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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7768540 | Multicolor thermal imaging method and thermal printer A multicolor direct thermal imaging method wherein a multicolor image is formed in a thermal imaging member comprising at least first and second different image-forming compositions and a thermal printer for use in practicing the method. Heat is applied to at least ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7515163 | Printer A printer prevents color smear when a paper roll mounted on the printer is initially fed. The printer includes a plurality of printing units each having a thermal head and an ink ribbon, and a platen roller having an outer surface opposite the plurality of printing ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7372476 | Thermal printing device, method for printing an image using said printing device and system for printing an image A printing device that includes a platen for supporting an imaging member during a printing operation and at least one print head subassembly for direct thermal printing on the imaging member. The print head subassembly is configured to be movable independently of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348516 | Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles A laser pulse with a specially tailored temporal power profile, instead of a conventional temporal shape or substantially square shape, severs an IC link. The specially tailored laser pulse preferably has either an overshoot at the beginning of the laser pulse or a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333122 | Method of printing thermal media by aligning image Provided is a method of printing thermal media by aligning an image using a printer in which a thermal printhead, a feeding roller, and an edge detection sensor are sequentially disposed in a print proceeding direction. The method includes the steps of feeding a the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7301981 | Methods for synchronized pulse shape tailoring A plurality of subresonators (12, 14), having different design configurations, share a common resonator section (18) such that the lasing action can be substantially synchronized to provide coherent laser pulses that merge the different respective puls... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289134 | Thermal printer including a plurality of recording units To provide a thermal printer capable of easily improving a recording quality, a plurality of recording units, arranged along a carrying path of a recording medium, are respectively provided with a recording head, a platen which opposes the recording head with the ca... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282666 | Method and apparatus to increase throughput of processing using pulsed radiation sources A material processing system and method is disclosed for processing materials such as amorphous silicon in an annealing processes and lithography processes on a silicon wafer, as well as ablation processes. A first laser generates periodic pulses of radiation along ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258500 | Media processing apparatus and scanner unit The media processing apparatus has a first transportation path for guiding the check, a second transportation path and a third transportation path that diverge from the first transportation path, a front scanner that is rendered along the first transportation path f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245412 | On-the-fly laser beam path error correction for specimen target location processing A laser-based workpiece processing system includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam positi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223031 | Print ribbon panel color identification A ribbon sensor includes a first and second emitter and a receiver. The first emitter is configured to transmit a yellow light signal and the second emitter is configured to transmit a blue light signal. The receiver is configured to produce an output signal in resp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213993 | Thermally activating device and printer apparatus A thermally activating device has a pair of conveyor rollers which convey a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet while sandwiching the sheet therebetween, and a guide member provided at an anterior stage of the conveyor rollers for abutting on one surface of the heat-sensi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7170501 | Coordinate inputting apparatus A coordinate inputting apparatus capable of being used in combination with a device generating noise, comprises an input section for inputting coordinates, a detecting section for detecting the input coordinates, and a control section for controlling the entire coor... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166558 | Thermal imaging system A multicolor imaging system is described wherein at least two, and preferably three, different image-forming layers of a thermal imaging member are addressed at least partially independently by a thermal printhead or printheads from the same surface of the imaging m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128482 | Multi-media gaming printer A multi-media gaming printer. The multi-media printer may accept various kinds of voucher media, such as thermally writable medias, smart cards, or magnetic strip cards. The multi-media printer includes writing, reading, and erasing devices within the printer to man... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126746 | Generating sets of tailored laser pulses In a master oscillator power amplifier, a driver (208) of a diode laser (202) is specially controlled to generate a set of two or more injection laser pulses that are injected into a power amplifier (204) operated in an unsaturated state to gene... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7053886 | Liquid crystal panel device having a touch panel and method for driving the same A liquid crystal panel device having a touch panel, includes a liquid crystal panel, a touch panel positioned on the liquid crystal panel, a signal line having one end connected to the liquid crystal panel, and a touch controller for receiving analog signals generat... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034857 | Light and thermal energy image-recording apparatus An image-recording apparatus. In a housing of the apparatus are a casing section that encases a light and heat sensitive recording material, an optical recording section that exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material fed from the casing section to reco... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025516 | Multilayer printing material and the use thereof The invention relates to a multilayer printing material (20) for a printing group (10) of a printer, comprising a support layer (21) and at least one printable layer (22), self-adhesive on one face, that rests with its self-adhesive face ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019765 | Input device An input device, which is small-sized and inexpensive in spite of being simple in construction and thin, comprises at least one primary electrode and a plurality of secondary electrodes, both electrodes being formed in the same plane. A position of a dielectric is i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969160 | Ballistic aerosol marking apparatus A toner gating apparatus for supplying toner through an aperture to a gas channel having a propellant stream. The toner gating apparatus has a traveling wave grid having electrodes. A first gating electrode is located proximate a first side of the aperture. A second... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969206 | Tension generating mechanism for a printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying a web to a transfer unit, and a tension generating mechanism for applying a tension to the web fed to the conveyance mechanism, wherein the tension generating mechanism includes a tension generating ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947454 | Laser pulse picking employing controlled AOM loading A laser (126) and an AOM (10) are pulsed at substantially regular and substantially similar constant high repetition rates to provide working laser outputs (40) with variable nonimpingement intervals (50) without sacrificing laser pulse-t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947066 | Thermal activating device of thermal activation sheet and printer using the thermal activating device A thermal activating device has an activation heating apparatus for heating and activating a heat sensitive adhesive on a thermal activator layer of a thermal activation sheet. A pressing device presses the thermal activation sheet into pressure contact with the act... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942404 | Marker tubing processing methods and apparatus A processing system according to the present invention includes a printer that receives unprocessed marker tubing stock (i.e., multiple rows of uncut and unprinted tubing mounted on a carrier) for simultaneous printing of the marker tubing and the carrier with a sin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909444 | Transfer ribbon, image expressing medium and method for production of them The invention provides a transfer ribbon having a layered structure in which a substrate, a relief layer and a reflection layer are laminated in this order, wherein the relief layer comprises an ionizing radiation-cured resin. The transfer ribbon can precisely trans... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908239 | Arcuate print path to avoid curl in thermal printing The invention relates to a method of avoiding core set curl in thermal prints comprising providing thermal print material wound image receiving side toward the core, passing said print material from said core around a turning roll in a direction opposite to the core... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906735 | Thermal imaging system A multicolor imaging system is described wherein at least two, and preferably three, different image-fonning layers of a thermal imaging member are addressed at least partially independently by a thermal printhead or printheads from the same surface of the imaging m... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6784906 | Direct thermal printer The present invention provides a direct thermal printer, which may include first and second printheads and first and second platens. The first printhead can be positioned proximate to a first platen, and a second printhead can be positioned proximate to a second pla... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6704036 | Color thermal printer A color thermal printer has thermal heads for recording yellow, magenta and cyan mono-color image, respectively. An mono-color image data of each mono-color image is processed in image data processing section, and thereafter sent to the thermal head. A co... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6624835 | System and method for noise reduction in touch screen system There is disclosed a system and method for noise reduction in touch screen systems. A touch screen system comprises an analog to digital converter capable of converting to digital signals analog signals from at least one analog resistive film in a touch s... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6504561 | Thermal color printer A thermal printer using colorful rays and infrared rays for identifying colorant regions of an ink sheet is provided. The ink sheet includes a number of colorant region sets. Each colorant region set includes a yellow region, a magenta region, a cyan regi... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6452619 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and method for thermal transfer recording Using a thermal transfer recording medium formed with thermal transfer recording material on a surface of a supporting material, of which dynamic shear modulus of elasticity is within a range of 1×103 Pa to 8×105 Pa, and loss tange... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6411317 | Thermosensitive color printing method and thermosensitive color printer While the recording paper is transported in a printing direction through between a thermal head and a platen roller, the thermal head sequentially records first to third color frames of a full-color image on first to third coloring layers of thermosensiti... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6402402 | Pressure-sensitive and heat-sensitive image transfer apparatus for recording A pressure-sensitive and heat-sensitive recording apparatus has a pre-coating container that pre-coats a recording sheet prior to a printing operation on the recording sheet. The pre-coating material container, ribbon cassette and an over-coating material... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6369843 | Transfer sheet printing process for decorating articles formed by using a digitally controlled color printing machine A transfer sheet capable of applying a colored pattern to a final support material through the application of heat and pressure. The transfer sheet includes a carrier sheet having a colored pattern printed on a surface thereof. A digitally controlled colo... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6317149 | Lamination transfer object producing apparatus and method A thermal printer is comprised of a head section for applying heat with pressure to a transfer film having a metal foil, arranged to cover an ink layer of a desired pattern formed on print paper, and removed to transfer the metal foil toward the print pap... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6262755 | Multicolor thermal printing apparatus An apparatus and method for multi-color printing on plastic cards, such as credit cards, identification cards, and the like. The printing apparatus includes a rotatably driven cylinder having a smooth, high friction outer surface, and a plurality of color... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6246426 | Ink transfer printer An additive is dispersed in a matrix having a larger thermal expansion coefficient, which forms a film that prevents the permeation of the ink at the room temperature while allowing the permeation of the ink at high temperature. An ink roller is formed by... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243119 | Image-forming system A plurality of thermal line heads for different colors, extending perpendicularly to a conveyer path of an image-forming sheet, are aligned along the conveyer path. The thermal line heads are controlled to simultaneously generate image-pixels on printing ... | 06/05/2001 |
