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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7408663 | Communication system In a communication system, a call center is connectable via a communication line to a facsimile apparatus having a printing function. The facsimile apparatus reads ribbon-ID data of an ink ribbon mounted therein, and sends the read ribbon-ID data to the center devic... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7350909 | Ink cartridge and inkjet printer An ink cartridge includes a first detection portion positioned on the cartridge so as to be detectable by a detector of an image forming apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the image forming apparatus and a second detection portion positioned on the car... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7309179 | Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300144 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case; an ink chamber situated within the cartridge case; an ink supply opening formed in the cartridge case for supplying ink from the ink chamber to an exterior of the cartridge; and a lever mechanism provided in the ink chambe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284850 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278708 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275810 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265771 | Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon A printer includes a ribbon supply end, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The printer further includes a print head, a print medium fixture, a driving ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261400 | Printer having interface for refill control A printer is provided having a print cartridge which includes at least one reservoir for storing printing fluid, a printhead in communication with the reservoirs and a refill port arranged to mate with a corresponding connector of a refill cartridge, a cradle for re... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261254 | Self-regulating media holder A holder for a rolled medium is provided. The holder has a mandrel having a drive surface adapted to receive the rolled medium and is adapted to be rotated so that an amount of rolled medium on the drive surface can be unrolled therefrom. A stop is located on a stop... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252375 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244122 | Methods for determining optical characteristics of dental objects Color measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object/tooth... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240839 | Color measurement apparatus operable as a pointing device, a computer display measurement device and a printer output measurement device A color measurement apparatus is adapted as an attachment for a personal computing system. An interface integral to the color measurement apparatus couples the color measurement apparatus to the personal computing system. A computer pointing device integral to the c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237883 | Ink cartridge having positioning structure and recording apparatus for receiving the ink cartridge The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portio... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7198265 | Imaging apparatus including a movable media sensor An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism having a media path. A print media source is provided for supplying a sheet of print media to the printing mechanism. A drive unit is provided, with a drive shaft coupled to the drive unit. A media sensor device is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195346 | Ink cartridge and printer using the same In an ink jet printer of the present invention, in order to reduce the manufacturing cost, an inexpensive EEPROM enabling only sequential accesses is applied for storage elements incorporated in a black ink cartridge and a color ink cartridge. The data array of a me... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192128 | Ink cartridges An ink cartridge includes a support member, and a rotatable member connected to the support member. The rotatable member includes a pivot portion formed at a point of connection between the support member and the rotatable member, and a signal blocking portion. The ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185885 | Print media depletion detection in an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a sensor, and a carrier system configured to transport the sensor along a scanning path. A mid-frame is provided having a slot formed along the scanning path. A print media support is provided for holding a supply of print media. A prin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178911 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge includes a cartridge case; an ink chamber situated within the cartridge case; an ink supply opening formed in the cartridge case for supplying ink from the ink chamber to an exterior of the cartridge; and a lever mechanism provided in the ink chambe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7121662 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an upper part cover for covering the upper part of the body; a paper feeding portion disposed rearward of the upper part cover, into which paper is supplied; and a medium sensor disposed opposite the paper feeding portion, which ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113283 | Apparatus and method for measuring color Color measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics pass to a variety o... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110096 | Method for determing optical characteristics through a protective barrier Color/optical characteristics measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics/elements are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic/element and received light reflected from the surface of the object is measured. Light from the per... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097450 | Methods for determining color or shade information of a dental object using an image generation device without operator identification of the position of a reference implement in the field of view of the image generation device Color measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object/tooth... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7069186 | Method for remotely controlling a spectral measurement device utilizing predicted service life or a remotely provided software upgrade including color reference or shade guide data Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061637 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively collating a stack of single-/double-sided recording sheets in a desired ejection tray An image forming apparatus includes first and second image carrying members, ejection trays, and a sheet transferring mechanism. The first image carrying member carries images in increasing order of corresponding sheet numbers. The second image carrying member carri... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059699 | Ink tank with data storage for drive signal data and printing apparatus with the same Images can be printed using any type of ink by providing a print head comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink from ink tank equipped with a memory. The memory contains drive waveform data for reproducing waveforms of drive signals used to actuate the plur... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040744 | Ink cartridge and inkjet printer A plurality of ink cartridges are detachably attached to a cartridge holder of an inkjet printer and are aligned in parallel. Each ink cartridge includes a projection or a recess formed at a side of the ink cartridge that faces the adjacent ink cartridge. A set of t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029104 | Ink cartridge and recording apparatus An ink cartridge which supplies ink to a recording apparatus, comprises an ink cartridge body for storing ink therein, a supply system for supplying the ink stored in the ink cartridge body to the recording apparatus, and an identification system that is provided fo... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018121 | Combined paper and transparency sensor for an image forming apparatus A media sensor for an image forming apparatus is operative to sense and distinguish opaque, transparent or no media in a media path. In one embodiment, an optical source and detector are positioned on opposite sides of the media path, at an acute, non-zero angle wit... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015474 | System and method for detecting and characterizing media A system for detecting and characterizing media includes a light source, at least two sensors, and a media identification system. The light source is positioned to emit at least a portion of an illumination light towards a media path for media. The sensors are posit... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004652 | Printer for accommodating varying page thickness A pagewidth drop on demand printer includes a printhead having an array of fixed printing nozzles thereon. A platen having a platen surface upon which a sheet rides to receive ink from the printing nozzles is situated alongside the nozzles. A sensor is provided to m... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997627 | Label printer read after print correlation apparatus A printer and a process for correlating printed subject matter with subject matter that is meant to be printed by a printer with a printing mechanism or print engine such as a thermal printer including a print head, a platen, a media upon which labels are printed an... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995861 | Method of normality decision with regard to ink cartridge and printer actualizing the method An ink cartridge of the present invention has a storage element, in which plural pieces of specific information relating to an ink cartridge are stored at specific addresses having predetermined data lengths. For example, a piece of information on the year of manufa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6958810 | Methods for characterizing gems or precious stones using a probe having a plurality of light receivers Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the objec... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955351 | Paper feeding device and sheet carrying device A paper feeding device comprises a document tray for loading the document, a document-detecting sensor for detecting the document loaded in the document tray and a MYLAR® made of a sheet-shaped resilience material. A part of the MYLAR® is in contact with the docum... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950189 | Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object Color/optical characteristics measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics/elements are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic/element and received light reflected from the surface of the object is measured. Light from the per... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929417 | Methods and apparatus for sensing a paper low condition for fan-folded tickets in a ticket printer Methods and apparatus are provided for sensing a paper low condition for fan-folded tickets in a ticket printer. An aperture is provided in a bottom portion of a paper tray which supports a stack of fan-folded tickets. The aperture may be positioned underneath an en... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915955 | Apparatus for determining multi-bit data via light received by a light receiver and coupled to spectral sensors that measure light in spectral bands Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface o... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913258 | Indication structure for paper reserves adapted for auto document feed apparatus An indication structure for paper reserves adapted for auto document feed apparatus includes a housing, a delivered module, a support element, an elasticity element, an indication element and a transparent element; wherein, the indication element includes a transmis... | 07/05/2005 |
