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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015919 | Security printing using a diffraction grating There is provided an apparatus and a method of printing a diffraction grating. In particular, the present invention relates to diffraction gratings applied to a substrate (1), such as a hologram. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7866262 | Image responsive pivoting pressure roll According to an aspect of the present disclosure; a method of processing a substrate media having an image injected thereon is provided and includes the step of passing the substrate media through a nip defined between a heated fuser drum and a pressure roll. A fixe... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7661361 | Printing and drying method, method of production of electronic device, and printing and drying system A printing and drying method comprising laying a support sheet 20 elongated in the long direction so as to bridge both a printing zone 42 and a drying zone 44, in the printing zone 42, giving the support sheet 20 a first tension F | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650839 | Method for registering patterns on a web A method for registering patterns on a web to provide independent scale control in both the lateral and longitudinal directions is provided. The method includes routing the web over a first roller; routing the web over a second roller and stabilizing the web; applyi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7600474 | Apparatus and method of fabricating blanket for printing roll An apparatus and method for fabricating a blanket for a printing roll for is provided. The apparatus includes a container to receive and drop printing roll blanket material for patterning an LCD substrates, a preheating part below the container to preheat dropped pr... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7591224 | Web-fed rotary press and method for operating it A web-fed press includes at least two printing units and at least one drier for drying at least one printing-material web which is moved through the at least two printing units and printed on at least one side with at least one offset printing ink at each of the pri... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584701 | Processes for printing layers for electronic devices and printing apparatuses for performing the processes An electronic device includes a printed layer. In one embodiment, a process for forming the electronic device includes placing a workpiece over a chuck within a printing apparatus. A temperature difference is established between the workpiece and a liquid compositio... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7327479 | Information management device for printing apparatus and information management method The technique of the present invention reads job management data including an ID allocated to a printing apparatus receiving each print job and an ID allocated to a printing apparatus executing the print job from each of printing apparatuses 50a and | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316476 | Image recording apparatus with irradiation control An image recording apparatus, having: a recording head which discharges a photo curable ink which is cured by photo irradiation; a plurality of light irradiating devices which irradiate the photo irradiation to the photo curable ink on a recording medium and each of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7285303 | Powder material for electrostatic application to a substrate and electrostatic application of the powder material to a substrate Method of electrostatically applying powder material to a substrate, wherein the substrate is a pharmaceutical substrate and the powder material is pharmaceutically acceptable. At least some of the particles of the material comprise a core and a shell surrounding th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258900 | Magnetic planarization of pigment flakes A magnetic field is applied to planarize magnetic pigment flakes relative to a surface. Pigment flakes, such as optically variable pigment flakes, are used in a variety of paints, inks, extrusions, powder coatings, and other forms for decorative and security applica... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258067 | Drying equipment for high speed printer Drying equipment to aid drying of a web of freshly printed media, the equipment having a feed path along which the freshly printed web is fed by a drive means, and a drying fluid supply means that directs drying fluid across the web along the extent of the feed path... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248828 | Device for regulation of the sliding properties of a print substrate in an electrophotographic printer or copier In an electrophotographic printer or copier, toner images of images to be printed onto a printing substrate are generated and fixed, causing sliding characteristics to be worsened. In order to remedy this problem, a moistening device is provided that applies on the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238643 | Laminated body for printing with temporary display layer and printing method using the same A laminated body for printing with a temporary display layer is configured so that the temporary display layer capable of being peeled, which includes at least one layer capable of printing and displaying, and a substrate layer including at least one layer are lamin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234805 | Inkjet recording ink for sublimation transfer and method of dyeing An ink for sublimation transfer ink jet recording includes water, at least one sugar alcohol containing not less than four OH groups, a sublimation dye, a dispersant, and a compound expressed by the following chemical formula (I): R—O—(CH2CH... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234398 | Planarizing element for thermal printing of color filter A planarizing element is described for use in a thermal imaging process. The planarizing element includes a support; a planarizing layer comprising a crosslinkable binder having a weight average molecular weight of about 20,000 to about 110,000. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225739 | Drying system for use in a printing system A drying system for use in a printing system, the drying system comprising: an heating element provided within a first chamber; at least one fan positioned to force air past the heating element; the first chamber adapted to direct the heated air through an opening i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211299 | UV curing method and apparatus A UV curing apparatus and method is provided for enhancing UV curing of inks, coatings and adhesives having UV photo initiators therein by subjecting the UV curable inks, coatings or adhesives to UV light at different wavelengths. Preferably, the UV LED assemblies a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207497 | Dry flake sprayer and method A device 10 for spraying dry flakes 12 including: an enclosure 22 including a lower portion 26 for holding a supply 12A of dry flakes 12 and an upper portion 27; a gas flow conduit 50 including: a receiving por... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191702 | Method for applying ink A method for silk screen printing a design on a visor of a cap using high-density ink is disclosed. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) loading a fabric from which a visor of a cap will be fabricated onto a template formed in the shape of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184698 | Durable electrophotographic prints UV-glossing for simplex and duplex prints, wherein an input member having thereon a pre-gloss toner image including UV-curable toner is moved, in non-slip association with a smooth UV-transparent web, jointly with the web through a plurality of process zones sequent... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168365 | Transfer of image with sublimating inks and medium in sheet form for performing it A method for manufacturing a medium in sheet form that can be used for the sublimation transfer of an ink onto an imprintable medium; the medium in sheet form comprises at least one supporting layer, at least one adhesive coating and a plurality of granular or elong... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153538 | Method and apparatus for the coating of substrates for pharmaceutical use A method of coating a pharmaceutical substrate includes the steps of applying an active coating material to a surface of the substrate to form an active coating layer and applying a cover coating material onto the active coating layer to form a cover coating layer. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143695 | Method for operating a printing group and utilization of printing ink A rotary printing press is operated using temperature controls. The temperature is set in accordance with a speed at which the printing press is operating. The temperature and speed are set to attain optimum printing results. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121197 | Ceramic decal assembly A ceramic decal assembly containing a ceramic substrate, a layer of adhesive contiguous with the substrate, and a ceramic decal contiguous with the layer of adhesive. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121203 | Apparatus and method of treating a recording element An apparatus and method of treating a recording element are provided. The apparatus includes a carrier removal station adapted to remove a predetermined percentage of carrier present in the recording element. A converting station is positioned downstream from the ca... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113614 | Embedding auxiliary signals with multiple components into media signals A digital watermark system embeds auxiliary signals in multimedia types, including audio, still and moving images, and physical objects. These auxiliary signals, referred to as digital watermarks, include multiple components that can perform differing functions and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100510 | Method for registering patterns on a web A method for registering patterns on a web to provide independent scale control in both the lateral and longitudinal directions is provided. The method includes routing the web over a first roller; routing the web over a second roller and stabilizing the web; applyi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089855 | Utilization of a printing ink in a printing group and printing group of a rotary printing press The tack of an ink that is used in a printing group of a rotating printing press, or the temperature of a rotating component in the printing group is selected or controlled. This selection or control is accomplished in a manner so that optimal printing is achieved. | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088469 | Method and apparatus for printing halftone recipe color images An apparatus for printing halftone recipe color images which comprises a printhead (500). The printhead (500) prints a first color (800) at a first intensity. The printhead (500) prints a second color (802) at a second intensity. T... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087274 | Media having ink-receptive coatings for heat-transferring images to fabrics An improved ink-jet printable heat-transfer medium comprising a base substrate having a surface coated with a hot-melt layer and an ink-receptive layer is provided. The ink-receptive layer comprises: i) non-polymeric organic particles that are a reaction product of ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073439 | Rotary press A rotary press is provided that prevents a print from contamination with a color different from a printing color. The rotary press comprising a printing unit made of a set of printing cylinders such as plate and blanket cylinders or plate and impression cylinders fo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069858 | Method for custom imprinting plastic identifier tags The invention is of an improved method and process for printing plastic tag blanks for producing plastic identifier tags (such as cattle ear tags). By printing images on tag blanks using conventional ink jet printer technology and thereafter “welding” the image ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070656 | Electrostatic coating The invention provides apparatus for electrostatically coating a pharmaceutical tablet core with powdered coating material. The apparatus comprises a first rotary drum (12) on which a core is held in electrical isolation from its surroundings but at a potenti... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065901 | Method and device for cooling a material web A method of cooling a material web includes, after drying a material web, moving the material web in a given direction on a meander-shaped web path over a cooling cylinder and at least one other cylinder disposed at a location selected from a group thereof consistin... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059244 | Method for aqueous gravure printing and apparatus therefor This invention provides a method for aqueous multicolor gravure printing which can print at a high speed without color drift, which is formed of plural printing unit processes, each of which contains a printing process, a drying process and a cooling process, wherei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044057 | Fabrication of printed dining plates A method of fabricating a formed object, comprising the steps of printing a desired high quality photo or near photo like image on a forming material at a resolution substantially equal to the resolution of an original digital image used to form the high quality ima... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037013 | Ink-receptive card substrate In a method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate, an ink-receptive material is provided. The ink-receptive material includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer. Next, a card member is provided. Finally, the ink-recep... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028613 | Method of seamless printing on clothing and articles made therefrom A method of printing design seamlessly on clothing, and clothing obtained thereby are provided. The method includes steps of placing a cylindrical cover around a print cylinder, placing a print medium, on which a design is printed, around the cylindrical cover, plac... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024995 | Continuous media printer with downstream drying A continuous media printer has a printer mechanism that prints on one or both surface of continuous print media. A media conveyor conveys media past the printer mechanism and includes rollers downstream of the printer mechanism. The rollers are located at a sufficie... | 04/11/2006 |
