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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182161 | Controlled fold document delivery There is provided a method to image a dual-sided thermal media including a plurality of contiguous, alternating first and second thermally imageable panels distinguished by one or more associated sense marks, each of the imageable panels including a first and second... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8142087 | Printing device with paper width detector mounted to carriage and method of controlling the printing device An image printing device and a method of controlling the image printing device are provided. One embodiment of an image printing device includes a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media, a printing unit that performs a printing process for the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8113727 | Apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag, tape cartridge and tag tape There are included an antenna transmitting and receiving information through a radio communication with a RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmission portion of a radio frequency circuit configured to execute write or read of information wit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092104 | Tape printing apparatus A tape printing apparatus, comprising a port for connecting to external apparatus; a first memory for storing label data defining at least one label; and a second memory comprising program information. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8061911 | Image forming apparatus with controller for controlling use of different print media An image forming apparatus used for displaying print media information according to print data and selecting designated print media to print from kinds of print media, comprises a receiving section for receiving print data, a judging section for judging whether firs... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8016499 | Printing method with respect to scanning a medium A user operates the operation panel portion 6 and selects an image quality mode in a pre-stage of carrying out CD-R printing. If an operation of commencing CD-R printing on the operation panel portion 6 is enabled, the CPU 16 causes the scanner ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011840 | Warning notification at cover open in printer In a case where temperature of a print head mounted on a head carrier becomes a specified temperature or higher during use, a head carrier is retracted to a retracting section in a housing of a printer, so that it is hardly touched by a user's hand. The retracting t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7942593 | Tape cassette and tape printing apparatus A CPU 81 displays a virtual tape 201 of a length obtained by subtracting a length (l1+l2) from an antenna 33 to a thermal head 9 from a data value of an “IC chip pitch length L” when it determines that a printing object ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938588 | Thermal printer having first and second ring-like conveyance paths A size-reduced printer that conveys a recording sheet in a circulating manner along a ring-like conveyance path while printing a plurality of images on the recording sheet in different colors sequentially in a superimposed manner, thereby forming a full color image.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927030 | Printing control method and apparatus This invention relates to a printing control method and apparatus, a computer program product, and the like in which printing data is held in a hierarchical structure and a printing job is issued to a printer to cause the printer to print. In the printing control me... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914213 | Device for printing receipts using two printing units, particularly on thermal paper, and related printing method A printing device (11) for printing receipts (12), each bearing constant data (41a) that render the receipt (12) identifiable, and variable data (41b), indicating the operations to be documented on the receipt in ques... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905669 | Media processing device and drive control method for a media processing device A media processing device has a printer error detection unit 40 that detects ink supply errors, such as the ink end, in the label printer, and a media retraction stacker for removing written media from the media drive, the label printer, and the media transpo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7887245 | Typewriter system with printer and scanner A typewriting system that includes a scanning component for scanning a document that is inserted into the typewriting system; a computing component for translating information relating to the scanned document to a displayable format; a display for displaying at leas... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883282 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed tray for loading a recording sheet, a sheet feed roller that conveys the recording sheet toward an image forming device, a conveyor roller that is disposed downstream of the sheet feed roller in a recording sheet conv... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874750 | Systems and methods for printing multi-layer documents A system for printing a multi-layer document includes no less than two continuous feed simplex printing devices that each print on no more than one of a plurality of media webs. An in-line post-processing device merges the media webs into a multi-layer document. The... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871212 | Label producing apparatus and label producing system A label producing apparatus has a pressure roller drive shaft for feeding a cover film supplied from a cartridge storing a cover film capable of supply, acquires the arrangement information by accessing a database storing and holding arrangement information of the a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866903 | Printer and emission intensity adjusting method A printer for performing a printing operation on a printing medium, includes an optical sensor, operable to detect the printing medium; an emission intensity adjuster, operable to adjust emission intensity of a light-emitting element included in the optical sensor; ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862246 | Power supply controller for motor in feeding device A feeding device including: (a) a feed mechanism including a motor driven with supply of a power thereto, and a feeder operated by the motor for feeding an object; (b) a power supply controller for supplying the power to the motor until an actual operating position ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857531 | Printing device including a user input section having time dependent selection keys A printing device for printing labels comprising: a memory for storing one or more character sets, each character set including at least a principle character and an additional character which is associated with the principle character; user input means having chara... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841790 | Tape printer and tape cassette with IC circuit part The CPU 81 of the tape printer 1, when the tape printer 1 is turned on, reads the “model name” and the power supply type of “drive power supply” corresponding to each “model name” of the parameter table 131 from the wireless t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7819596 | Label making method, printer control apparatus, program used by printer control apparatus, and recording medium where program used by printer control apparatus is recorded A label making method for making a label where information is printed by a label printer; includes the step of making the label printer recognize a continuous plurality of data sets as single data sets to be printed on a single label. In this method, the plural data... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811015 | Printing apparatus and conveyance control method This invention relates to a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method capable of simultaneously operating plural encoder sensors and executing more accurate printing medium conveyance control. A first encoder sensor provided adjacent to a first conveyance r... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802932 | Printing system and method A printing system capable of executing printing using printing medias of different types is provided. In the system, a first designation unit designates a paper type used to print a first page group in a document. A selection unit selects paper types which can be us... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798732 | Printing apparatus containing a harmonization changing portion which changes feeding speed based on properties of the print receiving medium This disclosure discloses a printing apparatus comprising a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming process on the print-receiving medium; a harmonization controlling portion ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775730 | Method for detecting failure of a paper detector in a roll paper printer, and roll paper printer having control for detecting failure of a paper detector The roll paper printer of the subject invention has a control to detect failure of a paper detector in accordance with a method for detecting such failure. The printer 1 is constructed so that the paper transportation path is open when the cover 3 to t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762733 | Printing apparatus, conveyance apparatus, and feed-conveyance control method This invention relates to an apparatus and method capable of appropriately preventing a printing medium from being diagonally conveyed upon feed regardless of changes in printing medium feed conditions. In this invention, the maximum output value of a PWM signal is ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7744297 | Sticky note printer and method of controlling the same In a sticky note printer, a sticky note is peeled off and fed one by one from a bundle of notes set in position. In empty-feed motion, the sticky note is fed in a normal direction from a peel-off position through a sticky note ejecting slot to a pull-out position in... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7686525 | Printing system A print controlling method in a print controlling apparatus for controlling printing processing by using printing limitation information indicating printing limitation, including an obtaining step of obtaining printing limitation information; an identifying step of ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7654758 | Systems and methods for determining media size In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to measuring the length of media using a first sensing system of the printing device to obtain a first length value, measuring the length of the media using a second sensing system of the printing device to obtain a sec... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648293 | Methods and apparatus for media selection in cluster printing systems Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7614808 | Print media feed system and control method for the same A print media feed system comprises: a drive unit configured to move a feed roller; a sensing unit configured to sense movement of a feed roller; a detection unit configured to detect movement of a pinch roller; and a controller arranged to control the drive unit us... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611298 | System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity A printing system is provided that dynamically adjusts the method of printing an image based on the lightness or darkness of the medium upon which the image will be printed. The reflectivity of the medium upon which an image is to be printed is determined, and the w... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7572076 | Printer and printing method A printer includes a printing part that prints inputted printing information on paper while moving by gravity and supports that support the printing part and the printing medium facing each other so that the printing part is movable in the gravity direction. The pri... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7503711 | Tape printing apparatus and method of printing A printing apparatus and method of printing for maximizing a print image in a print area in both a width and length dimension and for automatically formatting the printer depending on the type of tape media. ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503712 | Printing apparatus for selecting the appropriate error state mode according to the application type and user desired print results Data in the host device that was processed before a data interrupt process could run, and data that was already being sent to the printer, can be reliably deleted when an error occurs. A printing apparatus 20 having a normal processing mode for storing data s... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7458739 | Apparatus for processing target sheet and method of controlling embossing by apparatus for processing target sheet In processing a target sheet, raised letters (Braille) are formed by selectively driving a plurality of embossing pins arrayed in a direction perpendicular to a direction of feeding the target sheet such that the raised letters are represented in a projected bit pat... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7437311 | Image forming devices and marketing methods Image forming devices and marketing methods are described. One aspect of the invention provides an image forming device including an image engine configured to use a consumable to form a hard image; a consumable interface adapted to couple with the consumable; and p... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425063 | Digital web printer with dryer A web printer for printing digital information on print media the web printer comprising a cabinet a plurality of ink reservoirs mounted in a releasable manner within the cabinet and storing respective types of ink to be printed a print media cartridge mounted in a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422384 | System and a method for printing small print jobs An image forming device includes a protective case, a media source disposed in the protective case, the media source supplying an image receptive media, an encoder configured to detect an advancement of the image receptive media, and a pen coupled to the protective ... | 09/09/2008 |
