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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7914217 | Printer having easily mountable media transport arrangement A printer is provided which has a support frame having a first slot, a plate having a tab configured to slidably engage with the first slot in order to mount the plate to the support frame and a bearing positioned in a hole of the plate, and at least one elongate ro... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7731438 | Sheet bundle printer and sheet bundle printing system A sheet bundle printer peeling off and performing printing on an uppermost sheet of a peelably adhered sheet bundle includes a print head performing printing on the sheet, a platen roller, at a print position, cooperating with the print head to feed both the sheet a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717633 | Sheet bundle printing system and sheet bundle printer In a sheet bundle printing system, a sheet is fed by peeling an uppermost sheet from a sheet bundle. A printing device has a printing head and a platen roller for printing on the sheet. An ink ribbon is fed through space between the printing head and the platen roll... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7530750 | Photo printer with a vertically transmitted platen roller In a photo printer, with a translating cam at a horizontal displacement, a platen roller can be lifted up/down vertically to/from a print head. On the profile of the translating cam, there is plurality of concave surfaces and a convex surface as a follower's path. A... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7507046 | Borderless platen drive printing A printer has a path for a sheet. A donor web is disposed on one side of the path; a platen roller is disposed on the other side of the path and supports the sheet during printing. An edge sensor is located in path at a known distance from the nip of the print head ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7367726 | Thermal image forming apparatus A thermal image forming apparatus includes a platen roller which supports a medium, a print head, including a heating unit which applies heat to the medium to form an image thereon, which rotates around the platen roller and moves the heating unit to a first locatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7281874 | Thermal printer unit A thermal printer unit is disclosed that comprises a main body module, a platen module, and a thermal head module. The platen module is detachably connected to the main body module. The thermal head module is detachably connected to the main body module and the plat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270494 | Easy assembly printer media transport arrangement A printer including: at least one elongate roller arranged, in use, to rotate so as to transport print media within the printer; a support frame for supporting the roller at the longitudinal first and second ends of the roller so as to allow the rotation of the roll... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7210866 | Printer having adjustable media support A printer is provided comprising an elongate printhead for printing across the pagewidth of print media, a rotatable, elongate platen arranged to support the print media being printed on by the printhead, a sensor for sensing a thickness of the print media, and a co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198419 | Apparatus and method of performing double-sided printing A method and an apparatus for forming an image on a medium having first and second surfaces wherein an image is formed on the first surface of the medium using a printing unit. After the image formation on the first surface of the medium is completed, the medium is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7154521 | Thermal printer and portable-type terminal equipment A thermal printer detachably connected to a portable type terminal equipment. The printer has a printer cover including upper and lower covers hinged together. A printer head is arranged in the body of the portable type terminal equipment, and a platen is arranged i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131774 | Self-aligning print head mechanism and related printer and method A printer for printing between a print roller and a print head having a print head alignment system is provided. The print head alignment system includes a print roller assembly, a print head support assembly and an actuating assembly. The print roller assembly incl... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121748 | Image forming device The image forming device includes a chassis; a thermal head unit pivotably supported by the chassis for executing printing; a platen roller supported by the chassis opposite the thermal head unit; a pressing member that is pivotably supported by the chassis and conf... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114868 | Inkjet printing assembly with multi-purpose platen assembly An inkjet printing mechanism includes an elongate chassis that spans a printing zone. A printhead assembly is mounted on the elongate chassis. The printhead assembly includes an ink distribution assembly and an array of printhead integrated circuits mounted on the i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104712 | 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... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056047 | Printing apparatus and method for printing on two printing mediums with substantially perpendicular transportation paths A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051927 | Apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal An endorser is disposed along a document transport path and includes a printhead for printing an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. The printhead can move through an opening to print an endorsement onto a document along the document trans... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042480 | Thermal printer A thermal printer has an outer frame that rotatably supports a platen roller. An inner frame is detachably attachable to the outer frame and has assembled thereon a head support body, a thermal head supported by the head support body, and biasing springs for urging ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7030896 | Printing system using thermal printer A printing system using a thermal printer capable of readily visually discriminating the background data and sales data, saving waste of paper resources and improving the printing speed is provided. When printing basic data and background data in superimposition on ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001089 | Thermal printer A thermal printer has a main body frame and a platen roller rotatably and removably mounted in a preselected position on the main body frame. A thermal head is mounted on the main body frame for movement into and out of pressure contact with the platen roller during... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6927787 | Method of printing data on sheet A system for printing data on sheets, which can solve the problem of the waste of paper resources and also improve the printing speed. The second data is printed as background on an area of printing the first data in a mode that the first and second data can be visu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918647 | Inkjet printhead assembly having a rotary platen assembly An inkjet printhead assembly includes a carrier. An ink supply assembly is mounted on the carrier and defines a plurality of printhead chip receiving formations that are each dimensioned to engage a printhead chip and a plurality of ink supply conduits that terminat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6715949 | Medium-handling in printer for donor and receiver mediums A printer includes a print head for printing from a donor medium to a receiver medium, a platen member for holding the donor medium in a printing relation with the receiver medium at said print head, a pair of steering and drive rollers for feeding the receiver medi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6682239 | Thermal printer unit and thermal printer A thermal printer unit includes a thermal head assembly and a platen roller. The thermal head assembly includes a frame having platen roller receiving parts receiving both ends of the platen roller, respectively; a thermal head mounted on the frame; and a... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6666604 | Thermal printing device with fast closure A thermal printing device is capable of being closed by clipping. The device according to the invention includes a printhead 2, a roller 4 integral with a gear assembly, whereon rests the printhead 2 when the device is in the printing position and two ori... | 12/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6530704 | Platen mechanism, a printing device with the platen mechanism, and a method of controlling the printing device An apparatus and method technique to secure a smooth transporting of a recording medium in a printing device of the type in which a gap between the print head and the platen is included in a transport path for another purpose, e.g., reading of magnetic in... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6450714 | Thermal printer with a movable platen guided by a pin A thermal printer is provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal head module, a platen module, and a gear module. The platen module and the gear module are connected to the thermal head module. When setting a recording sheet to the printer, the opera... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6412995 | Printing apparatus and platen with a plurality of impact surfaces A platen has an impact surface positioned to oppose a printhead so that a part of a printhead strikes paper loaded on the impact surface. The platen includes a first impact surface having a curved surface, a second impact surface having a curved surface, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6394672 | Imaging apparatus having a biased platen An imaging apparatus provides a machine frame including a first side frame and a second side frame. A first plurality of platen mounting members is provided which are spaced apart and extend from the first side frame. A second plurality of platen mounting... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6336760 | Thermal printer with a platen that separates from the thermal head in a direction perpendicular to the thermal head A thermal printer is provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal head module, a platen module, and a gear module. The platen module and the gear module are connected to the thermal head module. When setting a recording sheet to the printer, the opera... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6318920 | Rotating platen member A platen assembly for a printer includes a chassis to which there is mounted a printhead and a pair of bearing moldings supported by the chassis and movable toward and away from the printhead. A platen body is rotatably mounted between the bearing molding... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6250218 | Print unit The invention relates to a print unit for a packaging machine, in which a cavity, equipped with an armature made of ferromagnetic material and supporting, in operation, a blank to be printed, is mobile in front of a fixed electromagnet, which can be activ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6155680 | Ink-jet printer with stationary pens and two-axis media drive An ink-jet printer includes a printer housing structure, and at least one immobile ink-jet pen including a nozzle array mounted to the housing structure at a print area, the pen remaining stationary during printing operations. A two axis media drive syste... | 12/05/2000 |
