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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102409 | Printer device A printer device that prints an image to a printing paper using a thermal head formed with a plurality of heating resistors. The printer device includes: edge position detection means for performing edge position detection, at four corners, to an incoming printing p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7417656 | Compact printer A compact printer that includes a sensor system for monitoring the position and/or status of media is provided. The system includes a photo source extending along a line across all or a portion of the width of a media path. The photo source can comprise a number of ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7362973 | Protecting secret data entry from infrared and audio eavesdropping A method for protecting a data entry device from eavesdropping includes masking a signature of entry resulting from entry of data by a user of the data entry device so as to reduce the detectability of the signature by eavesdropping. The signature may include a temp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352379 | Sheet for forming an image, image forming method, and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a sheet for forming an image having an identifying mark, an image forming method, and an image forming apparatus using the same, wherein the identifying mark is useful to identify various information concerning the sheet. The sheet for... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324237 | Image recording apparatus correcting the image recording position based on the detected result of the recording material This invention relates to an image recording apparatus provided with a transporting unit transporting an image recording material whose shape has at a least one side in a predetermined transporting direction; an image recording position detecting unit detecting a po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324124 | Printer and method for detecting donor material Thermal printers and methods for operating a thermal printer that applies donor material from donor patches on a donor ribbon to a received medium, the donor material being organized into sets, each set including at least one colored donor material patch and a prote... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304291 | Information detecting device, sheet material processing apparatus equipped with information detecting device, and signal output device Disclosed is an information detecting device capable of reducing fluctuation in detection accuracy. A recording sheet P transported through a transport path comes into contact with a displacing member, and, in this state, a motor is driven to rotate a cam, and the r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300218 | 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... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7277109 | Thermal transfer printer In a thermal transfer printer, before a thermal head transfers an ink component of a yellow region on a recording paper, the thermal head is preheated up to a transfer temperature and by sublimating a black ink component constituting a mark pattern during preheating... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7250958 | Method of printing thermal media by aligning image A method for printing on a thermal medium by aligning test patterns comprises the steps of feeding a thermal medium to a print starting position of the medium beyond a predetermined distance from a heating elements of a thermal printhead; printing a first test patte... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242417 | Printer and printing method A printer includes a supply member that separates and supplies a recording sheet from a sheet storage means, and a recording-sheet turning member that can turn the recording sheet. A recording sheet supplied from the sheet storage means by the supply member is turne... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236730 | Dampening mechanism for an image forming apparatus There is provided a system and mechanism for substantially reducing or substantially eliminating vibration or noise of a doctor blade of an image forming apparatus during operation. The system and mechanism provided includes at least one contact in communication wit... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233760 | Method and device for doctor blade retention A toner cartridge for an image forming apparatus, the cartridge having: a housing defining a toner reservoir; a developer roller supported by the housing; a doctor blade supported by the housing and positioned adjacent the developer roller; and a retainer connected ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131777 | 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... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7106458 | Device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped materials A device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped print materials (1), especially of transparencies, that are moved along a transport path through a sheet-processing machine has a beam transmitter (31) and a beam receiver (32), whereby beam transmitt... | 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 |
| 7099034 | Methods and arrangements for providing and using printer configuration status information Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a printer and associated computer(s). The printer is configured to periodically and/or automatically detect when changes are being made to a print media supply tray and output/display the current configuration of the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7064850 | Paper previewer from preloaded information A method of configuring paper stock in a printing device. The method includes loading paper into a tray of the printing device and then providing information about the paper and the tray to the printing device. Once the information is provided to the printing device... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063470 | Printer media supply spool adapted to allow the printer to sense type of media, and method of assembling same A printer media supply spool adapted to allow the printer to sense type of media, and method of assembling same. The supply spool comprises a shaft having a supply of media ribbon wound thereabout. A transceiver unit is disposed proximate the shaft. The transceiver ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057782 | Optical scanner and color image forming apparatus using the same The present invention has an object to provide a highly accurate optical scanner of a simple construction which permits reduction of jitter caused by a division error of the deflection surface of a polygonal deflector, and to provide a color image forming apparatus ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042478 | Modular printer A modular printer having a media take-up assembly, a support block assembly, a printhead assembly, a stepper motor assembly and a display assembly is provided. A support housing having a plurality of recesses formed on an internal wall of the modular printer is also... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021735 | Reduction of color plane alignment error in a drum printer An imaging system including a rotatable device configured for rotation, a memory including an error table having a plurality of error entries and a position detection apparatus coupled to the rotatable device, the position detection apparatus having at least one pos... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6947159 | Using a paper preview in document management applications A method of using a document management application to update a user interface for a printer. The method includes scanning the paper from a paper tray of a printer and accessing the resulting scanned image from a document management application. The document managem... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6832866 | Printer or laminator supply An identification card printer or laminator system includes a card transport mechanism configured to transport a card along a path, a printer or lamination mechanism configured to print or laminate the card, a print or lamination consumable supply, and a controller.... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6788323 | Printer Illumination adjustment of LEDs is carried out prior to printing to a color thermosensitive recording paper with each thermosensitive coloring layer of yellow, magenta, and cyan. A light control circuit lights on the LEDs by one line printing period upon printing to... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6677273 | Erasable recording material capable of inputting additional information written thereon and information recording system and information recording method using the recording material An erasable recording material including a substrate, and an erasable recording layer which is formed overlying the substrate and in which image information is repeatedly recorded and erased, and optionally includes an undercoat layer formed between the s... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6667753 | Device for detecting a leading edge of a recording paper A separator abuts on a leading edge of a recording paper to separate it from a periphery of a paper roll when the paper roll is rotated forward in a paper feeding direction. The separator is attached to a supporting arm, which is urged by a spring so as t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6509919 | Apparatus adapted to sense a colorant and method for sensing color and detecting a donor mispick condition An apparatus for donor colorant detection and donor pick sensing employs N light sources of distinct wavelengths paired with N photosensors. Measured light values for a donor are combined to form an N-dimensioned coordinate value which is then compared ag... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6412991 | Identification code for color thermal print ribbon A ribbon for a thermal printer has a series of frames of different colors in a sequence that are correlated to the position of cards to be printed. The ribbon has indexing marks for each frame and also indicators for each repeating sequence of frames. The... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6386772 | Method and apparatus for communicating between printer or laminator and supplies A printer for printing onto a substrate includes a substrate feed mechanism configured to secure the substrate during printing and a print mechanism configured to print on the substrate. A transceiver is configured to transfer power through a non-physical... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6344891 | Printer usable with recording material of plural types A thermal printer includes a thermal head, which records an image to a recording material. Feeder rollers feed the recording material relative to the thermal head. An EEPROM stores first distance data adapted to image recording to a predetermined first ty... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6323955 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus provides a plurality of recording units to form images based on their respective image data, overlaying the images formed by the plurality of recording units on a single transfer member traveling in a predetermined direction, c... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6232994 | Noise cancellation system for a thermal printer A noise cancellation apparatus provides an inexpensive mechanism that is readily adaptable for printers and other equipment and devices that are used in areas where external noise is undesirable. In an embodiment of the present invention, a thermal printe... | 05/15/2001 |
