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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016504 | Printer having platen roller and module that are engageable with each other for printing on paper A printer having a platen roller and a module that are engagable with each other for printing on paper is disclosed. The printer includes a status detecting mechanism including a detecting part having a detection function for detecting a status of the printer, a res... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7488128 | Image recording apparatus and image recording method of the image recording apparatus The invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising a recording unit in which at least two recording heads are disposed such that end portions of respective nozzle columns overlap each other in a recording medium conveying direction or such that the nozzl... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7410317 | Method for processing medium, image processing apparatus, and printer apparatus A first end position in a widthwise direction of a medium at a first position in a lengthwise direction of the medium, while a second end position in the widthwise direction of the medium at a second position in the lengthwise direction of the medium, and a comparis... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396175 | Sheet carrier and image forming device A sheet carrier, includes an upstream side sheet carriage part; a downstream side sheet carriage part; an overlapping detection part which is provided between the upstream side sheet carriage part and the downstream side sheet carriage part and is configured to dete... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391043 | Self calibrating media edge sensor Various edge detection arrangements are disclosed, including an edge detection method and arrangement that utilizes outputs of commonly illuminated reference and edge sensors as the inputs for a comparator. The reference sensor is configured to have a wide field of ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7347782 | Paper motion detector in a gaming machine A paper jam detector for a gaming machine. A paper jam detector is integrated with a gaming machine printer that produces cash-out paper vouchers, print-on-demand player tracking cards, or tickets. A paper jam detector may be entirely self-contained and include all ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7324125 | Method for automatic adjustment of media settings for a printer A method for automatically adjusting the setting of a thermal printer when a new roll of media is inserted in the printer. A maximum and a minimum energy needed to print are determined. This information is used to determine a coarse energy setting. The printer next ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302429 | Customizable electronic commerce comparison system and method In a consumer information system, a method of comparing products and services including providing product specific information, providing merchant specific information on the specified product, providing merchant specific business information, providing product spec... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293768 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus allowing travel of a tabbed sheet, in which even when a tabbed sheet is made to travel, no erroneous jamming detection occurs, thus allowing the tabbed sheet to travel in the same manner as in the case of an ordinary sheet. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293592 | Forming and applying linerless labels Self-adhesive labels are formed by repetitively cutting linerless web material which is fed from a roll into and through a rotary knife cutter. The labels are then transported to and applied to articles. To improve cutting of the web and labeling, the web and or lab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275880 | Thermal activation apparatus A thermal activation apparatus comprises a housing having an insertion slot for insertion therethrough of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet. A sensor detects the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet inserted through the insertion slot and outputs a corresponding detection si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275799 | Image forming apparatus There is provided an image forming apparatus which can control reciprocation of a carriage and paper feed in a highly accurate manner and form an image of high quality even when paper skews or paper of a different type from that of the paper set is supplied. An ink ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7232125 | Device for collating laminar workpieces A device for the assembly of brochures from folded sheets includes a continuous conveyor which defines a direction of conveyance, feeders which deliver the folded sheets to the continuous conveyor, and controls for controlling the operation of the feeders and the co... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227069 | Insertable piano/keyboard strip for sensing key movement A portable modular device for the purpose of sensing key movement of a piano or keyboard, processing key movement information, and communicating at least key-note ON/OFF and key-note velocity information. A portion of the modular device, the key sensor strip, insert... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224493 | Imaging apparatus having a media sensor An imaging device has a print media path for transporting a print media sheet in a sheet feed direction. A mounting device is coupled to a frame. A media sensor has a body and at least one rotating member rotatably coupled to the body. The body is coupled to the mou... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208749 | System and method for locating and positioning an ultrasonic signal generator for testing purposes The invention is directed to an ultrasonic testing system. The system tests a manufactured part for various physical attributes, including specific flaws, defects, or composition of materials. The part can be housed in a gantry system that holds the part stable. An ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204588 | Ink jet printed matter A printed mater prepared by jetted ink. The ink is hardened by irradiation of radiation or heat, and the ratio of total thickness of the ink layer to total thickness of the substrate is from 0.40 to 0.05. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7197273 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In a sheet feeding apparatus, a contact-type sensor for detecting sheet-like documents stored in document tray is separated into upper document detector and a lower document detector arranged at upper and lower sides of the document tray, respectively. The sheet-lik... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182338 | Apparatus for discriminating sheet material The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the kind of a sheet material, comprising: a substrate having a recessed portion; a press member situated so that a sheet material can be deflected using the recessed portion; a support member that is def... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7168872 | Printer paper spooler with error condition detector Disclosed is a printer paper spooler with error condition detector including a first slot structure and a second slot structure, a bobbin disposed between the first slot structure and the second slot structure, a light emitting diode, and a phototransistor that rece... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165902 | Printer and printer control method A printer and control method to control the operation of a printer to assure consistent print quality regardless of the paper length. A paper transportation control unit 101 and ASF control unit 103 drive a paper feed roller 78 and main paper tr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159203 | Differential delay-line A printed circuit board is built including metal traces for a differential clock. Within a break in each metal trace pads for a delay line socket are included along with pads for two 0-ohm resistors in series. In between the two 0-ohm resistors metal traces are buil... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142790 | Image-forming apparatus In an image-forming apparatus, a recording sheet passes in a first feeding path when it is determined that the size of the recording sheet does not satisfy the condition for feeding the recording sheet in a second feeding path even in a case in which the second feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140791 | Vertical autosizing printing system A method for printing an image on an elongate image receiving medium includes the steps of: inputting data defining the image to be printed; selecting a vertical printing mode in which the image is to be printed across the width of the elongate image receiving mediu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131782 | Paper edge sensing apparatus and method for borderless printing A paper edge sensing apparatus for borderless printing comprises a first paper sensor mounted in connection with the carrier and the frame in the upstream of a paper convey direction of an ink jet position of the ink jet nozzles to detect sheet edges, and a controll... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127992 | Arrangement for printing flat workpieces An arrangement for printing flat workpieces is provided and includes an application roller which rolls on the workpiece surface 6 to be printed and thereby applies a printed image to the workpiece surface 8, the application roller forming a printing cy... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114377 | Methods and systems for ascertaining the roughness of a print media surface In one embodiment, a printing device comprises a printer configured to print upon paper, a surface-engaging member associated with the printer and configured to physically engage a paper surface, the surface-engaging member comprising a flexure material body that is... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107903 | Sheet-fed printing press There is provided a sheet-fed printing press that is capable of rapidly performing printing preparatory work for more secured double sheet detection. A double-sheet-detector control part judges whether an ultrasonic double sheet detector outputs double sheet detecte... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104493 | Dispensing apparatus and method Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material, such as tape, from a spool or roll of such material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dispenser includes a rotatable spindle for supporting the roll of material and a brake assembly ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097372 | Refillable tape cassette The present invention relates to a refillable tape cassette for accomodating a supply of printable tape. In order to avoid the need for different tape cassettes for different tape widths the tape cassette is capable of selectively housing supplies of tapes of differ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056048 | System for ensuring correct placement of printed matter on a tangible print medium A system for ensuring that printed matter is properly printed on a print medium including a printer having a feeding device and a plurality of detecting devices disposed along a length of the feeding device. The print medium has a plurality of signaling components, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051927 | Apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal An endorser is disposed along a document transport path and includes a printhead for printing an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. The printhead can move through an opening to print an endorsement onto a document along the document trans... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046954 | Recording apparatus and method for discriminating type of recording medium A recording apparatus having a discriminating unit for discriminating the type of a recording medium loaded on a loading unit. The discriminating unit discriminates the type of a subsequent recording medium responsive to the previous recording medium being fed by a ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042483 | Apparatus and method for printing using a light emissive array An apparatus and method for printing images from a digital image source onto a photosensitive medium (22) using one or more two-dimensional light-emissive arrays (51) such as OLED arrays. Each image pixel has a corresponding light-emitting element whic... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040733 | Determining a position of an optical sensor associated with a printhead relative to a print media Described are systems and methods for printing that use an optical sensor that is moveable relative to a print medium, and a mark that is visible to the optical sensor within the range of movement of the optical sensor. The mark provides a fixed and known location t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036431 | Identification devices and methods for producing the identification devices Identification devices and methods of producing the identification devices are presented. Some embodiments of identification devices comprise a structure having a micro-optic image and a layer that is overprinted onto the surface of the structure. In some embodiment... | 05/02/2006 |
