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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167391 | Image registration on edible substrates A method of making edible substrates that have an image registered on them in a consistent manner. The method comprises the steps of providing an edible substrate sheet, and an image source, wherein the image source has at least one image. Further, a trigger pulse s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152260 | Apparatus for application and accurate positioning of graphics on a surface In an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for application and accurate positioning of at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface, comprising a flexible-rail positioning system mounted on a portion of the surface on which the grap... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152259 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a body, an engine part provided in the body and including a recording head that ejects droplets of a recording liquid, the engine part recording an image on a recording medium by the recording head while feeding the recording med... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8100489 | Double-sided printing system A method for double-sided printing may include ejecting printing fluid from a fluid ejector to a platen configured to receive print media, the platen supporting a nonabsorbent substrate. In any sequence, a first print media side and a second print media side may be ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8070244 | Printing machine and a method of printing The invention relates to a printing machine comprising a support plate (42) and a printer unit (44) fastened to the support plate (42) to project ink onto articles for printing. The printer station includes at least one additional printer unit (... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061792 | Printing apparatus, method and program for inner peripheral printing of rotatably driven media A printing apparatus includes a printing unit for printing visual information on a non-recording surface of a rotatably driven recording medium by discharging ink droplets. A control unit controls movement of the printing unit in a radial direction of the recording ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056998 | Image-forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus is capable of performing a non-margin recording operation without a margin on a recording medium and providing a waiting time between a moment of termination of a movement of a carriage in one of opposite directions and a moment of initiat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052238 | Mobile telecommunications device having media forced printhead capper A mobile telecommunications device is provided which has a printhead, a print media feed path for directing print media past the printhead, a capping mechanism including a capper moveable between a capping position in which it is urged into a capping relationship wi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025350 | Printing and flat panel display device A printing and display device is provided having a base unit for placement on a surface, a flat panel display unit, an arm extending between the base unit and the flat panel display unit so that the flat panel display unit is supported on the surface by the base uni... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020952 | Printing apparatus, printing method and computer program There is provided a printing apparatus including a printing unit for printing visual information on a non-recording surface of a rotatably driven recording medium by discharging ink droplets; and a control unit for controlling movement of the printing unit in a radi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011745 | In-car entertainment unit with inbuilt printer An in-car entertainment (ICE) unit includes a compact disc (CD) player configured to play a CD. A first user console is provided to permit a user to control operation of the CD player and the radio receiver. A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided which can be us... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7976114 | Inkjet printer with carbon copy capability A printer operable to print on a multi-layer print media includes a non-impact printhead, an impact printhead, and a controller operable to control the non-impact printhead to produce an image on a first layer of the print media and to control the impact printhead t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967405 | Methods and apparatus for image transfer An apparatus for imprinting high quality images on non-planar surfaces, including the surfaces of various types of three-dimensional articles, such as baseball bats, formed from a number of different types of materials. In the preferred method of the invention, the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7946668 | Printing on a rotating surface In some examples, a printing system including a rotating platen having an axis of rotation and configured to support a substrate, and a printhead configured to eject drops in a direction parallel with the axis of rotation onto the substrate supported by the rotating... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7922271 | Label printer A user's operation burden can be reduced by giving the data recording command and the label printing command by the use of only an interface for writing data to a recording medium. A label printer includes an extraction portion extracting label information from a re... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922272 | Method for application and accurate positioning of graphics on a surface There is provided a method of applying an accurately positioning at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface using an apparatus comprising a flexible-rail positioning system mounted on a portion of the surface on which the graphic image is to be applied,... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922273 | Card-type printing device A card-type printing device includes a support structure defining an exposed body portion; an electrical connector located at a first end of the support structure, the electrical connector adapted for insertion into a corresponding electrical socket to send and rece... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7832817 | Recyclable printing device with tamper protection A recyclable device comprising a chassis supporting a pagewidth print head for printing an image, an ink supply means for supplying ink to the print head, and a supply of print media on to which said sensed image is printed. A casing surrounds and encases said chass... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7748807 | Off-radial-axis circular printing device and methods Method and apparatus for printing onto a rotating media is described. According to one embodiment, the printing system includes a print head that is laterally displaced from a radial printing radius, a rotating mechanism to rotate the media, and a controller to prin... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7712853 | Printer-equipped disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A printer-equipped disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a disk drive; a printer; a single light-emitting indicator unit able to luminously indicate colors; an ink tank containing color inks of which the number corresponds to the number of colors the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708360 | Combination printer and its paper A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided print... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7695081 | Image input/output apparatus and method An image input/output apparatus, and the image input/output apparatus includes an ink-jet head including at least one nozzle unit having a length that is greater than or equal to a width of a recording medium and being movable in a sub scanning direction, and a scan... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7681964 | Recording medium processing apparatus, printing method, and computer program A recording medium processing apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium processing apparatus includes: a head unit which traces a track formed on a recording surface of a recording medium and reads a data signal; a signal processing unit which detects positional ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669946 | Ink jet printing system for printing colored images on contact lenses The present invention provides a method for making colored contact lenses and an apparatus for implementing the method of the invention. The apparatus of the invention comprises a securing means for holding a contact lens or a portion of a mold for making the contac... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661779 | Printing and display device incorporating at least two printheads A printer configured to receive documents to be printed from a computer system, the printer including an interface, and being configured to: receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command; send, from the printer to the c A printing and d... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654626 | Camera device incorporating a color printer with ink validation apparatus A camera device includes a replaceable print roll. The print roll includes an ink reservoir section storing respective types of ink. A validation apparatus is configured to validate the replaceable print roll. A printer is configured to print an image on print media... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621607 | Print media cartridge for a camera A card reader for reading data from a data card includes a support. A light source is supported by the support and is configured to emit light toward the data card. A sensor is supported by the support and is configured to sense the data being carried by reflected l... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618104 | Computer monitor having flat panel display and printhead A computer monitor is provided having a flat panel display for displaying images and a printhead disposed adjacent a lower portion of the computer monitor. The monitor is configured such that print media to be printed is fed manually into a feed path that directs th... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607745 | Digital printing machine A digital printing machine including a rigid frame, a first linear motion X axis stage mounted on the frame, a printing table assembly movable on each linear X axis stage, a linear motion Y axis stage mounted on the frame perpendicular to the linear X axis stages, a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600834 | Inkjet printer with carbon copy capability A printer operable to print on a multi-layer print media includes a non-impact printhead, an impact printhead, and a controller operable to control the non-impact printhead to produce an image on a first layer of the print media and to control the impact printhead t... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597414 | Hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus having replaceable scanning unit A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus having a replaceable scanning unit includes an array type inkjet head unit and a shuttle type inkjet head unit. One of the array type inkjet head unit and the shuttle type inkjet head unit is fixed to a main body frame at a pr... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7575290 | Motor vehicle entertainment unit with a printer The invention relates to an in-car entertainment unit for operative mounting in a cockpit of a motor vehicle. The unit includes a printer having a pagewidth printhead, an ink and media cartridge, and a feed system for feeding the media past the printhead. The unit a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7556325 | In-car entertainment unit with print capability An in-car entertainment (ICE) unit includes a compact disc (CD) player configured to play a CD. A radio receiver is configured to receive a radio broadcast. A first user console is provided to permit a user to control operation of the CD player and the radio receive... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7547081 | Methods and apparatus for image transfer An apparatus for imprinting high quality images on non-planar surfaces, including the surfaces of various types of three-dimensional articles, such as baseball bats, formed from a number of different types of materials. In the preferred method of the invention, the ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7513583 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus for fabric, comprising a retainer unit having a retainer surface on which a piece of fabric is removably installed, an ink ejecting unit which ejects ink onto a surface of the fabric retained by the retainer unit according to image data transmit... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7506943 | In car entertainment unit including printer An in-car entertainment unit provides a radio, a CD player and/or a DVD player, a display and a printing unit. The printing unit comprising includes a printhead, a replaceable cartridge containing a stack of print media sheets and an ink reservoir for supply of ink ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506942 | Printing apparatus A method and apparatus for imprinting high quality images on non-planar surfaces, including the surfaces of various types of three-dimensional articles, such as baseball bats, formed from a number of different types of materials. In the preferred method of the inven... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7497534 | Enhancing angular position information for a radial printing system Methods and apparatus for radially printing onto a rotating media are disclosed. Techniques and mechanisms are used to receive a pulse train frequency source signal in generating a rotation index pulse and an angular position pulse. Techniques and mechanisms are fur... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7475956 | Apparatus for printing, data writing to memory tags and data reading from memory tags, and methods therefor Apparatus for data printing and data writing to a memory tag on or in a base medium is described. The apparatus includes a print head for printing onto the base medium, and a memory tag write device for data writing to the memory tags on or in the base medium. The b... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7469982 | Telescope assembly with image capture and printing devices A portable telescope assembly includes a telescope having a body that at least partially defines a printer body. An image sensor is mounted in the telescope and is configured to capture images from a lens of the telescope. An internal printer is mounted in the print... | 12/30/2008 |
