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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311376 | Imaging device and method An imaging device is disclosed that includes a drum platen having a recess. A loading mechanism for loading an absorber into the recess and a pen is configured to eject ink on the absorber while the absorber is in the recess. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287846 | Inkjet printer cartridge with combined blotter A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a body containing at least one printing fluid reservoir, a printhead attached to the body and in fluid communication with the at least one printing fluid reservoir, a printing fluid blotter rotatably coupled to the... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7156511 | Inkjet printer cartridge with integral maintenance station A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a printing fluid storage, a printhead in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, and an assembly auxiliary to the printhead arranged to selectively blot cap or provide a platen for the printhead. A mul... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6932455 | Printing apparatus and method A inkjet printing device comprising a drum platen, the platen having a recess in its circumferential surface. The recess is adapted to accept an inkjet servicing device. The inkjet servicing device, for example a spittoon, may be permanently or semi-permanently loca... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6811336 | Registration cam for a printing press A register cam and a printing press incorporating the register cam are disclosed. The register cam permits the selection of alternative configurations that permit the alteration of parameters of the registration without the removal of the register cam from the print... | 11/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5212499 | Pressing mechanism for thermal printer A thermal printer of the present invention includes a platen for pressing a thermal head onto a print sheet through a print ribbon at the time of printing, the head is fixed, and a device for resiliently pressing the platen and the head and a device for s... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4493566 | Front to back adjustment for carriage assembly Apparatus for adjusting the relative position of a carriage assembly to a platen on a printer frame comprising first and second parallel supports mounted to a printer frame in spaced apart relationship parallel to said platen, a pulley support assembly mo... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4493252 | Postage printing apparatus having a movable print head in a print drum A postage meter system having a rotary printing drum for printing fixed data is disclosed. Disposed entirely within the drum is an internal print head for printing variable data. The rotary drum contains an opening therein through which the internally loc... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4365900 | Printing plane adjusting mechanism Disclosed is a printing plane adjusting mechanism for a typewriter or similar machine wherein a paper handling system including a platen defining the printing plane is finely as well as coarsely adjustable by a single lever relative to a printing element ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4178106 | Print gap adjust mechanism for printers The gap between the print head and the printing surface or platen in a printer is extremely critical in certain types of printers. Where printers are required to accept print media of various thickness (single or multipart paper), an adjust mechanism is r... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4019619 | Paper feed sensing mechanism for printer Both the operative position of a movable platen and the presence of paper to be advanced past the platen in a line at a time printer are affirmatively sensed by a single mechanism. A cantilevered spring arm extending from a fixed mount includes a terminal... | 04/26/1977 |
