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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7202972 | Method, computer program product and system for the transmission of computer data to an output device A method and system for outputting data from a computer to an output device, such as a computer, defines a master document in which variable and static data areas are defined. A variable data area is marked and variable data is inserted thereinto to provide a data s... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196813 | Method of making printed matter and the printed matter The present invention provides a print creating method which can instantaneously create media such as advertisements which are agreeable to the customer by incorporating therein customer snapshots, etc. by the process of printing with an ink-jet recording system on ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7143291 | Printing method and apparatus having improved job security function, and computer program product executable by computer for realizing improved job security function A printing apparatus capable of preventing degradation of printer performance etc. caused by print jobs which are secured by a job security function and which are forgotten to output and accumulated in a storage device. The printing apparatus allows to cancel or out... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7088947 | Post processor inserter speed and timing adjust unit In the present invention an image-forming production system includes a marking engine. The marking engine outputs a plurality of printed sheets at a first speed. An inserter is connected to receive the plurality of printed sheets from the marking engine and insert a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6970670 | Image forming device An image forming device includes a photoconductive drum, a motor which rotates the photoconductive drum, a charging unit which charges a surface of the photoconductive drum, an exposing unit which writes image information as an electrostatic latent image onto the ch... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6920306 | Extraneous matter removal method and image recording equipment with extraneous matter removal feature An image recording equipment is provided with an adhesive roller that is brought into contact with a surface of an image recording sheet wound around a rotary drum and keeps in contact with the image recording sheet with contact pressure axially distributed in a ran... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6804029 | Liquid crystal shutter Disclosed is a liquid crystal shutter that uses as a shutter a liquid crystal panel constructed by sandwiching DHF liquid crystal between a pair of substrates provided with one or more pixel electrodes and one or more counter electrodes, wherein a driving waveform f... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6507393 | Surface cleaning and particle counting A method and an apparatus for detecting removable particulates initially on a test surface or surface to be inspected. The removable particles are transferred to a portion of a tacky surface on a carrier by adhering and then removing the portion of the ta... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6456366 | Image exposure apparatus In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an image exposure apparatus whose installation area and height are reduced and which enables smooth conveying of a printing plate. In this image exposure apparatus, a cassette accommodating print... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452695 | System and method for enabling an image input device and a printer to operate as a digital copier An adapter device is provided for connection to a printer and an image input device, such as a document scanner or digital camera, that enables the printer to operate as a digital copier for image data received from the image input device. The adapter dev... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6368767 | Image forming material and production method of the same, and an image forming apparatus An ablation image forming material is disclosed. In the image forming material the colorant particles are metal particles which are magnetized upon application of to magnetic force, a production method of the same, and an image forming apparatus.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6162570 | Electrophotographic printing process for printing a carrier In an electrophotographic printing process as well as an electrophotographic printer for printing a substrate, a photo-sensitive layered system is brought to a homogeneous initial state by impressing an electrical field having a first direction. The photo... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5956540 | Network printer/photocopier configuration and sheet transport system therefor An image forming device connected to one or more data processing devices is disclosed, and includes a printer unit, a copying unit, a document transport unit for transporting documents printed in the printer unit to a document mounting unit on the copying... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5895139 | Image forming device with a printer unit and a copying unit An image forming device connected to one or more data processing devices is disclosed, and includes a printer unit, a copying unit, a document transport unit for transporting documents printed in the printer unit to a document mounting unit on the copying... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5864735 | Image forming apparatus comprising a combination of a host computer, a printer, a copy machine, and an automatic document feeder An image forming machine including a host computer, a printer, a copying machine, and a document supply device for conveying a document printed by the printer to an automatic document feeder of the copying machine, in which a controller is provided for co... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5848332 | Image forming method and apparatus using tacky image forming support The present invention relates to an image forming method for forming an image by ink, and an image forming apparatus applied to a copier, a printer and the like, which enables the use of a water ink and forms an image of high quality. The image forming me... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5835815 | Image forming machine including a host computer, a printer, a copying machine, and a document supply device An image forming machine includes a host computer, a printer, a copying machine, and a document supply device for conveying a document printed by the printer to an automatic document feeder of the copying machine. The host computer and a control device pr... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5790915 | Plane registration for monochrome and color printing systems A printing system for printing on a sheet of print media, the system including an electrophotographic printer operable to print on the sheet at a first print speed; and a color printer operable to print on the sheet of paper at a second print speed. The i... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5771419 | Apparatus comprising a combination of a host computer, a printer, a copy machine, and an automatic document feeder An image forming machine including a host computer, a printer, a copying machine, and a document supply device for conveying a document printed by the printer to a document stand of an automatic document feeder of the copying machine is disclosed, the ima... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5742879 | Method and apparatus for reproducing documents with variable information Method and apparatus for optically reproducing information from an original document sheet together with electronically written additional information that may be either constant in content for all copies or may vary in content from copy to copy. Electrop... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5467165 | Masking of photographs for reproduction The frames of a film are scanned and exposure data, as well as masking data, are calculated for each frame from the resulting measurements. Following scanning, the frames are successively transported to a printing station. As a frame approaches the printi... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5405723 | Xerographic press capable of simultaneous master making and printing A printing apparatus comprises a reprographic device for producing at least one reprographic master representative of at least a portion of an image, and an image transfer device for transferring at least a portion of the image from at least one reprograp... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5296896 | Image forming apparatus with storage for copying conditions An image forming apparatus including a condition determining device for determining optimum conditions automatically for copying a document during copying, a blank lamp for recording information concerning the determined conditions in code on a sheet of c... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5148225 | Electrophotographic process and apparatus In electrophotographic process and apparatus of this invention, a drum-like photosensitive member and an endless toner-image bearing member are used. The bearing member is brought into close contact at a part thereof with the sensitive member. The sensiti... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5140370 | Image forming apparatus for forming a master copy An image forming apparatus having a static latent image forming unit for forming a static latent image corresponding to an original image on an image carrying member, a first developing unit for developing the static latent image, formed by the static lat... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4990969 | Method and apparatus for forming multicolor images A primary imaging member, for example, a photoconductive web is used to form a series of primary toner images. Each toner image in the series is transferred to a separate secondary imaging member. The secondary image members can be drums covered by blank ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4967236 | Charge retention xeroprinting Xeroprinting is performed without fusing a master toner image. A master toner image is made by conventional electrophotography, for example, by charging, imagewise exposing and applying toner to a photoconductive imaging member to create a first toner ima... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4916486 | Copying and printing apparatus A copying and printing apparatus comprises a copying system and a printing system. In the copying and printing apparatus, the copying system produces a copy of a document in an electrophotographic process. On the other hand, in the printing system, an ima... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4697917 | Copying machine A copying machine with a predetermined variable magnification range is capable of providing a wider range of magnification values. The copying magnification desired can be entered into the copying machine and if the desired magnification data is out of th... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4643559 | Electrophotographic copying method There is disclosed an electrophotographic copying method applicable to an electrophotographic copying machine providing a photo-sensitive drum (hereinafter referred to as a first drum) and a drum capable of being brought into contact with or being separat... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4443093 | Electrostatic printing method In an electrostatic printing method of the type wherein a toner image is fixed on a printing master, the master is repeatedly run through a charging operation with a discharging lamp or the like maintained off, until the potential thereof reaches a value ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4400080 | Two-drum type copying machine having improved illumination efficiency A two-drum copying machine having rotatable memory and transfer drums in which an optical path between an object point on the memory drum and an image point on the transfer drum is arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis of a lens focusing lig... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4391504 | Recirculating copy document In a precollation copying apparatus with a recirculating document handler (RDH) in which a set of plural original document sheets is placed and normally plurally recirculated and copied once per circulation at the copier imaging station to produce a selec... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4387979 | Copying optical system A copying machine of the type in which an original image is formed as a visible image on a first drum and the visible image from the first drum is transferred as a secondary original image to a second drum from which multiple copies are made. A single len... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4380383 | Copying method and apparatus A copying system and apparatus wherein a first electrostatic image of an original is formed and developed on a first photoconductive surface, and second electrostatic images of the developed image are repeatedly formed on a second photoconductive surface ... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4362378 | Paper feed and image transfer for electrostatographic copiers and duplicators In apparatus for electrostatographic reproduction of an original document having an electrostatographic recording member supported on a rotatable drum or belt, a developing station, a copy sheet supply station and a transfer roller at which developed tone... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4294534 | Multiple function reproduction apparatus A triple function image processing system incorporating, for operation in a first COPY mode, a light/lens imaging system for imaging originals at a viewing station or platen to produce latent electrostatic images thereof on a photoconductive surface. The ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4273438 | Electrostatographic printing method and apparatus A method for printing a great number of duplicated copies of an original with the aid of the same and single master comprises (1) a step for forming on a photoconductive member such as a zinc oxide paper a primary electostatic charge latent image corresponding... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4268158 | Dry planographic printing apparatus A dry planographic printing apparatus having a photosensitive plate feed mechanism for feeding a photosensitive plate which includes an electrically conductive support and a photoconductive layer formed on the support, the photoconductive layer includes a... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4240739 | Electrostatic copying apparatus An automatic printing apparatus includes an image formation member for forming a master which may be repetitively subjected to the process of reproducing an original image, a rotatable drum capable of holding the image formation member thereon, an optical... | 12/23/1980 |
