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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100596 | Thermal sublimation imaging apparatus and thermal sublimation printer using the same A thermal sublimation imaging apparatus and a thermal sublimation printer using the same are described. A print head of the thermal sublimation imaging apparatus is fixed, a platen capable of contacting or separating from the fixed print head is lifted up to contact... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7871216 | Medium supporting member and image forming apparatus A medium supporting member, which is used in an image forming apparatus, includes: a plurality of ribs that support a recording medium; and an irradiation target portion that has a flat and smooth surface which is irradiated with a light by a light emitting unit of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7625148 | Trough support ribs and method of use An improved method of edge-to-edge printing on media in a printer having a printhead disposed above an ink trough, the ink trough has a plurality of sections formed by a plurality of trough support ribs within the ink trough, comprises indexing a leading edge of med... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7594773 | Printer with cantilevered gear-driven platen roll Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7416296 | Platen plate and liquid discharging device A platen plate for supporting an ejection object for liquid droplets ejected from each nozzle on the bottom surface of a liquid ejection head can secure the flatness of the ejection object so as to appropriately eject ink as well as can prevent the contamination of ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7331728 | Printer having a platen A printer includes a print head for printing on a print medium and a platen which supports the print medium, and is located opposite to the print head. The print head is linearly moved along the print medium. The platen includes first and second end portions and an ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322690 | Fixed material transportation apparatus, liquid fixing apparatus having transporatation apparatus and sucking unit of fixed material in liquid fixing apparatus There are provided a sucking unit having a recording medium transportation surface including a plurality of sucking holes, a decompression chamber communicating with the sucking holes and a sucking device for sucking air in the decompression chamber, and a deliverin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309179 | Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7252448 | Platen Embodiments of a platen are shown and described. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7175354 | Inkjet printing device There is provided an inkjet printing device, which is provided with a holding unit that is used to hold a substrate to be subjected to printing operation, and an inkjet head that ejects ink onto the substrate held by the holding unit. The holding unit is movable bet... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137750 | 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... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7086795 | Roller assembly There is described a roller assembly which may be utilized in a linear or serial printer. The roller assembly includes a platen roller including a central axle being exposed at opposing ends of the roller and a frame for mounting the platen at both exposed axle ends... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063018 | Method and apparatus for detecting the edge of an imaging media A system for determining the location of an edge of a sheet of media for alignment purposes utilizes a beam of light directed at the media surface to produce a reflected light beam. The reflected light beam intensity varies in response to the reflectivity of the sur... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040825 | Image forming apparatus and suction type platen used in the same An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a platen, a feeding device, and a suction device. The paper carrier includes first protrusions, recesses, second protrusions, and two suction ports in each recesses. The first protrusions extend in parallel ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6997630 | Document feeder device with a roller adjustment device A document feeder device is disclosed. The document feeder device includes a frame, a first roller shaft coupled to the frame, and a second roller shaft coupled to the frame. The first shaft is cantilevered. The document feeder device further includes a bearing coup... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989850 | Thermal printer apparatus There is described a thermal printer apparatus including one or more thermal print heads fixedly mounted with respect to a print media path, one or more platen roller assemblies each including a platen roller adapted to press print media in the print media path agai... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986616 | Paper guide for an ink-jet printer and ink-jet printer having the same A paper guide used in an ink-jet printer. The paper guide for the ink-jet printer includes a plurality of first guide ribs which protrude on the paper guide to face a front-half swath of a printhead and forms a predetermined interval therebetween, and a plurality of... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6927841 | Holddown device for hardcopy apparatus A media holddown device a plastics vacuum guide attached to a sheet metal vacuum beam, the guide includes vacuum chambers in communication with the beam through openings to control the negative pressures applied to media of varying widths by a fan. Dividing walls ar... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919115 | Thermally conductive drive belt The present invention provides for a power transfer belt that is manufactured of a highly thermally conductive polymer composition, in contrast to the typical rubber material used to fabricate the belts of the prior art. The new and unique belt of the present invent... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6890072 | Ink jet recording apparatus and method for performing ink jet recording There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus capable of performing recording on the full surface of a recording sheet without any complication, enlargement or cost increases, and without any need to execute secondary processing after the end of recording. Plate... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6857803 | Printing system web guide with a removable platen A printing system that includes a web guide having a preprinting section which guides a substrate into the printing system, and a postprinting section which maintains tension in the substrate as the substrate moves through the printing system. A printing section is ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6821039 | Printing apparatus and method A printing device comprising a plurality of drums each arranged to support a print media sheet, said device being arranged to transport said drums in a predetermined order around a closed path comprising a plurality of print positions, said device being arranged to ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6786664 | Active vacuum roller and method for advancing media A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus includes at least one roller having an outer surface and being rotatable for advancing media, and a negative pressure mechanism. The outer surface further comprises a plurality of openings and a contact region for en... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6758614 | Printer unit and printing apparatus incorporating the same A print head is provided in a casing of a printing apparatus having a housing section which houses continuous paper therein, to perform printing on the continuous paper. A platen roller has a platen shaft rotatably supported on a cover of the printing apparatus whic... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6688787 | Roller device and electronics using the roller device A roller device includes a motor and a speed reducer inside a cylindrical roller or arranged coaxially, and an electronic apparatus includes a printer using the roller device. This roller device comprises a motor (5) disposed on a cylindrical roller (2), ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6672357 | Hot-stamping device This invention relates to a hot-stamping device comprising a stamping arm with one end being a free end, a stamping section adapted to apply pressure to a hot-stamping foil positioned at the free end to a value-added medium such as ticket wherein the hot-... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6640708 | Pulsating vacuum mechanism for print media-advancement in a printing device A printing device includes a print media advancement subsystem for providing accurate and timely print media advancement in the printing device. The print media advancement subsystem includes a vacuum chamber for generating a vacuum force through a platen... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637960 | Vacuum holddown device for hardcopy apparatus A vacuum holddown device for a hardcopy apparatus, comprising a printing platen with a pattern of through holes and an underlying vacuum chamber, further comprises a member located therebetween and having a substantially similar pattern of through holes, ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6604874 | Printer with multifunctional lever actuated mechanism A printer mechanism having a receptacle for receiving a printer cartridge therein. A print head is disposed in the receptacle, and a platen roller is rotatable about a roller axis. The platen roller is movable between a printing position in close proximit... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6572292 | Apparatus and method for transporting print media through a printzone of a printing device An apparatus for transporting print medium through a printzone of a printing device. The apparatus including a print media movement mechanism configured to advance a first portion of a print medium through the printzone and a reciprocally translating vacu... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572294 | Vacuum platen and method for use in printing devices A vacuum platen and method for use thereof in a printing device are disclosed. An apparatus embodiment includes a first surface having a plurality of first apertures therethrough, a labyrinth configured to include a plurality of passageways each of which ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6554514 | Conductive heating of print media Heat is uniformly conducted to print media in an ink-jet printer in conjunction with the uniform application of vacuum pressure to the media for supporting the media as it is conveyed on a heated belt through the printer. The heat is applied to the media ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6478492 | Platen having media suction and vapor recovery ports The apparatus of the present invention thus increases the precision for controlling the movement of a printing media through an improved set of vacuum apertures formed in the platen surface, a discrete set of compartments inside the platen each fluidly co... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6457887 | Hard copy print media path for reducing high frequency cockle A wet-dye hard copy apparatus is provided with a vacuum transport for moving print media from and input, through a print zone, to an output. In order to reduce high frequency paper cockle, the print media is subjected to a post-printing predetermined bend... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6334726 | Printing method and printer with platen A thermal printer has a thermal head for image recording to a thermosensitive recording sheet while applying pressure to the recording sheet. A plate-shaped platen supports the recording sheet during the pressure application of the thermal head to the rec... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6328491 | Vacuum platen and method for use in printing devices A vacuum platen and method for use thereof in a printing device are disclosed. An apparatus embodiment includes a first surface having a plurality of first apertures therethrough, a labyrinth configured to include a plurality of passageways each of which ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322265 | Vacuum workbed A wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembl... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6261008 | Platen mechanism, a printing device with the platen mechanism, and a method of controlling the printing device An apparatus and method technique to secure smooth transporting of a recording medium in a printing device. A gap between the print head and the platen is included in a transport path for another purpose, e.g., reading of magnetic ink character recognitio... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6232995 | Color printer having a printing film conserving mechanism A printing assembly for use with a printing device as provided. The printing assembly includes an adjustable platen assembly including a platen having a jack member constructed and arranged to adjustably maintain the platen in parallel relation to a print... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6171001 | Head gap adjusting device for printer Disclosed are printers capable of easy and precise head gap adjustment. In the printer, a cam mechanism 61 consisting of a fixed cam 62 and a rotatable cam 63 put between each end of a platen 10 and a swing frame 4. The platen 10 is normally biased to the... | 01/09/2001 |
