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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7955012 | Printer with force transmitting path selecting mechanism A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force o... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7931414 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus and method can control vibration generated resulting from the movement of a carriage to be small even when a desired printing pattern, etc., may change. The carriage is moved based on a plurality of drive conditions, each specifying a different ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7798734 | Printing device A printing device, including: a mechanical energy storage mechanism for storing mechanical energy; and a mechanical energy application mechanism for carrying a sheet and/or printing on the sheet, using the mechanical energy stored. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7632030 | Recording apparatus, and method for initializing the same A recording apparatus includes: a carriage having a recording head, a movement unit that reciprocally moves the carriage, a carriage detection unit, a point-of-origin detection unit that detects the position of a point of origin of the carriage, a regulation unit ca... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7390077 | Carriage and recording apparatus incorporating the same A first shaft member extends in a first direction. A second shaft member extends in the first direction. A carriage body is disposed between the first shaft member and the second shaft member. A first slider comes in contact with a circumferential part of the first ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377705 | Printing device driven by a mechanical energy storage device A printing device, including: a mechanical energy storage mechanism for storing mechanical energy; and a mechanical energy application mechanism for carrying a sheet and/or printing on the sheet, using the mechanical energy stored. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347636 | Printing control system and method for an inkjet printer A printing control system and method for an inkjet printer, wherein a carrier equipped with one or more inkjet cartridges is driven while the line feeding is being executed, and the line printing is initiated after the line feeding of the paper is completed. The pri... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7303245 | Printing apparatus, printing system and control method for printing apparatus A printing apparatus for performing printing by scanning a carriage capable of mounting an inkjet printhead discharging ink where correction of printing timing is performed for adjusting printing positions in the printing, and information on the correction, which ca... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300613 | Process for producing three-dimensional model, and three-dimensional model A process for producing a three-dimensional model is provided. The process includes a step (layer formation step) of forming a layer of a powder material, the layer having a predetermined thickness, a step (cross-sectional shape formation step) of imagewise bonding ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301550 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281872 | Printer Various embodiments of a printer including an actuation member are disclosed. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261480 | Print shaft contamination detector A system and method for providing a self-diagnostic process for determining a print shaft contamination condition such as debris build up on the guide shaft in a shuttle head printer is described. The process can be carried out at several points in time including au... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249882 | Method for determining integration initial value of PID controller A method for determining integration initial value of PID controller is applied to obtain an integration initial value for temperature control and to fast eliminate stability error. This method uses a set temperature value and temperature error setting to perform on... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222572 | Printing apparatus, printing method, and program This printing apparatus comprises a support tray provided with a rotatable base, and an optical disk as a printing object is mounted on the rotatable base. A control section of the printing apparatus selectively operates rotation drive means for driving the rotatabl... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209156 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194339 | Method of controlling motor, motor control device, and printing method A motor-controlling method includes the steps of: preparing a motor control device provided with a motor for moving an object to be moved and causing the motor to move the object to a target position by first accelerating the object and then moving the object at a c... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7147299 | Control unit and method for controlling motor for use in printer, and storage medium storing control program There is provided a control unit capable of rapid and precise stoppage of an object to be driven by a motor for use in a printer. The control unit has a speed control part to control the object by acceleration control, constant speed control, deceleration control, a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131779 | Actuating control device An actuating control device for use between a printer head and an actuating and transmitting device includes a path planning unit, a feedback unit, a proportional-integral controller and a feed forward controller. The path planning unit issues a position command val... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121749 | Device and method for carriage drive control A carriage drive control device is provided which moves a carriage at a constant speed in a recording area for recording operation and which moves the carriage to a target stop position in a better way for non-recording operation. A controlled variable of actuator i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106015 | Motor control device and motor control method If a traveling speed of a carriage calculated by a speed converter is larger than an estimated speed in a deceleration section, braking is conducted by a braking method corresponding to a manipulated variable generated by a drive control unit. Owing to this type of ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7084949 | Apparatus for arranging spacers at fixed points, liquid crystal device, method of manufacturing liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus An apparatus is provided to arrange spacers at fixed points, a liquid crystal device, a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device, and an electronic apparatus with the liquid crystal device. It is an object to precisely arrange spacers without using a highly... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7061515 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056041 | Encoder strip damage detector A method and apparatus for detecting a damaged encoder strip are described. An encoder strip is scanned in two separate operations at two separate times, a first operation and a second operation. The number of markings sensed in each separate operation is counted. A... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7027887 | Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing are shown and described. Various embodiments of the invention allow for more precise and controlled delivery of heat to achieve interlayer drying; isolation of the working region from the outside f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021355 | Disc tray error system A processor, such as a laminator for laminating a film onto a disc, such as a CD, DVD or the like has a tray for holding a disc for movement from a loading position to a processing position. The tray has a recess for receiving the disc, when the disc is properly pos... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011130 | Laminator for applying a protective layer to a disc The laminator for laminating protective, appearance changing film layer onto surfaces of CD's, DVD's, and other discs has a heated laminating roller that will press a web carrying the film onto the disc in regions on which pressure can be applied. In order to mainta... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6954023 | Linear actuator In order to provide a linear actuator which is capable of solving deposition of deposit due to a long-time use and preventing malfunction, the linear actuator has a driving shaft 3 which reciprocates or expands and contracts to its axial direction, a slider | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939064 | Printing apparatus and method It is an object of the present invention to use a simple configuration to reduce the deviate of an image printed position caused by the behavior of a print sheet when the back end of the sheet slips out from an upstream roller pair. Thus, the present invention provi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935795 | Method for reducing the effects of printhead carrier disturbance during printing with an imaging apparatus A method for reducing the effects of printhead carrier disturbance during printing with an imaging apparatus having a printhead carrier for carrying at least one printhead includes the steps of accelerating the printhead carrier from a first position in a first dire... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932457 | Apparatus provided with carriage An apparatus provided with a carriage is guided and supported by at least two guide members, a guide shaft and a guide rail, arranged to be parallel to each other to enable the carriage to reciprocate. The guide members are arranged apart from each other substantial... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908173 | Positional deviation correction using reference and relative correction values in bi-directional printing In the bi-directional printing, a reference correction value is set for correcting printing positional deviation arising between forward and reverse main scanning passes with respect to specific reference dots. An adjustment value is determined, using at least the r... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905645 | Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing are shown and described. Various embodiments of the invention allow for more precise and controlled delivery of heat to achieve interlayer drying; isolation of the working region from the outside f... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883979 | Serial printer detecting set condition for image formation and method of controlling the same The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a control... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6877837 | Control unit and method for controlling motor for use in printer, and storage medium storing control program There is provided a control unit capable of rapid and precise stoppage of an object to be driven by a motor for use in a printer. The control unit has a speed control part to control the object by acceleration control, constant speed control, deceleration control, a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872017 | Image-forming device A printer prints a black mark BM having a left mark edge BMa and a right mark edge BMb on a paper P. An encoder offset SH_L_EDG for the left mark edge BMa is set based on the difference between the carriage position (encoder value PR_ENC_L) that is detected when the... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6832864 | Printing apparatus for printing an image on a selected surface Printing apparatus for printing an image on a selected surface, includes a print head for printing the image, respective supports for the print head that allow the print head to translate left and right along an x-axis and to translate up and down along a y-axis per... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6827511 | Printing apparatus and carriage scan driving method A carriage scanning period required for moving from completion position of printing of the preceding line to start position of printing of the next line is compared to a printing medium feeding period required for feeding a printing medium in a predetermined amount ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6809491 | Positioning control method A position of an object is controlled based on a distance YS until the object is stopped, a target velocity VS of the object, acceleration time ta for accelerating the object, deceleration time td for decelerating the object, velocity variation ΔVa within the accel... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805504 | Method and apparatus for flat surface treatment Apparatus for printing, scanning engraving or cutting a flat horizontal surface, particularly when the surface is of non-standard dimensions or is supplied in an non-standard manner. The apparatus is suitable for following outside electromechanically commanded instr... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802660 | Printing device ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A printing device is usable to print a material which is bent around a printing cylinder. The printing device includes a plurality of print heads and a print head holder. The print head holder positions the print heads in a common holder p... | 10/12/2004 |
