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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637678 | System and method for determining the status of a label in a roll of label stock A method and system for determining whether a first one of a plurality of labels on a roll of label stock is a full label. The method includes sensing a leading edge of the roll of label stock, sensing a location of a first one of a plurality of indicator marks that... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7441972 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7404684 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a roll sheet holder storage part of which a bottom is formed with a positioning recess which is rectangular in plan view and long sideways and has a predetermined depth. A discrimination recess rectangular in plan view is provided between the... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404683 | Printer In a printer, when a cover is closed, a paper issuing path, and a paper setting path are formed downstream from a cutter mechanism in a paper transport path. The paths are switched over by a movable guide. During a normal printing process, the movable guide is swung... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7381002 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7168654 | Media cartridge for wallpaper printer A media cartridge is constructed as a case in which a roll of blank media may be deployed for supplying a wallpaper printer. The case has two halves, hinged together. An area between the two halves, when they are closed, defines a media supply slot. The case has int... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140794 | Apparatus to guide label stock in a printer A label printing apparatus for accommodating a plurality of widths of rolled label stock is provided. The label printing apparatus includes a frame, a label stock support arm extending from the frame, and a print head located for having label stock pass thereby for ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7090215 | Printer paper path plural nips releasing system A system for automatically releasing selected plural sheet feeding nip sets spaced along a print media sheet feeding path of a printer, wherein the idler rollers are rotatably mounted on common idler shafts and a selectable partial rotation system driven by a single... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059791 | Tape printer A pinion wheel for a spitter mechanism of a tape printer includes a first surface that does not engage with a tape, and a second surface for contact with a portion of the tape. Rotation of the pinion wheel causes the second surface to engage and move the portion of ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021846 | Method and apparatus for producing laminated labels A method of printing an image on a composite medium is described. A composite medium comprises a thermally sensitive image receiving layer and a protective layer. The image receiving layer is activated through the protective layer whereby to generate an image in the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6854907 | Method for removing roll-set curl for two-sided printing A method for substantially removing “roll-set curl” in a rolled print medium. Roll-set curl, as the name implies, may be defined as the “memory” a print medium has which causes the print medium to tend to return to the shape it had while on the core, once th... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6672214 | Method and apparatus for reserving a portion of web A method is provided for reserving a portion of web to be used as a leader portion. A measurement of the length of a web is obtained, and a plurality of print jobs are received. At least one print job length is determined, and an operation involving the a... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6558055 | Printer The present invention is directed toward a printer having a ribbon guide capable of reflecting light emitted from a paper detection sensor away from the paper detection sensor in the absence of a printing paper. As a result, the possibility of erroneous r... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6491460 | Tape printing apparatus A tape printing apparatus has a tape exit having a slit defined by a pair of opening edges opposed to each other. The slit includes a tape setting space facing a cutter and a tape guide space defined on the tape setting space in a manner continuous with t... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6402405 | Method and device for page by page conveyance of a pre-printed striplike recording medium in a printer A method and device to control a paper drive mechanism of an electrographic printer or copier by friction feed. Optical markings are provided on the recording medium, and a sensor scans an area of the recording medium for the optical marking during transp... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6325265 | Feed accessory apparatus and process for feeding the tail of a material web into a roll machine Feed accessory apparatus and process for feeding the tail of a material web into a roll machine. The apparatus includes an infeed section, a discharge section, a gripper head, and a carrier. The gripper head is pivotably arranged on the carrier to pivot a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6068418 | Media guiding apparatus for a printer A printer has a print station and a guide path extending from a media roll station to the print station. Guide apparatus includes an inner edge guide extending along and defining an inner side edge portion of the path. In one embodiment, lateral tracking ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5927876 | Media guiding apparatus and method for a printer A printer has a print station and a guide path extending from a media roll station to the print station. Guide apparatus includes an inner edge guide extending along and defining an inner side edge portion of the path. In one embodiment, lateral tracking ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5915865 | Method and apparatus for compensating for printer top-of-form and image stretch errors An apparatus and method for controlling operation of a printer enables the transport rate of the print media to be coordinated with the print rate in order to precisely compensate for top-of-form and image stretch errors. The printer comprises a platen ro... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5752779 | Automatic journal-loading assembly The present invention features an apparatus for a journal-receipt printing machine. The apparatus semi-automatically loads the journal paper onto the take-up spool. The machine also has a drop-in, loading capability for the journal-paper supply-roll. The ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5613787 | Automatic journal loading assembly A journal printing apparatus is disclosed for a journal receipt printing machine. The apparatus semi-automatically loads the journal paper onto the take-up spool. The machine is also characterized by drop-in loading for the journal paper supply roll. The ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5490735 | Method of operating a printer A method of operating a printer in which, after positioning of a paper web for printing and the printing of the web, the last printed sheet is removed and the leading edge of the web is retracted in a park position. The retraction of the leading edge of t... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5486062 | Printer-containing apparatus An apparatus is disclosed in which a printer in which roll paper having no core bar is used is contained. When a leading end of roll paper placed on a roll paper accommodation section passes a roll paper introduction portion opened in a printer housing, a... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5411342 | Terminal device There is disclosed a terminal device. A paper roll cover is pivotally connected at its proximal end portion on a rear end portion of a paper roll receptacle portion so as to pivotally move into an open position where the paper roll cover is inclined sligh... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5388923 | Ergonomic printer for use in aircraft cockpits An ergonomic printer suitable for use in an aircraft cockpit includes a polarizing arrangement preventing a paper roll being inserted in a support the wrong way around and a paper extraction arrangement which operates on the paper roll in a region thereof... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5307970 | Paper web threading apparatus having abnormality indication alarm A paper web threading apparatus for use in a paper web processing machine which aims at threading a paper web along a paper web threading path by moving a paper web threading member to which the paper web is secured along a guide member provided along the... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5219182 | Paper saver and form leader Disclosed is a paper saver for use with continuous paper forms, the paper saver comprising a generally rectangular shaped flexible sheet having a top and a bottom and two parallel sides defining the rectangular shaped material. The sides extend to provide... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5156477 | Movable platen type recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording apparatus body including a sheet feeding roller and recording means for effecting recording on a sheet, platen means mounted for movement to an opened position and a closed position relative to the recording appa... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5078525 | Paper entrance structure for printer An entrance structure for introducing a continuous form paper from a paper feeder into a printer, and comprises an entrance forming member disposed above a front end of the paper feeder and having a sloped guide surface defining an entrance opening for th... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5059049 | Device for adjustment of a printer For a simple adjustment of a printer from paper sheet transport to endless paper transport mode and conversely, an adjustment assembly is adjustable through selective engagement by a ram of the print head carriage according to the carriage position and is... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5048987 | Paper guide for tractor feed printers An accessory for use with perforated paper of the type used in electro-mechanical printers having a tractor wheel feed mechanism facilitates inserting the leading edge of a length of paper into the tractor feed mechanism. The paper guide accessory consist... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4990010 | Paper feed tractor with fixed and pivotable pressure plates A pin-tractor type paper feed mechanism is disclosed which includes feed belt with pins for feeding paper having perforations along the edges of the paper, the pins of the feed belt being engageable with the perforations of the paper. An endless film is p... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4987830 | Paper feed device for rotary press A paper feed device for use with a rotary press for printing newspapers includes a plurality of guide rails connected together so as to extend along any of different paper feed paths. A linear member is inserted into the guide rail so as to be fed through... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4984916 | Recording apparatus having a platen rotatable between positions in which the platen faces and is separated from a recording head A platen movable type recording apparatus includes a recording unit for performing a recording operation for a recording medium on a recording surface thereof; a platen having a supporting surface, facing the recording surface of the recording unit, for s... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4925325 | Recording paper transporting device in a recording apparatus A printer of the type in which printing is performed in response to data supplied from a host computer and the printer is selectively rendered in an on-line mode enabling to receive the data from the host computer and in an off-line mode disabling to rece... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4909645 | Pivotable support enabling paper insertion in a recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprises a recording unit disposed in a case and including support members for supporting a platen a printing head and a sheet feed guide having an outlet situated near a region between the platen and the printing head an an inlet s... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4900172 | Printer assembly with paper guide A printer assembly having a printer on a support or table and, in addition, a paper guide formed by a pair of bent plate members spaced apart from one another and defining a gap through which a paper web can travel from an inlet edge of the guide to an ou... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4895466 | Processor for forms with multi-format data A multi-format document printer and processor has a plurality of data writing and reading means for data in different formats, disposed along a transport path. Forms are separated from a continuous perforated form supply and advanced along the transport p... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4787546 | Apparatus for automatic threading of a web A recorder or printer device including apparatus for threading a continuous web of printable material from a supply through a main drive nip, including a main drive nip formed by a drive surface of a rotatable roll and a main presser which urges the web a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4772146 | Recording apparatus with a platen detachably incorporated therein A recording apparatus preferably usable for desk-set type electronic calculator, computer, word processor, electronic typewriter or the like of the type having a platen detachably incorporated therein. The platen is operatively connected to an upper case.... | 09/20/1988 |
