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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931413 | Printing system ribbon including print transferable circuitry and elements Systems and methods are provided for generating customized labels having electronic circuitry such as RFID circuitry. A printing system generates the label by selectively transfer printing elements (e.g., electronic circuitry, physical components, etc.) and donor la... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7258502 | Tape producing apparatus It is intended to provide a tape producing apparatus capable of printing on an appropriate printing medium with high quality based on data directly read from marks which are continuously printed on a release paper to show a type of a printing medium, with non-contac... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252443 | Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon A printer includes a ribbon supply end including a shaft, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The printer further includes a print head, a driving module... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182532 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly Disclosed is a thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon or a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156566 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly A thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon, a dye sublimation... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144304 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128236 | Versatile label sheet and dispenser A label sheet assembly is provided with bar code information thereon defining the layout of the labels on the backing sheet. A versatile label dispenser apparatus advances the label sheets and deflects them over a peeling bar in one direction to partially separate t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063595 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6997789 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994265 | ATM receipt A medium for printing, such as a thermal receipt roll for an ATM. The medium has two sides, each side having a plurality of marks positioned to trigger an automatic operation, such as printing, movement, or cutting of the medium when identified by a detector. Prefer... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6908240 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly A thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon or a direct therma... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6865988 | Transfer foil for golf balls A transfer foil for golf balls which achieves transfer printing at a temperature below 130° C. and provides a printed pattern having a superior durability. The transfer foil comprises a base film, and an ink layer carrying a pattern on one surface of the base film,... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6852409 | Radiation-cured correction tape A multilayer pressure sensitive correction tape useful for masking handwritten and/or printed characters comprising a release liner, a masking layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein at least one of the layers is cured by radiation. In a preferred emb... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6727933 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A donor web having successive dye transfer areas and opposite longitudinal edge areas alongside each one of the dye transfer areas is subjected to a longitudinal tension when the donor web is advanced in a dye transfer printer, which can stretch the dye transfer are... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6600505 | Thermal printer and ink ribbon used therewith A gradation correction data used in correcting the gradation of the printed image is recorded on the leader film of the ink ribbon in a form of optically readable marks. Then the ink ribbon is set in a thermal printer, the marks are read out by an optical... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6387846 | Thermal transfer sheet, thermal transfer recording method, and thermal transfer recording system A thermal transfer sheet is equipped with an approval information of being approved as applicable to the predetermined printer. When the thermal transfer sheet is set on a printer and a determinator determines that the approval information is correct for ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6309118 | Ink ribbon An ink ribbon adapted to be used for a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, said ink ribbon comprises a ribbon-shaped substrate, ink layers formed on a surface of said substrate and containing dyes, sensor marks formed on said surface of said substr... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6287029 | Multi-layer ink ribbon and manufacture thereof The object of the invention is to provide a multi-layer ink ribbon having a long printing life and a substantial freedom from causing unevenness of prints and a process for manufacturing the above ink ribbon. In accordance with the invention, a plurality ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6250826 | Ink ribbon, cartridge containing ink ribbon, and method of discriminating failure location from ink ribbon base film This invention relates to an ink ribbon, a cartridge containing the ink ribbon and a method of discriminating a failure location from an ink ribbon base film when the failure occurs on the ink ribbon. The ink ribbon is a sublimation-type ink ribbon manufa... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6224277 | Ink ribbon with adhesive for attaching end of ribbon to supply roll Disclosed are various embodiments of packaging for a roll of a web which is attached to a take-up core. The web is arranged so that it packages the roll together with the core, ready for shipment without the need for additional packaging. The web can incl... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6141115 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus is provided for printing an image using sequentially transferring inks for a plurality of colors, which are repeatedly arranged on an ink ribbon (R) with each having a predetermined length (l), to an elongated recording sheet (T) so t... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6043833 | Thermal printing ribbon for an office color printer The invention concerns a thermal printing ribbon for an office printer and bearing a sequence of coloring areas (3-7) that serve to print a picture in at least one printing zone onto a printing support sheet of specified format. The formats of the consecu... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5957594 | Thermo-tape unit having a thermo-tape provided with at least one marking stripe configuration In a thermo-tape unit (1) having a supply reel hub (2) and a supply roll (5) of thermo-tape (6) wound on the supply reel hub (2), the thermo-tape has at least one marking stripe configuration (14) at least in its leading area (8), which configuration comp... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5853255 | Thermal printer and ink ribbon used therewith A gradation correction data used in correcting the gradation of the printed image is recorded on the leader film of the ink ribbon in a form of optically readable marks. Then the ink ribbon is set in a thermal printer, the marks are read out by an optical... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5820274 | Color printer and ink ribbon therefor A compact color printer having a Y head (2), an M head (9), a C head (16), platen rollers (8, 15, 22) and a multi-time ink ribbon (23) wherein yellow ink (23y), magenta ink (23m) and cyan ink (23c) each having effective lengths B are sequentially on a sub... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807000 | Thermal transfer printer system and recording unit A recording unit is formed by successively adhering layers of ink donor film of differing colors to each other. A bottom layer is adhered to an image receiving sheet, along a top edge of the recording unit. The image receiving sheet is longer than the ink... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803627 | Combination ink or dye ribbon and apparatus for nonimpact printing A nonimpact printer accommodates ribbons of selected panel types such as y, m, c and black thermal transfer or dye diffusion, precoat, overcoat, and the like, or combinations thereof, on which ribbon identification data is recorded in terms of the number ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5769549 | Color thermal printer A color thermal printer using an ink sheet having a set of three or four colorants coated or printed so as to correspond to a print area with sensor marks arranged at boundaries between the colorants. In the color thermal printer, a plurality of sensors a... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5697715 | Marked golf ball transfer foil therefor and preparation of golf ball using transfer foil A transfer foil for use in marking a golf ball has an ink layer on a base film. The ink layer is constructed by a urethane resin having a hydroxyl value of 0.2 to 15. The ink layer is transferred from the foil to the golf ball to form a marking by pressin... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5474394 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus employs a nearly linear conveying path P2 for printing paper P from a position confronting the platen roller 6 and thermal head 7 for composing the printing unit 3 to the paper discharge unit 2. The capstan roller 4, pinch roller 5, a... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5445463 | Combination ink or dye ribbon for nonimpact printing A nonimpact printer accommodates ribbons of selected panel types such as y, m, c and black thermal transfer or dye diffusion, precoat, overcoat, and the like, or combinations thereof, on which ribbon identification data is recorded in terms of the number ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5434597 | Thermal transfer recorder In a color thermal transfer recorder, L is set to a distance from a printing position to first and second sensors for detecting each of marks, q is set to a pitch between the marks, N is set to an integer equal to 2 or more, S is set to an arbitrary value... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5424762 | Color printer capable of utilizing a jointed color ink sheet The provision is made of a firmware (F/W: ROM, RAM) which enables an accurate indexing of an ink sheet so that printing is not performed at the joint portion when an ink sheet having a joint is used. Therefore, an ink sheet having a joint can be used, dec... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5340222 | Ink ribbon with wire lubricant in a wire impact printer The present invention provides an impact dot printer free from the missing of dots. An impact dot printer for recording dots on a recording medium comprises a printer wire having a printer end, a guide member for supporting the printing wire, an ink ribbo... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5325115 | Ink ribbon for color printer An ink ribbon for a color printer is provided which comprises a plurality of full color image strip portions each provided for printing a full color image on one sheet of printing paper during printing operation, each full color image strip portion includ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5268704 | Thermal transfer recording method reducing ground staining and improving ink transferability Thermal transfer recording is improved by a recording method involving providing a thermal transfer material having a support and an ink layer disposed thereon and which in turn includes a binder and a colorant. The binder includes 45-70 wt. % of an ethyl... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5259680 | Thermal transfer printer and ink sheet cassette for use in same A thermal transfer printer which can use both an ink sheet provided with a positioning mark to indicate the top position of a set of three color ink patches necessary for producing one image, and an ink sheet provided with no such positioning mark, withou... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5196862 | Apparatus and method for donor sensing at the print line in a thermal printer A thermal printer contains a thermal print head with a bead line, a print drum with surface openings, and a two-part sensor assembly with a first member mounted on the thermal print head adjacent the bead line and a second member mounted in one of the sur... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5185315 | Making encoded dye-donor films for thermal printers A method of making a dye-donor film is provided with printing code marking formed on clear areas interspersed between successive sets of dye patches formed on the film.... | 02/09/1993 |
