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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174549 | Image forming apparatus, surface property reforming sheet, and method for forming image An image forming apparatus includes a feeding device feeding a recording medium to be recorded, a thermal transfer sheet having an ink layer to form an image and a protective material layer to form a protective layer protecting the image, a thermal transfer sheet tr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8149255 | Image forming apparatus and modification sheet cartridge using the same An image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium in a predetermined direction, a thermal transfer sheet traveling unit that causes a thermal transfer sheet to travel in a predetermined direction, a modification sheet moving unit t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8068126 | 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 ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8035670 | Thermal transfer sheet, thermal transfer sheet set, and image forming method A thermal transfer sheet includes coloring material layers D1, D2, and D3. Transferred images respectively formed by the coloring material layers D1, D2, and D3 have a value C defined by mathematical ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7474321 | Thermal recording method and system employing edge printing An imaging device (30) comprising an array of individually controllable thermal recording elements (36) and a controller (34). Controller (34) is configured to receive an input signal (42) and, based on input signal (42), is... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474322 | Image display medium, process for forming image, and multicolor image-forming apparatus An image display medium that includes a photoconductive layer containing a photochromic compound and an electron accepting compound; and a substrate, in which the photochromic compound contains a fulgide compound, and the electron accepting compound contains a compo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7417655 | Printer and printing method for recording image during movement of recording paper A printer comprises a feed roller to which driving force is transmitted from a motor via a reducer. While the feed roller moves a recording paper, an image is recorded by a line print head one line by one line. The feed roller is provided with a rotary encoder. A co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7365761 | Thermal printer A thermal printer having an improved arrangement of memory card sockets on a main board and capable of printing an image on a print medium by applying heat to both surfaces of the print medium is provided. The thermal printer includes: a rotating unit rotatably inst... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7321447 | System and method for processing a multi-colour image A system and method are provided for processing digital multi-colour images for the reproduction thereof on a colour printing and/or copying system. Image dots of marking particles of the respective colours associated with the respective colour separation images are... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319472 | Printer and printing method A direct color thermal printer includes a heating element array for yellow, a heating element array for magenta, and a heating element array for cyan to perform the thermal printing on each of recording areas in color thermosensitive recording paper. When one of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310106 | Thermal printer and thermal printing method The recording sheet is virtually divided into a recording area and an unrecording area in a main scan direction. Unrecording area printing heat energy is Esi calculated by subtracting printing heat energy Epi for a line to be printed from maximum printing heat energ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300219 | Image forming apparatus using thermal printing head An image forming apparatus that uses a thermal printing head (TPH) is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a platen roller. A TPH unit faces the platen roller and pivots to contact or separate from the platen roller. A first elastic member elastically bias... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295223 | Method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment for an image forming apparatus A method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment of an image forming apparatus that uses a thermal print head for applying heat to first and second sides of a medium for printing are provided. In the apparatus and method, a first printed area on the first sid... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295224 | Thermal response correction system A model of a thermal print head is provided that models the thermal response of thermal print head elements to the provision of energy to the print head elements over time. The amount of energy to provide to each of the print head elements during a print head cycle ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264323 | Achieving laser-quality medical hardcopy output from thermal print devices A multi-media printer includes an engine controller, a printhead controller, and a pulse activation table. The engine controller transmits a row of energy values. The printhead controller receives the row of energy values and transmits an activation signal. The acti... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262786 | Image aligning method for thermal imaging printer An image aligning method for a thermal imaging device includes picking up a thermal imaging medium that has a first surface and a second surface on which printing operations may be performed respectively from a medium container. An edge of the medium is fed a first ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249903 | Assembly for feeding a continuous roll of web material to a sheet fed printing device An assembly for feeding, printing, and cutting a continuous web of material is provided. The web is fed from a roll supported in a roll feeding unit to a printer unit. The web can carry distinct image-receiving media items or can be a plain continuous web material. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250959 | Printer with multi-pass media transport A thermal printer and method for operating a thermal printer are provided. The thermal printer has a receiver medium path leading past a print nip between a print head and platen. A processor causes an urge roller to move the receiver medium in the forward direction... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230635 | Printer In a printer that forms an image on a color thermal recording paper by using a thermal recording head, a preheating region of the recording paper that is used for preheating the thermal recording head in a process prior to formation of the image and disposed of as a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222839 | Cable slack and guide monitoring apparatus and method for a lift device The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a cable in a human power amplifying lift system. The method and apparatus employ a cable slack sensor and a cable end sensor to override and prevent the lift from continuing to unwind th... | 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 |
| 7187901 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus is capable of reducing the operations to be executed by a user in a case of employing a thick recording sheet for a recording operation, thereby improving the operability of the recording apparatus. A thick sheet guide, which is mountable on th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7145585 | Line thermal head printer device A line thermal head printer device of which size is made remarkably smaller is provided. A stepping motor (10) rotationally driving a ribbon tape reel is arranged to be fitted to one corner portion of a frame plate (9). A line thermal head (11) ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7113175 | Methods and apparatus for supplying power to touch input devices in a touch sensing system A method and apparatus for transmitting power to active touch stimulating devices associated with a touch sensing apparatus. In this invention four methods of providing power supply to the touch-input device are presented. These methods are: EM induction transmissio... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111782 | Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine The invention provides systems and methods for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. A detachable printer can also be provided that is adap... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104713 | Printer for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet A printer has a sheet housing unit for storing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on one side and a printable surface on the other side. A set of pull-out rollers pulls the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet out of the sheet housing un... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101100 | Printer apparatus Provided is a printer apparatus, including: a thermal print head that performs printing by contacting a heat-sensitive color-developing layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet that includes a printable surface made from the heat-sensitive color-developing layer on ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7084892 | Photoprinter taking shortened time for printing In printing a plurality of color images successively, a photoprinter forms a cyan image of an n-th image and successively forms a yellow image of the (n+1)-th image while drawing back roll paper toward the paper feed source. The time required for printing a pluralit... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084891 | Photoprinter printing image on recording paper A key operating portion is operated and a scaling size of an image to be printed is selected. Then, the number of the images to be printed is selected. Further, when printing of a plurality of images is set, if a continuous printing determining portion determines th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7042477 | Photo printer When a drive force of the motor for feeding the rolled paper is exerted on a shutter, the shutter moves. When fixing an image formed on a heat-sensitive yellow color developing layer, the shutter is positioned above yellow fixing lamps and the movement of the shutte... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038390 | Lamp control system A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the stable lamp standby power to the order of 5% of nominal full power in order to reduce the effects of heat from the lamp on a substrate during production downtime. In particular, a power controller changes the oper... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030897 | Photo printer An image fixing portion includes a drum of cylindrical shape provided on a conveyance passage, a magenta fluorescent lamp and a yellow fluorescent lamp installed near the axis of the drum, and a fixing portion guide guiding the roll paper to be conveyed along the in... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6943815 | Thermal printer and electromagnetic wave source device A thermal printer in which color thermosensitive recording material is used is provided. A thermal head records an image to the recording material by applying heat thereto. One or two photo fixing xenon flash lamps apply electromagnetic rays to the recording materia... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6876375 | Color thermal printer having a light source A flat-type fluorescent lamp is used as a light source of a color thermal printer. The flat-type fluorescent lamp has a yellow luminescent surface for emitting yellow fixing rays, and a magenta luminescent surface for emitting magenta fixing rays. The respective lum... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6876467 | Printer with automatic density adjusting function and density adjusting method of printer When densities of C, M and Y colors for automatic density adjustment are measured, test patterns of R, G and B colors are printed on TA paper, and a fixing lamp throws lights that have bright line spectrums of R, G and B colors onto the test patterns and amounts of ... | 04/05/2005 |
