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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090275 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to thermally fix an image transferred onto a sheet thereto, an endless belt to carry the sheet in a feeding path toward the fixing unit, a pattern forming unit to form an imag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8000616 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus to which a paper handling unit is connected thereto is provided. The image forming apparatus detects the size of a sheet in a direction in which the sheet is conveyed for image formation. The image forming apparatus outputs sheet size mism... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991306 | Sheet transport apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet transport apparatus of the present invention includes sheet transport means that transports a sheet, an actual position detecting device that detects an actual position of the sheet based on the rotation of a rotating member that is driven to rotate by the s... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991307 | Media elevator's current position identification method and a media handling device arranged with the same A media handling device includes sensing means disposed in a media elevator that is movable in a generally-vertical travel path proximate to a generally-fixed surface. The sensing means detects a recorded information that is disposed in the surface. The resulting de... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7970294 | Document feeding apparatus and method A document feeding apparatus includes a first delivery roller delivering a document sheet discharged from a fixing unit, a second delivery roller discharging the document sheet to a paper delivery tray, a motor driving the second delivery roller, a lever installed a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965951 | Image recording apparatus having a lower fixing temperature An image recording apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a print engine; a fixing unit; a medium sensor that outputs a detection signal when a recording medium passes said medium sensor; and a controller that determines from the detection signal whether an ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7912384 | Image forming device adjusting conveying gap between consecutively fed sheets A laser printer forms images on a recording sheet fed from a paper cassette. A conveying gap between consecutively fed recording sheets is adjusted such that a conveying gap between consecutively fed thin sheets is larger than a conveying gap between consecutively f... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7756428 | Media path diagnostics with hyper module elements A system for handling media sheets is provided which comprises a plurality of hardware components including a first image marking engine operative to mark media sheets, and a second image marking engine operative to mark media sheets. In addition, the plurality of h... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7715734 | Paper change detection method A method for detecting a media change includes the steps of comparing a previous media condition to a current media condition, detecting a media change when the previous media condition is in one state and the current media condition is not that one state and, promp... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7613406 | Image forming apparatus that detects a presence of a conductive foreign object on a recording material The image forming apparatus includes a conductive member provided in a conveying path of a recording material, a voltage applying device for applying a voltage to the conductive member, a current detecting device for detecting a current flowing in the conductive mem... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7587146 | System for managing paper supplies in a population of printers and copiers A method of operating a printer comprising at least one tray for retaining print media comprises reading a code associated with a quantity of print media, and associating the code with loading the quantity of print media in the tray in a database. If the print media... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7580646 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus that is capable of normally performing second side printing on a transfer material, even if the transfer material put on standby after completion of first side printing is pulled out by a user. A transfer material having image formed on it... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7558492 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method In an image forming apparatus identifying recording materials to decide printing conditions, information concerning the type of the recording materials identified by a recording material identification unit is stored for each paper feed port. In a subsequent print j... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558491 | Electro-photographic image forming apparatus having one or more safety sensors installed to improve user safety An image forming apparatus having a safety sensor. At least one safety sensor is mounted on an inner wall of the main body to detect an object entering a space in the main body, other than a space corresponding to a normal moving path of the printing medium. A contr... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558493 | Full-loading sensing device for an image forming apparatus A full-loading sensing device and method thereof is provided for an image forming apparatus. The full-loading sensing device includes at least one lever rotated in different directions from reference locations by loading of a discharged paper and opening of a jam re... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7499654 | Image recording apparatus and image recording method An image recording apparatus having a transport path of a recording material, and an image recording unit in the transport path which records an image in the recording material in the process of transporting the recording material in the transport path. It includes:... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7440880 | Design support program and design support method A computer readable design support program for inspecting a processing operation of software that controls a sheet conveyance mechanism by displaying the behavior of feeding a virtual sheet from a virtual sheet stock portion on a display portion, includes a sheets n... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426353 | Image forming apparatus with variable convey speed control between transfer device and fixing device In a construction for forming images on the both surfaces of a sheet, a speed controlling device for effecting the conveyance control of the sheet between a transfer device and a fixing device controls, when the image is to be formed on a first surface, the sheet co... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7403722 | Integrated media and media tray sensing in an image forming device An image forming device determines a plurality of conditions in the device. In one embodiment, a signal source positioned downstream from a media input tray emits a signal. The signal reflects off of a reflective member and is received by a detector. Based on the am... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403721 | Image forming apparatus, MFP and method of displaying jam removal guidance An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a scanner for reading an image, a printer for fixing an image formed thereby on paper and discharging the paper, a display for displaying information, and a controller for controlling the scanner, the pr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379678 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus that is capable of normally performing second side printing on a transfer material, even if the transfer material put on standby after completion of first side printing is pulled out by a user. A transfer material having image formed on it... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375837 | User-definable print-option conversion for heterogeneous cluster printing A method and system for handling an imaging job in a heterogeneous imaging environment, and in particular for enabling and implementing dynamic conversion and/or configuration of imaging control data, such as print control data, so as to match imaging job requiremen... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376364 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette, transport rollers, a pick-up roller, a sheet detector, and a control section. The sheet feeding cassette stores sheets for developer images to be transferred thereonto at a secondary transfer position. Th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357300 | Method and apparatus for tracking documents in a workflow A workflow system and method include tracking the physical movement of documents. The information of the physical movement is incorporated with the flow graph of a workflow. A display of the workflow can then be enhanced by the information relating to the physical m... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354037 | Stapler for a finishing device having a variable start pulse A stapler is incorporated in a finishing device associated with a document creating apparatus. The stapler has a control circuit with a memory and is driven by a variably powered motor. An end user inputs the job parameter information at the control panel of the doc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354036 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including the sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit which stores plural supplied sheets with upstream edges in a conveying direction thereof aligned; a processing tray on which sheets discharged from the buffer unit are stacked; and an oscillation roller pair and a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347378 | Method, device systems and computer programs for producing and tracing printed documents with a determinate identifier In a method and system for production of a printed document with a unique identifier, the data medium for the unique identifier is applied on a recording medium, the data medium being capable of being electronically written without contact so that data are written w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342693 | Image reading device An image reading device includes a main body and an openable cover. A sheet feed path is defined inside the cover. An intermediate portion of the sheet feed path is exposed to the top surface of the main body, thereby the top surface defines a part of the sheet feed... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336393 | Color image reading apparatus and document size detecting method in color image reading apparatus A color image reading apparatus includes a light source, first and second photoelectric conversion devices, first and second document size detection units and a control unit. The first photoelectric conversion device obtains first electric signal information at a fi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333224 | System and method for managing printed documents The present invention provides a system and method for managing printed documents. The method includes receiving a print request, assigning an identifier to a print job associated with the print request, and sending the print job to a printer for printing. Once the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330689 | Method for detecting damage of a heating roller of a fixing apparatus based on its peripheral speed A fixing apparatus includes a fixing device configured to, by allowing a sheet having a developing agent image on it to pass between a heating roller and a pressing roller set in contact with the heating roller, fix the developing agent image in which at least one o... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330692 | Electricity waste suppressing original document size detection apparatus An original document reading apparatus includes a plurality of point light source elements (e.g. a LED array) in a main scanning direction beneath an original document table, a moving device that moves the point light source elements in a sub scanning direction, and... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321738 | Fixing apparatus with current control to heater A fixing apparatus has a first heating member and a second heating member provided in a heating portion, and a current control unit which controls an AC current to be supplied to the heating portion, The current control unit executes a wave number control, on the AC... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319842 | Pivotal sheet conveying apparatus for skew correction and image forming apparatus To provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of enhancing an accuracy of correcting a skew of a sheet, and of preventing position shift of a sheet. The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by a sheet conveying unit disposed ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316391 | Automated paper stack conditioning A paper handling apparatus includes a tray for supporting a stack of cut paper sheets. The tray includes at least one hinged portion. A feed roller is disposed above the tray for selectively feeding sheets seriatim from the stack of cut paper sheets. The paper handl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315701 | Systems and methods for reducing transfer deletions in an electrostatographic printer An apparatus is provided for reducing transfer deletions in an electrostatographic machine. The apparatus includes a registration controller for driving a print substrate at a registration velocity and feeding the print substrate to an image-retentive member. The ap... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315709 | Image forming apparatus having main and sub-image forming units and method of using apparatus An image forming apparatus and method are disclosed. The image forming apparatus and method comprise a main image forming apparatus having a developing section and capable of being independently driven so that it prints an image onto a paper fed on the basis of inpu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308228 | Image forming device and image forming method An image formation device enabling manual two-sided printing in which a user supplies the sheets, has a receiving unit, which receives printing page quantity information; a control unit, which based on the printing page quantity information determines the number of ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302222 | Automatic document feeder (ADF) with a releasing device An automatic document feeder (ADF) with a feeding roller used to carry a paper sheet to a reading position is provided. The ADF comprises a feeding path, a paper cartridge, an exit roller set, and a first lever. The feeding path is arranged in the ADF for guiding th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295786 | System for managing a digital printer having active and inactive operational modes A digital printer is operable in an inactive mode, such as a sleep mode or a cycle-in mode, and an active mode. In response to receiving a first print request, the digital printer delays beginning switching from the inactive mode to the active mode, for a delay peri... | 11/13/2007 |
