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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075213 | Medium transport apparatus, printer, plotter and combination of printer and plotter A medium transport apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to rotate around a rotational axis. A guide rail extends along the rotational axis. A slider is supported by the guide rail and movable along the rotational axis. A rotatable pinch roller is configure... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7946776 | Medium feed control method for preventing overlap-feed of recording media A sheet feeding procedure supplies recording media from a medium enclosing portion to a medium conveying path. An overlap-feed detecting procedure monitors a thickness of recording media supplied to the medium conveying path, thereby detecting the overlap-feed media... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7914216 | Printer and method of interrupting printing operation in continuous transport process A method of interrupting a printing operation in a continuous transport process in which a first roller and a second roller transports plural printing mediums including a first medium on a tray in a transport direction to a printing area at which the printing operat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7857535 | Method of controlling transport amount, transport device and recording apparatus A method of controlling transport amounts of a pair of first rollers and a pair of second rollers, the pair of first rollers operable to nip a medium so as to transport the medium in a transport direction, the pair of second rollers operable to nip the medium so as ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7413361 | Recording apparatus and control method thereof When the trailing edge of a recording sheet is released from a nip of a first pair of rollers which hold and convey the recording sheet, on the upstream side in the conveyance path, a variance of electric power for driving the first pair of rollers is detected, and ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410315 | Paper discharge mechanism for a printer, and a printer A printer having a paper discharge mechanism which reliably prevents recording paper after completion of the printing operation from being pulled back inside the printer. The printer includes a paper feed roller 62 located on the upstream side of the printing... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410167 | Recording medium feeding method and image recording apparatus A method for feeding a recording medium includes the steps of: feeding the recording medium along a sheet-feeding path by a unit feeding amount, detecting an entrance of a rear end of the recording medium into a jumping alarm area, dividing the unit feeding amount i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396175 | Sheet carrier and image forming device A sheet carrier, includes an upstream side sheet carriage part; a downstream side sheet carriage part; an overlapping detection part which is provided between the upstream side sheet carriage part and the downstream side sheet carriage part and is configured to dete... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390136 | Document feeder method A document feeder method is disclosed. The document feeder method includes providing at least one cantilevered roller shaft in the printer for advancing the document, and coupling a supported end of the at least one cantilevered roller shaft to a frame of the printe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367733 | Actuated pressure roller in media transport An apparatus for transporting a sheet recording medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet recording medium (12) i... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367734 | Printer A printer less susceptible to paper jams, allowing reduction in number of components and having superior printing precision is provided. The printer includes a chassis, a printing portion mounted on the chassis for printing on a sheet of recording paper, a press rol... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357586 | Image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette An image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette to stack a print medium, wherein the paper feeding cassette includes a plate to support the print medium and which elevates substantially straight, and a supporting unit to support the elevation of the pl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354214 | Image forming apparatus having a chassis containing a curved part that supports a roller bearing The image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a feed roller, and a press roller. The chassis includes first and side surfaces, a bottom surface that connects the first and second side surfaces, and a curved part formed unitarily with the bottom surface. The curved... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341338 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a single transport roller (4), two first driven rollers (A: A1, A2), two first driven rollers (B: B1, B2), and a single first driven roller (C). The rollers (A1, A2, B1, B2, C)... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329060 | Printing medium and printing method for photo printer A printing medium and a printing method thereof, for a photo printer using the printing medium, wherein the printing medium includes a printing region, and a first tab region and a second tab region extending from both tabs of the printing region in a lengthwise dir... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325802 | Aligning device and image forming system including the same An aligning device in accordance with the present invention is arranged in such a manner that a feed section for feeding a sheet and a release section for releasing a pinching force exerted to the sheet by the feed section are driven by a single motor. With this arr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317553 | Settings of sub-scan feed error and sub-scan feed amount suitable for printing medium A printing device comprises a feed mechanism configured to advance the printing medium intermittently. The feed mechanism is adjusted so that an average feed error δave is in the vicinity of zero with respect to a most slippery printing medium among plural types of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303345 | Pinion roller drive for recording apparatus An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium into an image recordin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287922 | Exit roller system for an imaging apparatus including backup rollers configured to reduce tracking A backup roller is formed by a member having a rotational axis and a circumferential region around which a plurality of teeth are arranged. Each tooth of the plurality of teeth has a tip end extending in a direction away from the rotational axis. When the backup rol... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284924 | Printer and control method thereof An encoder is adapted to be opposed to a scale provided with a plurality of marks or slits arranged in a first direction at predetermined intervals. A plurality of detectors is arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction while being staggered... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267502 | Image forming apparatus including a feed roller and press-fit member for attaching gear to roller shaft In a thermally transcribing printer including a frame, a roller made of a metal for feeding sheet at constant speed, a gear made of a resin, a motor, a press-fit engaging member, and a compression coil spring, the roller includes a shaft portion attached to project ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264239 | Feeding device for feeding recording medium A feeding device for feeding a recording medium in a feed direction, including: a drive roller having an annular recess; and a driven roller rotatably held and positioned such that a radially outer end portion of the driven roller is positioned within the annular re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246962 | Exit roller system for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a print engine having a print zone. A print media feed system transports a sheet of print media in a media feed direction along a media feed path through the print zone. The print media feed system includes a plurality of exit rollers p... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244072 | Sheet recording apparatus with dual nip transport An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium (12) into an image recording section (20). A write head (56) records onto a portion of the sheet medium (12 | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241003 | Media drying system having a heated surface and a directed gas flow A drying system and method are provided. The drying system includes a plenum and a gas source in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas flow guide is attached to the plenum and is operable to direct gas flow provided by the gas source. A support includes a surfa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232269 | Recording apparatus Ridges and grooves are alternately formed on a platen in the direction of transporting sheets. Wave holding spurs are rotatably supported by torsion springs downstream of a recording area, and pressed against the grooves. Sheet discharge roller pairs are disposed ge... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229167 | Ink jet recording apparatus, ink-jet recording method and ink jet recording medium A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223033 | Pinch control in a printer A pinch control apparatus in a printer for controlling a pinch force exerted on a medium which is being fed into a printing zone is provided. The pinch control apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted across a width of the medium, at least one cam attached to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219606 | Method and apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring, setting and controlling longitudinal and lateral register as well as parallelness of the printing register in a multicolor printing machine. To reduce waste, the longitudinal and circumferenti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215351 | Method and apparatus for reducing print time A thermal dye transfer printer reduces print time by printing sequential color section from a donor web onto a receiver sheet while the donor web and receiver sheet travel in forward or reverse directions relative to a printer head. A first colored image is formed o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204653 | Recording apparatus There are provided a suction unit which sucks a recording medium, and a unit which changes sucking force of the suction unit according to the property of the recording medium. Hereby, since the sucking force of the suction unit can be set according to a state of the... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201524 | Media path direction control device and method of reversing a media path A media path control device has two sets of parallel arms with opposing rollers to manipulate the movement of print media. The arms are moveable in a substantially vertical plane through motors. The arms can be of different lengths to establish an optimal trajectory... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198420 | Printer A printer 1 includes a sheet storage unit 6 in which a stack of sheets can be set, a pickup roller 12 which contacts one side of the stack of sheets set in the sheet storage unit 6, and a lid 10 which covers the other side of the s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189018 | Print media drive In a printing apparatus, in which normal printing occurs in a print zone through which a print media is moved by an input feed roller arrangement and an output overdrive roller arrangement, the desired speed of the print media is maintained during bleed printing in ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172353 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis; a print head unit pivotably supported by the chassis; a platen roller rotatably supported by the chassis to perform printing with the print head unit; a metal feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis to convey paper; a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165765 | Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for separating and feeding a plurality of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion one by one includes feeding means for feeding the plurality of sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion, separation means for separating the sheets one... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128317 | Moveable media dam A moveable media dam comprises a media dam rotatably connected to a dam shaft, the dam shaft extending from a lever. An arm has at least one camming member and the lever is engaged by the at least one camming member. The arm operably engages a gear train and further... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128318 | Sheet registration deskew improvement system with a centrally pivotal baffle Sheet registration with improved sheet deskewing of print media sheets may be provided with an intermediately transversely pivotal baffle member overlying and engaging at least part of a buckled sheet being edge registered so that the effective buckle chamber size a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7106354 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus has a thermal head for printing by making contact with a heat-sensitive coloring layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet comprised of the heat-sensitive coloring layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on opposite sides of a sheet-like ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
