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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182162 | Barcode label retention device of barcode printer A barcode label retention device is provided for a barcode printer. The barcode label retention device includes s at least one pair of label roll retainers, at least one pair of resilient elements, and at least one pair of fixing plates. The label roll retainers are... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7766569 | Method for reducing media skew in a media advance mechanism The method comprises the steps of feeding media from a media roll, arranged about an axis, through an input driving device and an output driving device of the media advance mechanism, wherein the output driving device engages the media with lower friction than said ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7600935 | Image forming apparatus with gear arrangement for resist roller and cover An image forming apparatus has a planetary gear mechanism that transmits driving force from a driving motor to a resist roller when a cover is closed, and that stops transmitting the driving force to the resist roller when the cover is opened. The planetary gear mec... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7549813 | Printer, printing method, program, computer system The print start position, in a predetermined direction, of a medium to be printed is determined with high precision and efficiency. A printing apparatus causes the detection means to be positioned on one side in the movement direction; causes the carrying means to c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7410167 | Recording medium feeding method and image recording apparatus A method for feeding a recording medium includes the steps of: feeding the recording medium along a sheet-feeding path by a unit feeding amount, detecting an entrance of a rear end of the recording medium into a jumping alarm area, dividing the unit feeding amount i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401990 | Paper path calibration and diagnostic system A plurality of scanner bars is arranged in precisely located holes in the frame of a media handling device to detect the passage of the lead and trail edge of media. The multiplicity of scanner bars, arranged linearly at a right angle to the direction of motion of t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395025 | Feeding device and feeding method, and image forming device A paper transporting apparatus transporting continuous paper to a paper processing part that performs designated processing on the continuous paper includes a drive roller that transports the continuous paper in a forward direction with respect to the paper processi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370437 | Sheet handling device with a print surface and a feed plate A sheet handling device for a printer or copier which includes a print surface for supporting a first surface of a sheet, a feed plate having an edge adjacent to the print surface, and a feed mechanism for feeding the sheet to the print surface through a gap between... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7325895 | Printer The invention teaches a printer that maintains a gap, between a carrier belt and a printing head that extends for a long distance in a delivery direction of the carrier belt, uniform along the delivery direction, and increases or decreases the uniform gap along the ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319842 | Pivotal sheet conveying apparatus for skew correction and image forming apparatus To provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of enhancing an accuracy of correcting a skew of a sheet, and of preventing position shift of a sheet. The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by a sheet conveying unit disposed ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305209 | Sheet transport device, image reading device, and image forming device In an image reading device of a multifunction device, a sheet transport device is provided with a resist roller and a resist roller in a sheet transport path extending from a document tray on which a document as a sheet is placed to an image reading region where rea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284923 | Printer, a supply unit for the printer, and a member for accommodation in the supply unit A printer including a print unit, a supply unit for holding a web of receiving material wound into a roll, a system for unwinding the web and transporting it for printing to the print unit, which supply unit is adapted to carry an elongate member on which the roll i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277669 | Systems and methods for simplex and duplex image on paper registration Systems and methods of registering a sheet in an image reproduction, e.g., a xerographic, device use sheet parameters regardless of the tray or bin with which the sheets are associated, separate tallies of sheet registration correction factors for both sides of a sh... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270325 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and method of detecting double feed A sheet feeding apparatus includes first and second transport devices disposed at a transport guide with a distance in between for nipping and transporting a sheet, and a double feed detection device disposed between the first transport device and the second transpo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261290 | Small/special media guide-in tray A small or special media guide-in tray including a media tray, an aperture disposed in the media tray, first and second opposed guide arms extending through the aperture and biased to a first position. The first and second opposed guide arms are pivotally mounted an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255255 | Method and system for positioning guide arms in a strip fabrication assembly A method of dispensing a strip product using a strip fabrication assembly, by entering arm positions for guide arms of the assembly into a guide arm controller device, moving the corresponding guide arms of the strip fabrication assembly to the respective arm positi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249903 | Assembly for feeding a continuous roll of web material to a sheet fed printing device An assembly for feeding, printing, and cutting a continuous web of material is provided. The web is fed from a roll supported in a roll feeding unit to a printer unit. The web can carry distinct image-receiving media items or can be a plain continuous web material. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220329 | Method for applying reference markings to wallboard during manufacture An apparatus and method for applying reference or grid markings to wallboard during the manufacturing process is disclosed. Reference or grid markings are applied to one sheet of cover paper at a location between the originating cover paper rolls and the cover paper... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219888 | Multi-pass deskew method and apparatus A method for aligning print media on a feedpath includes the steps of: aligning a sheet of print media using a deskew mechanism; measuring the skew of the sheet after it has been aligned; and comparing the measured skew with a specified skew, and if the measured val... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201524 | Media path direction control device and method of reversing a media path A media path control device has two sets of parallel arms with opposing rollers to manipulate the movement of print media. The arms are moveable in a substantially vertical plane through motors. The arms can be of different lengths to establish an optimal trajectory... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7158750 | Paper transport apparatus and paper transport method Provided are photosensitive body or bodies 31b carrying toner; transfer roller(s) 31d, rotating and coming in contact with photosensitive body or bodies 31b, for causing toner image(s) formed on photosensitive body or bodies... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158751 | Systems and methods for simplex and duplex image on paper registration Systems and methods of registering a sheet in an image reproduction, e.g., a xerographic, device use sheet parameters regardless of the tray or bin with which the sheets are associated, separate tallies of sheet registration correction factors for both sides of a sh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134658 | Recording apparatus having skew removal A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133573 | Document skew accommodation A method to be used within a document image capture device, such as a document scanner (10) of detecting and measuring the document skew (25) while the document is still entering the imaging area and then effecting a rotation of the camera to accommoda... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111842 | Printing apparatus and sheet cartridge In a sheet feeding mechanism wherein a spring can be used to properly regulate a sheet feeding position, sheets are not deformed in spite of the urging force of the spring, and a required conveying force is prevented from being increased after sheet feeding. Specifi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093916 | Liquid ejection method and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejection method of ejecting liquid from a movable ejection head onto a medium comprises the steps of: detecting a position of an end of the medium; and changing, according to a feed amount of the medium fed after the position of the end of the medium has be... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093933 | Ink-jet printer Many holes are formed in a platen that supports a paper. A suction fan generates suction force through these holes to thereby bring the paper into close contact with a surface of the platen. Ink ejection regions to which printing heads eject ink are set on a paper s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088947 | Post processor inserter speed and timing adjust unit In the present invention an image-forming production system includes a marking engine. The marking engine outputs a plurality of printed sheets at a first speed. An inserter is connected to receive the plurality of printed sheets from the marking engine and insert a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086714 | Method for finding recording-start position A recording start position is obtained effectively with high precision and in a short time. A recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of: positioning a sensor in a one edge side in a movement direction of the sensor; carrying the rec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070350 | Image recording device A multi-part output paper tray 14 including a plurality of tray plates 21 to 24 slidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assembly 1 so that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assembly 1 ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063472 | Sheet skew correcting apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet skew correcting apparatus, incorporated in a printer or the like to correct a phenomenon of obliquely feeding a sheet called skewing. The apparatus includes a transporting path in which the sheet is transported, a pair of registration rollers, a pair of timi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058318 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet ejection sensor 4 disposed immediately downstream of a fixing device 3 that detects the passage of a sheet P, time measurement means 61 that measure a time T4 from when a print start signal is t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018009 | Recording method and recording apparatus A first region is defined on the head face so as to include a first group of nozzles among all nozzles formed with a recording head. A first amount is defined as a difference between a first reference position at which a leading edge of a recording medium situated a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003258 | Transfer device, transfer method and image forming device A transfer device for transferring an object to be transferred in a predetermined direction has a drive mechanism unit, a transfer direction displacement information acquiring unit, a skew direction displacement information acquiring unit, and a transfer processing ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997455 | Sheet deskewing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for correcting skew of an advancing sheet responsive to the detection of one or the other of aligned fiducial marks located near each of the opposite side edges adjacent the sheet leading edge. Upon detection of a first of the fiducial marks, ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991387 | Printing apparatus and printing position adjustment method In a printing sheet conveying direction, registration adjustment patterns can be printed in a large area on a printing sheet and can be read. Specifically, along a first feeding path, printing heads print registration adjustment patterns in a first area on a printin... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6984082 | Printer, method for determining top edge of object to be printed, method for determining bottom edge of object to be printed, computer program, and computer system A printing apparatus comprises feeding means, light-emitting means, and a light-receiving sensor, and is capable of detecting a change in an output value of the light-receiving sensor that is caused by the medium to be printed, which has been fed by the feeding mean... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979080 | Printer having improved recording medium feeding mechanism A printer includes a print head including nozzles that eject ink on a recording medium sheet, first and second rollers provided on a sheet feeding path for feeding the sheet therealong, a platen provided between the first and second rollers for guiding the sheet on ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969206 | Tension generating mechanism for a printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying a web to a transfer unit, and a tension generating mechanism for applying a tension to the web fed to the conveyance mechanism, wherein the tension generating mechanism includes a tension generating ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966713 | Print media edge detection method and apparatus A print media edge detection method including: generating reference data by scanning an edge zone of a sheet of print media using an optical sensor and detecting the amount of reflected light; if the edge zone of the sheet lies in a sensing zone of the optical senso... | 11/22/2005 |
