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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436302 | Low cost RFID labeling device A system for dispensing, reading and verifying RFID tags. The system includes a label dispenser that dispenses labels that contain RFID tags from a bulk label storage device, an RFID Reader/Writer device that is operatively connected to the label dispenser. The RFID... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410311 | Print data editing device, print data editing program and computer readable recording medium A print editing device is provided wherein a first line of the print data is aligned to a first end in a predetermined print area and, if there are plural lines; a last line of the print data is aligned to a second end and a remaining line is aligned between the fir... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7384001 | Method and system for automatically and dynamically marking a label for a device A device that requires a regulatory label includes a label affixed to a surface of the device and a marking mechanism in the device that detects a configuration setting associated with the device and alters a portion of the label based on the configuration setting s... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372458 | Method to fast search printing frequency to present a 3D image A method for searching a printing frequency to display a 3D picture includes breaking an image into strips and using NumLen lenses to form a NumLen-1 image cycle. After the NumLen-1 image cycle is formed, a quantity of images of the image cycle is defined to be dpi/... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7343313 | Method and apparatus for scheduling a meeting A method of and processing function for a resource for facilitating scheduling a meeting the method 200 including specifying 203 individuals to participate in the meeting and desired resources for facilitating the meeting; communicating 207 with... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342676 | Image printing apparatus and method for deleting print job files based on an abnormality To prevent generation of an error caused by a print job spooled in a memory in boot processing of an image printing apparatus, a print job file left in a hard disk is checked in boot processing. When an unprocessed print job file exists, it is regarded as the cause ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320552 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, which is able to output menu items and set values provided for the respective menu items, outputs the set value changed from the factory default set value and the menu item corresponding to the set value distinctly from unchanged set valu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302888 | Method and apparatus for rotational media printing An apparatus for use in printing to a rotational media having a surface to be printed to and being rotatable about an axis extending away from the surface is provided. The apparatus includes an engaging arrangement to engage the rotational media so as to impart cont... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301550 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284813 | Printer and printing system The present invention is a printing apparatus having: an antenna for communicating wirelessly with an element that is provided on an ink container; and an attach/detach section to and from which a storage medium can be attached and detached. The antenna is a flat an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284919 | Printing apparatus and control method A printer capable of printing to both roll paper and slips. The printer includes a condition setting unit 15 for setting or not setting the absence of roll paper in the printer as a set condition for taking the printer off-line. An off-line status determinati... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280055 | Method and apparatus for encoding binary data as a zero terminated string Passing input strings through an application programming interface between functions that take null byte terminated strings as arguments, where at least some of said input strings contain null bytes internally. This is accomplished by storing the positions of the nu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277011 | Removable memory media with integral indicator light A flash memory module includes an integral indicator light. The module alternatively includes a plurality electrical contacts which electrically interface to a host digital device. The module includes a plurality of flash memory cells. The cells are controlled by an... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273322 | Continuous sheet-printing device, system, method and storage medium storing program A continuous sheet-printing device including: an input buffer for printing data; a generation section that generates image data from the printing data that is supplied from the input buffer; an output buffer for the generated image data; a printing section that impl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268901 | Intelligent printing by a kiosk A publication is distributed by an automated publication delivery system. Activity around a physical location of the automated publication delivery system is monitored. In response to detection of an increased activity level around the physical location of the autom... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261479 | RFID tag, antenna, and printer system An RFID label with embedded tag is passed through an RFID antenna in a printer system, where the RFID antenna allows a roll of such labels to pass in close proximity to the antenna and still allow each individual RFID tag to be read and/or programmed. The RFID anten... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262876 | Pluggable RIP system A pluggable Raster Imaging Processor (RIP) system with two layers. The first layer is the RIP manager layer, which is mainly responsible for load balancing when multiple jobs requiring different types of raster conversion are encountered. The top layer is also respo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257701 | Method and system for configuring an operating system in a computer system A method and system for configuring an operating system in a computer system including language selection during bootup rather than at manufacture. A first aspect of the method and system comprises providing a plurality of operating system images in the computer sys... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249900 | Approach for implementing locked printing on printing devices An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device. The printing device includes a user interface configured to display information and accept user input. The printing device includes a locked print process that is configured to examine pr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222572 | Printing apparatus, printing method, and program This printing apparatus comprises a support tray provided with a rotatable base, and an optical disk as a printing object is mounted on the rotatable base. A control section of the printing apparatus selectively operates rotation drive means for driving the rotatabl... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223030 | Systems and methods for determining physical location of RFID tags on embedded print media A printing system (250) includes a printing subsystem (255) in the form of a printer assembly (14). The printing subsystem (255) includes a printer housing (257) in which a print engine (259) resides and a memory (261... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215352 | Information recording system and information recording method System and method are devised to produce an optical recording medium suitable for identification and management. A recording layer formed in the optical recording medium is irradiated with writing light by a pickup. A visible image pattern suitable for identificatio... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209156 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200748 | E-mail printer and e-mail printing method having authentication procedure An e-mail printer having an authentication procedure includes an e-mail receiving unit that includes a storage device to store e-mail which is received in a predetermined memory area allocated to each user and an authentication device to authenticate the user so tha... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200101 | Optical recording medium having recording capacity information and method for indicating recording capacity An optical recording medium and a method for recording information to indicate a recording capacity of the recording medium, are provided. The method includes recording information to indicate a varied recording capacity on a particular area of the optical recording... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195408 | Image forming system allowing facilitated print setting free from errors In a printing system in which a user PC and a printer are connected to a network, when the user PC accesses the printer for print setting, the printer issues a job ticket containing print setting contents to the user PC in a form such as an e-mail. When print data a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193958 | Information recording medium and reproducing apparatus therefor An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a m... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187637 | Opto-mechanical adjustment based on sensing label side of optical disc Opto-mechanical adjustment based on sensing the label side of an optical disc is disclosed. The label side of the optical disc is first sensed with an opto-mechanical system. The opto-mechanical system is then adjusted, based on the label side of the optical disc as... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182007 | Method for dynamically aligning substrates bearing printed reference marks and codes for automated cutting or scoring, and substrates so cut or scored A substrate to be cut and/or scored is pre-printed with graphics, at least first and second registration marks, and optional encoded-to-print instructions, bar-encoded data, as well as ordinary graphics. The registration marks are sensed as the substrate is automati... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180615 | One click printing in a web browser A method and apparatus for implementing one click printing in an application such as a web browser. The present invention exploits the “pull print” method without requiring copying of the URL. An application is enhanced so that when the user clicks on the link f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177043 | Internet printing method, system thereof, proxy unit and print server The Internet printing system for a client perform printing out to a print server that cannot circumvent a firewall by the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). For a print server which cannot circumvent the firewall by IPP, a proxy unit which can communicate using IPP i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172991 | Integrated CD/DVD recording and labeling An integrated system for individually labeling a recording medium at the time that digital information is recorded thereon, by recording write data with a digital recorder on the read/write surface of the CD/DVD and recording image data by inducing visible color cha... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171115 | CD index print label An index print of photographic images is created on a CD containing digital data representing those images. Photographic images are digitized to produce digital image data which is stored on the CD. This digital image data is also used to create an index print conta... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168869 | Tape printer, tape print storage medium, and tape cassette A tape printer includes a detection device that detects a type of tape in a tape cassette, a print data storage device that stores print data, a print head that performs printing on the tape based on the print data stored in the print data storage device, a recycle ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160040 | Image processing method and image processing system Disclosed is a printing system comprising a printing device and a printing control device. The printing device makes a judgment as to whether it is necessary to correct a profile, which is information concerning reproduction characteristics of print data, and, if it... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153047 | Systematic lenticular lens selection in a digital printing environment Disclosed herein is a method for determining a lenticular lens resolution for use in digital press printing. The method includes determining a digital press machine resolution d, setting a master interlaced image resolution m for a master interlaced image such that ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7150573 | Label printer with label supply feed control A label printer assembly has a support for a supply roll of labels on a flexible web which is fed into an ink jet printer for printing onto a label without contacting the label. After printing, the web carrying the printed label is fed beyond a tear strip to permit ... | 12/19/2006 |
