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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115796 | Beltless tandem-type image forming apparatus In a beltless tandem-type image forming apparatus, a plurality of pairs of transfer rollers are placed side by side at intervals along a conveying direction of sheets. A control section independently conveys sheets in sequence through nip sections of respective pair... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7843484 | Mobile telecommunication device having a printer for printing connection history information A mobile telecommunications device including: a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network; processing means for processing connection history information relating to communications sent to or from the mobile telecommunic... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7411602 | System, method, and program for alternating sheets of media Systems, methods, and programs for adjusting marking data for use with alternately stacked multi-thickness media. The systems, methods, and programs input marking data and determine an orientation of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is alternated within a st... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411603 | Light guide In embodiments, light from a light guide is used to generate a signal. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408568 | Image forming apparatus and network system provided with the same A controller stops a registration roller to temporarily hold a recording sheet and restarts the registration roller at a timing of transferring an image formed on an intermediate transferring belt to a predetermined position of the recording sheet. Then, an adjustme... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401874 | Coder assembly A coder assembly for printing on containers or on labels that can be applied to containers. The coder assembly includes a base, a support member movably coupled to the base, and a coder supported by the support member and movable with the support member relative to ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397487 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms images, while continuously conveying, a long flexible recording medium in a constant conveyance direction on a conveyance path, the image forming apparatus comprising: a belt conveyance mechanism that is disposed on the conveyan... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7375858 | Image data control apparatus and method for image-recording device Ablation data of a region other than an image region, which ablation data is required for a positive-type printing plate, is added at a printing plate automatic exposure device side. Thus, a disadvantage of a time duration for transmission of job data from a PC bein... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369152 | Laser marking method In a marking device, by illuminating a laser beam onto an X-ray film which is a light-photosensitive heat-developing photosensitive material, an inner portion of a surface layer is melted, a cavity is formed, and a dot, which projects a surface out in a convex shape... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358984 | Image forming apparatus including multibeam exposure unit having surface emitting laser array An image forming apparatus includes: an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; a charging unit for charging the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an exposure unit for exposing... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356302 | Paper supply device and image forming device equipped with same A manual paper supply device is equipped with a paper shear prevention member 35 for preventing shear of the paper 9 loaded into the manual feed paper supply tray. A brush 36 is arranged on the paper shear prevention member 35 to make con... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336685 | Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device YAG laser can simultaneously emit a plurality of laser beams having different wavelengths from each other. By simultaneously irradiating the laser beams having different wavelengths from each other to a same region of a non-single crystal semiconductor film, an inte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330202 | Method for correcting skewed recording when exposing printing originals A method for correcting the skewed recording of a printing original on a recording material in an exposer includes the steps of projecting, with an exposure head, a linear array of exposure points generated by N laser beams onto the recording material and moving the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321356 | Time domain printing for electric paper An improved method and system for printing electric paper is described. The method utilizes a system for keeping a writing characteristic, such as an electric charge or an electric current, constant with each pixel of an electric paper as the electric paper moves th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312807 | Device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum The invention relates to a device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum, said drum comprising a surface on which a print media is wrapped for printing thereon, wherein said device comprises at least one holder which comprises an abutment p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310108 | Printing system A printing system includes first and second marking engines which are operatively connected to each other for printing images onto print media. A print media transport system collects printed media from the marking engines. The print media transport system includes ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305208 | Image heating apparatus with discharge occurring between a charge eliminating member and a pressure roller The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, includes a rotatable member, a pressure roller which contacts with the rotatable member, wherein the recording material is heated while being conveyed by a nip portion between the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284480 | Centering unit for a silk-screen printing device A centering system for a screen printing apparatus includes a platform for the placement of a plate to be printed, abutment wheels arranged on the platform, longitudinally adjustable servo shafts, beams, and a stationary frame on which the beams are arranged. The wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277114 | Image recording apparatus and method A photographic printer is loaded with two webs of photographic paper, and produces photographic prints by exposure thereto. Initially, the photographic paper is advanced from two photographic paper rolls in parallel. Those two are combined together to constitute a p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270494 | Easy assembly printer media transport arrangement A printer including: at least one elongate roller arranged, in use, to rotate so as to transport print media within the printer; a support frame for supporting the roller at the longitudinal first and second ends of the roller so as to allow the rotation of the roll... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267934 | Method of forming an image A method of forming an image comprising the steps of: (a) exposing a photothermographic material comprising a support having thereon an image forming layer comprising organic silver salt grains, silver halide grains, a reducing agent, a development accelerator and a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264239 | Feeding device for feeding recording medium A feeding device for feeding a recording medium in a feed direction, including: a drive roller having an annular recess; and a driven roller rotatably held and positioned such that a radially outer end portion of the driven roller is positioned within the annular re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262878 | System and method for calibrating an imaging system during imaging An imaging system is disclosed for imaging recording media. The imaging system includes an input opening through which recording media may be input to the imaging system, and an imaging unit for imaging the recording media that is received through the input opening.... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250962 | Recording sheet and image recording method using the same A recording sheet including a cellulose pulp, wherein a water retention value C of the sheet according to the following formula (1) is 50 to 100% and a wet tensile strength residual ratio R of the sheet in CD according to the following formula (2) is 5 to 20%: | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223505 | Method for forming micropatterns A method for forming micropatterns includes forming a thin film consisting of a single layer or of plural layers on a substrate, irradiating an energy beam to the thin film to elevate the temperature of a region to a predetermined temperature or higher to thereby mo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221382 | Medium with embedded information A medium includes an energy sensitive layer that changes appearance when energized to create a media label. The medium also includes pre-recorded data containing embedded information about the medium that includes printing characteristics of the energy sensitive lay... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215352 | Information recording system and information recording method System and method are devised to produce an optical recording medium suitable for identification and management. A recording layer formed in the optical recording medium is irradiated with writing light by a pickup. A visible image pattern suitable for identificatio... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195238 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet using a sheet conveying unit arranged along a sheet conveying path has a skew detecting unit for detecting skew of the sheet conveyed along the sheet conveying path with respect to a sheet conveying direction, a skew... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7177566 | Main frame construction for an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying unit for conveying a recording material on which an image is to be formed; and a pair of side members provided on both sides of the recording material conveyed by the conveying unit, in which the pair of side members ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176951 | Recording material supply device and image forming apparatus A photographic printer removably holds a magazine for containing a roll of photographic paper is provided. The photographic paper is advanced and supplied to a transporting path. A large-width loading support is loaded with a large-width magazine removably. A small-... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155139 | Snapfit for fixing roller and roller assembly of office automation machine having the same A snapfit for fixing a consumable roller such as a pickup roller to a corresponding shaft, facilitating the replacement of the roller. The snapfit includes a first fixing member and a second fixing member substantially symmetrical to each other with each having a ca... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7139522 | Image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus, in which liable to produce remaining curl, highly effective curl correction is performed. The image forming apparatus includes: a roll receiving portion for receiving a continuous recording sheet wound into a roll shape; a she... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136089 | Dynamic time to first print selection The number of pages of a print job received at printer (10) is determined (256). If the number of pages is low, printing is conducted at intermediate speed (262). If the number of pages is higher, printing is conducted at high speed (254)... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7088384 | Image recorder for punching hole by movable punching element An image recorder includes a punch unit for punching a hole in a plate. The punch unit has six punchers disposed movably. Punches of the punchers can punch holes of different configurations. A punch of a required configuration moves to a required location toward a p... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088380 | Labeling apparatus and method for disk storage media A label printer system includes a disk storage medium including a thermally-sensitive layer formed on at least a portion of an upper surface. A rotational drive rotates the disk storage medium and a transverse drive moves a laser substantially transversely with resp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081914 | Image recorder An image recorder includes a punch unit for punching a hole in a plate. The punch unit has six punchers disposed movably. Punches of the punchers can punch holes of different configurations. A punch of a required configuration moves to a required location toward a p... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7072596 | Paper type input optimizing print quality A Method for controlling image-forming device operations through use of bar code information located on the packaging of image media. Bar code information is used to adjust internal image-forming device operational parameters in order to maximize image and print qua... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068297 | Watermarking method for motion picture image sequence A method is provided for applying a watermark pattern along a length of photosensitive medium, the photosensitive medium having a frame pitch in the length direction that is the sum of an image frame height plus an interframe distance. The method exposes watermark t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7021757 | Both-side recording apparatus A clear-cut high-quality printing result is obtained in a both-side recording apparatus. The both-side recording apparatus has first unevenness imparting means for imparting an uneven shape to a recording medium in a plane orthogonal to the conveying direction of th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019769 | Imaging drum with improved material holding An image processing apparatus (10) for writing images to print media (32), which comprises an imaging drum (300) for supporting the print media (32), wherein the imaging drum (300) has a surface, a drive end wall (310), and ... | 03/28/2006 |
