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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967515 | Printer using roll-based print media and method of loading printer A roll-based printer and method of loading the same. An example method includes sliding a roll of print media onto a print media spindle so that the roll of print media is positioned closer to a first end of the print media spindle than a second end of the print med... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7832952 | High-frequency RFID printer There is disclosed a printer having a print head and a high frequency magnetic coupler to magnetically couple with high frequency RFID transponders in a web at or near the print head. The coupler couples magnetically to only one transponder at a time that is general... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7478956 | Printer for printing on both a heat-sensitive adhesive label and an ordinary label A printer selectively prints on heat-sensitive adhesive sheets and ordinary sheets that have no heat-sensitive adhesive. The printer has a printing unit that prints on one surface of a sheet and a printing platen roller that transports the sheet in a forward directi... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7429104 | Supplying media to a self threading color web printer A method of supplying a media web to a wallpaper printer. the method includes opening a reusable case, placing into the case a core onto which has been located a supply roll of a blank media web and supporting the core for rotation within the case. then, leading a f... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7410313 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a case formed with a front face and a top face, a first accommodating portion formed in the case, an imaging unit that forms an image on a recording medium; the imaging unit being accommodated in the first accommodating portion de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404683 | Printer In a printer, when a cover is closed, a paper issuing path, and a paper setting path are formed downstream from a cutter mechanism in a paper transport path. The paths are switched over by a movable guide. During a normal printing process, the movable guide is swung... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387459 | Portable printer and method There is disclosed a portable printer operable in either a strip mode or a peel mode. In the peel mode, a pressure roll cooperates with a carrier web and the platen roll to strip labels from the web. A battery-powered electric motor advances a printable web through ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367667 | Image forming apparatus with conveying part arranged to allow drying An image forming apparatus has a recording head forming an image on paper by jetting ink, a conveying part conveying the paper to a position opposite to said recording head, and a reversing ejection part provided downstream in a paper conveyance direction with respe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357585 | Printing tape, tape cartridge provided therewith, and tape printing apparatus A printing tape has a translucent recording-tape layer with a recording surface on a face thereof, and a translucent pseudo-laminating layer adhered to a back of the recording-tape layer. The pseudo-laminating layer has an adhesive-agent layer on a face thereof and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351024 | Apparatus and method for binding a book A book binding apparatus for binding a stack of sheets, including a cover element having a first cover section that corresponds to the dimensions of the sheets and a first section of pressure sensitive adhesive and an associated release liner disposed along a first ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344323 | Portable printing system A portable label printing system for printing on a variety of materials is disclosed. A retractable platen roller cooperates with a self-aligning print head in three planes cooperates for proper label printing registration. A display screen allows the user to view p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328993 | Printer A printer including a printhead which is displaceable at the level of a print surface in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction with respect to a substrate situated in the print surface, and a supply unit for storing the substrate which is dispose... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325989 | Paper supply apparatus and image formation device A paper supply apparatus provided with a support component, a slit plate and a rotation force transmission component. The support component freely rotatably supports a winding core around which roll paper is wound. The slit plate rotates integrally or interlockingly... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322762 | Tape-like object feeding device and label tape printing device A tape-like object feeding device in accordance with the present invention comprises a feeding mechanism 7 for feeding a tape-like object toward an outlet and a cutting mechanism 8 for cutting the tape-like object fed by the feeding mechanism. An eject... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322760 | Antijamming device for printers put in public places An antijamming device for a printed ticket vending machine having an exit opening for exiting of a printed ticket and a control for controlling feeding of unprinted tickets to a printing mechanism for printing tickets, having a pathway through which printed tickets ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299990 | RFID tag, printing paper, printer, and RFID system A radio frequency identification tag to be attached to printing paper includes an upper face that is opposite to a face to be attached to the printing paper, the upper face being made of a paper material substantially equal to the printing paper. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296941 | Tape printer and tape creating method It is intended to provide a tape printer and a tape creating method which can achieve a high degree of accuracy and constant length of printing even when the rotational speed of a DC motor changes due to the increase of a wire-wound resistance value because of the h... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284925 | Printer module for a printing array A printer module for use with like printer modules to form an array of printer modules includes a housing that defines a print media inlet and a print media outlet. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A print engine is mounted on the chassis to carry out a print... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284924 | Printer and control method thereof An encoder is adapted to be opposed to a scale provided with a plurality of marks or slits arranged in a first direction at predetermined intervals. A plurality of detectors is arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction while being staggered... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285042 | Electronic apparatus case having ventilation system A case having a ventilation system for ventilating a heat generation source disposed in the case, includes: a first sub-case and a second sub-case which is joined to the first sub-case; a first gap provided in a surface of a joining section between the first sub-cas... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278797 | Tape printing apparatus and tape cartridge A label to be attached to a linear or bar-shaped object is created by printing on a translucent printing tape and cutting off a printed tape part in a width direction of the printing tape. For creating the label, the printed tape part is divided parallel to its long... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275883 | Method for stacking tickets in a printer Methods are provided for driving sheets through a transaction-based printer. A sheet drive forwards a sheet through a printing station to a cutting station where the sheet is severed from a spool by a cutter. Movement of a kicker element is coordinated with that of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273165 | Printing system A printing system capable of writing RFID data consistent with print information printed on a print-information recoding medium into an RFID chip carried on the print-information recording medium. The printing system includes a printer engine for printing print info... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270491 | Code label printer, method thereof and readouted printed-code verifying system A code label printer is provided for producing code labels reliable to use in the market, the label printer checking a code such as a barcode printed on a label which is affixed on a product. In a code label printer 2, print barcode data D1 transmitted... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267499 | System, apparatus and method for printing oversized print media Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, apparatus, and method for printing oversized print media which allow for the printing of a preassembled substrate or a single piece substrate without compromising the integrity of the print quality. Preferred em... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267286 | System and method for batch conversion of RFID tag to RFID label A system for batch conversion of RFID tag onto a label in a liner, to produce a RFID label, the system having at least a RFID tag dispenser having a plurality of RFID tags, a liner having a plurality of labels, each label spaced apart and marked with pitch marks, a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258502 | Tape producing apparatus It is intended to provide a tape producing apparatus capable of printing on an appropriate printing medium with high quality based on data directly read from marks which are continuously printed on a release paper to show a type of a printing medium, with non-contac... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255434 | Sheet feeding device and ink-jet recording apparatus incorporating the same A sheet feeding device is adapted to feed a recording medium including a first medium provided as a cut-sheet form and a second medium provided as a rolled-sheet form to a recording section at which a recording operation is performed with respect to the recording me... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249902 | Tape printing apparatus and tape printing method There is provided a tape printing apparatus in which characters to be printed on a recording face of a recording tape layer of a print tape are inputted, and a folding-line position of a pseudo-laminate layer of the print tape is defined. A print-width range on a re... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249904 | Modular printer for double-sided high-speed printing A modular printer includes a frame. A housing in which the frame is housed has an operatively upper and an operatively lower cover and defines a print media inlet at one end between the covers and a print media outlet at an opposite end between the covers. An inlet ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7246981 | Apparatus and method for making hardcover book A method and apparatus for binding a stack of sheets which can be carried out using a conventional perfect binding machine. A stack to be bound is positioned between a pair of end leafs. Molten hot melt adhesive is then applied to the edge of the stack and to the fi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245227 | Method and apparatus for preparing media Work tools such as a printhead, platen, and/or cutting head are spaced normally with respect to a media path based on a location of one or more objects carried by the media, and the position of the media with respect to the work tool. Additionally or alternatively t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240579 | Transmission device with switchable gear ratios In a transmission device with switchable gear ratios, a driving gear is disposed onto an output shaft of a motor, a rocker arm is pivoted on the output shaft through an electromagnetic clutch, a rocker arm gear mounted on the rocker arm is driven by the driving gear... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237968 | Thermally transcribing printer and image forming apparatus In a thermally transcribing printer including a frame, a roller shaft, a roller shaft drive gear and a motor, the roller shaft includes one end installed on an inner side of the frame and folded to bend in an L-like shape and other end fitted to a drawout preventing... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234369 | Continuously adjustable self-lubricating mill roll drive Described is an adjustable roll drive including a fixed drive cylinder having a fixed drive gear, a fixed intermediate gear rotated by the fixed drive gear, a movable intermediate gear rotated by the fixed intermediate gear, and a movable driven cylinder having a mo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229167 | Ink jet recording apparatus, ink-jet recording method and ink jet recording medium A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225697 | Power transmission arrangement A power transmission arrangement includes a shaft, a first gear mounted on the shaft, a plate supported by the shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position, a second gear supported by the plate and engaged with the first gear, and a third gear ... | 06/05/2007 |
