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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130249 | Erase decoupled from writing for erasable paper An erasable media imaging device includes an input for supplying erasable media to the imaging device, the erasable media being one of an imaged erasable medium and a non-imaged erasable medium. An erase subsystem is provided for erasing an imaged erasable medium an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120631 | Thermal printer with reduced donor adhesion Thermal printers and methods for operating thermal printers are provided. In one method, a sequence of thermal print head control signals is generated that is adapted to cause an array of thermal elements to cause the donor material to transfer from a donor ribbon i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8098266 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method which contains: delivering laser light to a thermoreversible recording medium to heat the medium and record an image thereon, the medium reversibly changing a transparency or tone thereof depending on a temperature thereof; and heating the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085285 | Thermal marking system One or more arrays of heating elements are configured with insulating regions to prevent the dissipation of heat to unintended regions of a thermochromic substrate. Methods include printing and arranging impressions on a two-sided substrate avoiding bleeding and oth... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077191 | Erase and writing continuous for erasable media An imaging device includes an input for supplying an erasable medium to the imaging device, the erasable medium comprising at least one of an imaged and a non-imaged erasable medium. The imaging device further includes an erase subsystem comprising active and inacti... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072474 | Cleaning apparatus for roller and printing apparatus using cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for a roller includes a platen roller and a cleaning roller brought into contact with the platen roller to clean a surface of the platen roller, where the cleaning roller is configured such that SP values (dissolution parameter) of the cleaning ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049770 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a pulse motor which operates to carry a recording medium, a thermal head to print on the recording medium, a pulse motor control unit which controls the pulse motor so that the pulse motor is operated at a carrying velocity based on a p... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049768 | Disc output storage drawer for processor A disc processor such as a disc burner and printer, is provided in a housing. A drawer is slidably mounted on the bottom wall of the housing and is positionable in a retracted position in a recess with a portion underneath the processor and is slidably extendable fr... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049769 | Thermal print head and thermal printer provided with wireless communication function using such thermal print head The thermal printhead (A1) performs printing on RFID tag (T) as a print target that includes a coil antenna and a memory. The thermal printhead includes a coil antenna (3) as a part of a data transmitter-receiver for the transmitting and receiving of d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8013884 | Device and method for printing information on glass surfaces A printing device transfers slide dependent information onto glass surfaces such as a glass slide for holding a medical specimen. A single slide is transferred from a storage section, passing under a thermal print head. The thermal print head defines and transfers a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009183 | Thermal printer and method of controlling the same Two or more kinds of thermal paper are set in a paper housing unit, whether the thermal paper are double-side thermal paper or one-side thermal paper is previously determined by printing marks and detecting the printed marks, and the thermal paper are selectively fe... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004547 | Thermal printer and method of controlling the same Previously setting the front end of printed thermal paper at a second position before a second thermal head, when a next print job is double-side printing, at a first position before a first thermal head, when a next print job is one-side printing with the first the... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978212 | Disk label printer Disclosed is a disk label printer that includes a slot-in type optical disk driving mechanism and a printing mechanism integrated with each other, has a small size, and smoothly transfers optical disks. The disclosed disk label printer includes: a case that has a sl... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973812 | Thermal printer and method of controlling the same Movement of platen rollers are started at a predetermined timing considering the distance from a paper sensor to thermal heads, and a paper feeding speed, so that the movement of the platen rollers is completed at the time when the thermal paper reaches the thermal ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969457 | Method and apparatus for marking a document An apparatus for marking a document includes a housing configured to be handheld having a display. The housing has an input element in communication with the display through which information to be marked on the document is entered and which appears on the display. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961207 | Image generating apparatus This image generating apparatus comprises an ink sheet cartridge storing an ink sheet. When sensing arrival of the rear end of the ink sheet, the image generating apparatus cleans the print head by rotating the print head between a printing position and a nonprintin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952599 | Heating element incorporating an array of transistor micro-heaters for digital image marking The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein incorporate transistor heating technology to create micro-heater arrays as the digital heating element for various marking applications. The transistor heaters are typically fabricated either on a thin flexible substrate or... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952598 | Printer with debris control apparatus A printer with debris control apparatus which minimizes printer fouling. The printer includes a print head for printing on media, a platen having a side for feeding the media along a path past the print head, and debris control member in contact with the media. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944460 | Device and method for marking a cassette for laboratory samples A device (1) suitable for marking a laboratory sample cassette (2) has a platen (6) with an aperture (7) and a cassette (2) is positioned so that a marking surface (3) of the cassette is aligned with the aperture (7).... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7924300 | Processor for imaging media A thermal processor including an oven and a cooling section. The oven is configured to heat an imaging media to a development temperature. The cooling section is configured to cool the imaging media from the development temperature to a desired exit temperature as i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7898560 | Printer A printer capable of reducing a time for increasing the temperature of a heating element to a proper level for starting printing beforehand and suppressing density reduction in an initial stage of printing is obtained. This printer comprises a print head having a he... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884841 | Line thermal printer A line thermal printer includes a platen roller and a line thermal head including a plurality of heating elements. The heating elements are disposed to face the entire area of a recording sheet in a width direction of the recording sheet and selectively generate hea... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884840 | Image forming method and apparatus for transfer and fixing image with one process An image forming method and apparatus includes a first image carrying member, a first transfix unit, a second image carrying member, and a second transfix unit. The first image carrying member carries a first toner image thereon. The first transfix unit receives the... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7868906 | Thermal printer with reduced donor adhesion Thermal printers and methods for operating thermal printers are provided. In one method, a sequence of thermal print head control signals is generated that is adapted to cause an array of thermal elements to cause the donor material to transfer from a donor ribbon i... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864205 | Heat-sensitive transfer image-forming method A heat-sensitive transfer image forming method, containing: superposing receptor layer side of image-receiving sheet and dye layer side of ink sheet, making a thermal head contact with the sheets from lubricating layer side of ink sheet, and applying heat while maki... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852359 | Protective overcoat transfer compensation Observable matte-finish indicia on a printer medium having a matte finish includes the steps creating a matte image-viewing area; creating a glossy finish region within the image-viewing area; creating indicia having a matte finish within the glossy region. The prin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839426 | Time recorder A time recorder includes a print head, a ribbon cassette swingably supported and having an ink ribbon applied with a different colors in a width direction, and a cam for swinging the ribbon cassette to change a position of the ink ribbon against the print head in th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839425 | Method of controlling thermal printing A method of controlling thermal printing based upon print density. The method includes receiving pre-formatted data representing information to be printed on two sides of a thermal print media from a computer by a processor of a thermal printer, analyzing the pre-fo... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830404 | Printer and control method thereof A printer includes a first print head that performs printing on one side surface of the print medium and a second print head that performs printing on the other side surface of the print medium and abnormality detection sensors that are attached respectively to the ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7817175 | Laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and fabricating method of organic light emitting diode using the same A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and a fabricating method of organic light emitting diodes using the same, which laminate an acceptor substrate and a donor film using a magnetic force in vacuum, and are used to form a pixel array on the acceptor substrate. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808517 | Thermal activator for heat sensitive adhesive sheet and printer apparatus utilizing the thermal activator A thermal activator has a heating device that heats a heat sensitive adhesive layer of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet to activate the adhesive layer. The adhesive sheet has a printable surface formed on one side of a sheet-like base and the heat sensitive adhesive ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791624 | Thermal activation device, printer, thermal activation method, and method of producing a self-adhesive label Provided is a thermal activation device capable of preventing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet from being partially excessively heated, keeping a short distance between a contact between a thermal head and a platen roller, and a discharge port, and preventing a struc... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782349 | Thermal printer and method of controlling the same A thermal paper sheet having heat-sensitive layers on a first surface and a second surface having a front-and-rear relationship is prepared. A first thermal head which comes into contact with a front surface of this thermal paper sheet and a second thermal head whic... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777770 | Dual-sided two-ply direct thermal image element A dual-sided two-ply direct thermal image element is provided. In one embodiment, the dual-sided two-ply direct thermal image element comprises a first substrate having a first side and a second side, and a second substrate having a first side and a second side, whe... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764299 | Direct thermal and inkjet dual-sided printing In one embodiment there is provided a dual-sided printer including a direct thermal print head positioned proximate to a first platen and an inkjet print head positioned proximate to a second platen. The direct thermal print head is in a substantially opposed relati... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760219 | Method of forming image by thermal transfer A method of forming an image, containing superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy from a side of a heat-resistant lubricating layer described below of the heat-sensitive transfer shee... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7760218 | Information recording apparatus and information recording method A disclosed information recording apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to erase prerecorded information on recording media capable of being colored and decolored by heat; a recording unit configured to record information on the recording media from which th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7733361 | Printer cartridge unifying thermal ribbon and transfer medium and thermal transfer printer employing the same A thermal transfer printer having simpler structure, occupying less installation space, and enhancing the user convenience. The thermal transfer printer includes a cartridge having print paper wound in a roll, a capstan roller for conveying the print paper by applyi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724273 | Thermal printer Accumulation of foreign matter on the surface of the thermal head that can cause printing defects can be reliably prevented. The downstream edge 54a of the surface 52 of the thermal head 5 is substantially flush with the downstream end of... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710442 | Two-sided thermal print configurations Apparatus and methods for two-sided direct thermal printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head and a second thermal print head is provided wherein a surface of the first thermal print head acts... | 05/04/2010 |
