming state and a non-image forming state, a sheet case adapted t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179002 | Thermal image forming apparatus A thermal image forming apparatus is provided adapted to form images on both sides of a recording medium. The thermal image forming apparatus includes an image forming part having a recording head for forming an image on the recording medium and a support member fac... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175356 | Head support base for thermal printer A head support base for a thermal printer to provide for movement of a thermal head relative to a printer paper drive roll and control the location of the thermal head relative to the paper drive roll including first and second spaced support plates, the first space... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172353 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis; a print head unit pivotably supported by the chassis; a platen roller rotatably supported by the chassis to perform printing with the print head unit; a metal feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis to convey paper; a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173719 | Integrated raster image processor and electro-photographic engine controller This invention comprises a converged printer architecture for controlling both electro-photographic (EP) processing and raster image processing (RIP) of data for laser modulation over a video line. By converging EP process control with image processing control, sign... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131778 | Direct thermal barcode printer A direct thermal barcode printer including a print assembly is provided. The print assembly is movably positioned relative to a print media for adjusting printing characteristics of an attached print head. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131774 | Self-aligning print head mechanism and related printer and method A printer for printing between a print roller and a print head having a print head alignment system is provided. The print head alignment system includes a print roller assembly, a print head support assembly and an actuating assembly. The print roller assembly incl... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121748 | Image forming device The image forming device includes a chassis; a thermal head unit pivotably supported by the chassis for executing printing; a platen roller supported by the chassis opposite the thermal head unit; a pressing member that is pivotably supported by the chassis and conf... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7092320 | Medium handler and organizer A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time. As such, a second disc can be gripped while a first disc is being pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073962 | Thermal-transfer printer The thermal-transfer printer includes: a pair of head attaching arms 12 having fitting holes 12c respectively inserted with support shafts 9 and having center lines inclined to axis lines of the supporting shafts 9 by a predetermin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7023702 | Apparatus including circuit board and heat sink and method of making the apparatus In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a circuit board, a plurality of metal inserts, and a heat sink having a plurality of mounting holes. Each of the metal inserts may include at least one lower member soldered to the circuit board, and an upper portion receiv... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017856 | Static build-up control in dispensing system A method of grounding a dispenser. A low impedance path is connected to elements internal to the dispenser. The low impedance path is also connected to a surface contact spring which is adapted to contact an external mounting surface when the dispenser is affixed th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014376 | Thermal printer The present invention provides a thermal printer in which, even if a pair of head supporting members for supporting a thermal head composed of a line head has a positional error, the thermal head can be automatically adjusted to uniformly pressure-contact with a pla... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6937260 | Alignment mechanism for direct marking printheads and a method for aligning printheads in a printer A device and method for the alignment, in up to six degrees of freedom, of printheads in a printer is disclosed. The device has a support, wherein the printhead is secured to a substantially center location of the support. The device further has a fixed plate biased... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6789966 | Printer, carriage supporting structure and head assembly incorporated in the printer In a printer, in which printing is performed on a recording medium which is transported in a first direction, a carriage is reciprocately moved in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. A print head is mounted on the carriage, and provided... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6769825 | Thermal printer with liftable printing head A thermal printer with a printing head is described for the printing of differently thick print media, especially label course or the like, in which opposite the printing head constructed as a pressure beam there lies at least one transport roller, and the medium to... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6609845 | Printing apparatus and image data processing method therefor A printing apparatus, which performs printing by using a full-line type printhead, prints an image in accordance with an attachment angle of the printhead, and automatically performs registration adjustment when using plural printheads. In the apparatus, ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6505981 | Printer with label separator Setting plain paper in a printer which can print on plain paper and a label paper is facilitated using a printer capable of printing a recording medium including a base sheet and at least one label sheet detachably adhered thereon. The printer includes a ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6406200 | Printer assembly with lateral and longitudinal self-alignment A printer assembly with lateral and longitudinal self-alignment. The printer assembly has a frame, a door which swings open, a motor-driven platen disposed on the door, a print head movably disposed on the frame so as to engage the platen, and a spring co... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398434 | Shaft assembly for applying an adjustable load to a thermal print head A shaft assembly for a thermal printer system for applying loads in an adjustable manner along the length of a thermal print head of the thermal printer system. The shaft assembly includes a shaft, and a plurality of cam mechanisms rotatably mounted on th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6353453 | Thermal printhead load adjustment mechanism A mounting slider bracket for a card printer thermal printhead is supported between a spring and the printhead, and can be adjusted laterally relative to the printhead to shift the center of force that loads the printhead against the ribbon and a card tha... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350070 | Label printer/applicator with adjustable, floating print head An improved a label application apparatus comprises a main housing having a print roller mounted thereto for rotation about a print roller axis. A supply reel is mounted to the main housing and has an indefinite length web with label material thereon. A p... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6266075 | Printer with memory device for storing platen pressures A thermal transfer printer wherein labeling media and thermal transfer ink ribbon advances past a print head and a platen. The platen urges the ribbon and the labeling media in close cooperation with the print head. The print head exerts a pressure on the... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6183148 | Thermal transfer MICR printer A transaction printer includes the MICR encoding of indicia at a precise location called the amount field. In order to accomplish this, an optical sensor is provided in a transaction printer at a point-of-sale to detect the edge of the check and stage it ... | 02/06/2001 |
