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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362347 | Image recording apparatus having a recording drum rotatable with a recording medium mounted peripherally thereof An image recording apparatus includes a recording drum rotatable with a printing plate mounted peripherally thereof, a recording head for recording an image on the printing plate mounted on the recording drum, a rotary encoder for detecting a rotation angle of the r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7321376 | Thermal printer A thermal printer is provided including a cable which connects a main board and a recording head to form an image on a print medium by heating both surfaces of the print medium. The thermal printer includes a rotating unit rotatably installed within a frame. The the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7295222 | Image forming apparatus for double-sided printing and method of using the same An image forming apparatus includes a printing module that prints an image on a medium. A transfer unit transfers the medium. A rotating unit rotates the transfer unit such that first and second surfaces of the medium selectively face the printing module when the me... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7250958 | Method of printing thermal media by aligning image A method for printing on a thermal medium by aligning test patterns comprises the steps of feeding a thermal medium to a print starting position of the medium beyond a predetermined distance from a heating elements of a thermal printhead; printing a first test patte... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240900 | Recording medium transport device and image forming apparatus A recording medium transport device includes a transport roller unit nipping a recording medium and transporting it to a recording area, the transport roller unit including a sheet detection lever coming in contact with a leading end part of the recording medium to ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7147223 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device includes a drive roller having a shaft, a driven roller having a shaft, a biasing member that rotatably supports one of the drive roller and the driven roller and biases one of the drive roller and the driven roller against the other one of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6742948 | Apparatus for flattening a substrate and method thereof A method and apparatus for flattening a substrate against a surface of a platform is provided. The method comprising positioning guides within a platform so that opposite edges of a substrate placed on the platform do not come in contact with at least one print head... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6705786 | Duplex printing of print sheets Systems and methods for duplex printing of print sheets are described. In one aspect, a duplex module is configured so that print sheets may be controllably and reliably re-introduced into a print module in an orientation that is suitable for marking the second side... | 03/16/2004 |
| 5800076 | Printer having guide plate extending to printhead A sheet is fed to a printing zone of a printhead by a feed roller and a pressure roller. An elastic sheet guide plate is joined to a lever supporting the pressure roller. The guide plate comes into contact with the feed roller upstream from a nip defined ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5547183 | Imaging device An imaging device which reciprocatively transports a recording sheet to form a color image thereon. A front extreme end of the recording sheet is clamped between a pair of rollers, and the pair of rollers are reciprocatively moved along a recording sheet ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5441353 | Borderless printer having a rotating drum with clamp assembly A borderless printer includes a clamp assembly having a clamp; at least one roller installed on the clamp and located on the circumferential surface of a drum and rotating while in contact with the drum; and a clutch placed between the clamp and drum, for... | 08/15/1995 |
