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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802935 | Printing table for a flatbed printing machine A printing table for a flatbed printing machine, for example, a large format digital flatbed printing machine, has a printing table base and a printing table plate disposed on the printing table base. The printing table base is connected by several connecting elemen... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7717634 | Trough support ribs A trough support rib for improved edge-to-edge printing having a media feedpath extending in a first direction, a printhead reciprocally movable in a second direction, the second direction defining a print zone, an ink trough, at least one support rib beneath the pr... | 05/18/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7144106 | Fixed material transportation apparatus and liquid fixing apparatus using the transportation apparatus To prevent cockling occurring in a fixed material in a liquid fixing apparatus more effectively and make a paper gap small thereby to improve print quality. On a fixed material transporting surface, a through hole corresponding to a sucking hole is formed, further a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097374 | Image forming apparatus and sheet feed table for use in the apparatus A sheet feed table has a plurality of ribs formed on a surface thereof. The ribs extend in a sheet feeding direction and are disposed at a predetermined interval in a direction perpendicular to the sheet feeding direction. An air duct is provided between the adjacen... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066463 | System and method for sheet transporting using dual capstan rollers A platesetting system and method comprising a pair of dual capstan rollers that receives a recording medium and records an image on the received medium as the medium is transported through the system. The system and method advantageously enable at least a portion of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059713 | Inkjet printing apparatus and ink printing method In an inkjet printing apparatus, when a printing is performed by generating the reacting so that, on the printing sheet, permeation of an ink solvent is delayed to prevent that the fixing time is prolonged thereby. A printing sheet is sucked by the comparatively wea... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040617 | System and method for sheet transporting using dual capstan rollers A platesetting system and method comprising a pair of dual capstan rollers that receives a recording medium and records an image on the received medium as the medium is transported through the system. The system and method advantageously enable at least a portion of... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7027077 | Platen assembly for thermal printer There is disclosed a thermal print head platen which includes a pair of support members separated by a gap wherein the support members are adapted to be oriented to press media against a thermal print head for printing purposes with the gap approximately aligned wit... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6918709 | Flat platen and image forming apparatus A flat platen is provided in an image forming apparatus having a side edge detector that detects a side edge of a recording medium to be fed in a predetermined direction. The flat platen has a surface on which the recording medium to be fed is supported and is dispo... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6872019 | Carriage rod and media support A carriage rod and media support system in a printing mechanism comprises a platen including a carriage rod support and a print media support. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6835014 | Component attachments A printer vacuum guide member of plastics material, attached to a printer chassis of metal so as to allow thermal movements, has flexible limbs which extend from walls near the ends of the member to attachment points for receiving fixing screws. The member is fixedl... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6808259 | Controlling media curl in print-zone In an inkjet printing apparatus an inkjet printhead has a plurality of inkjet nozzles which eject ink onto media located within a print-zone. A drive shaft is located upstream of the printhead and is incrementally rotated to advance the media. The drive shaft has a ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6588955 | Anti-noise platen of the flat type for an impact printer A platen (115) of the flat type for an impact printer comprising a metal body (220) for support and a plastics body (222) for protection and absorption of vibrations, in which the metal body (220) is completely embedded in the plastic body (222).... | 07/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6517269 | Narrow-width modular printing mechanism A narrow-width modular printing mechanism for a printer includes an integrated platen/service station assembly positioned within the printer. The integrated platen/service station assembly includes a platen member and a service station mechanically couple... | 02/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6454478 | Heated vacuum platen Predetermined geometric constructs reduce heat loss in a vacuum platen and assist in the reduction of paper cockle in ink-jet printing. A vacuum platen for supporting media during printing is provided with a plurality of heating elements and surfaces inte... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6328492 | Printer having a removable paper tray with integrated platen and capping stations The present invention is a low-height, narrow-width printer. The printer includes a removable input tray for storing input media and at least two printheads to print on the input media. The removable input tray includes an integrated platen and at least t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6270215 | Inkjet printer At least both sides of the recording medium (10) are sandwiched by means of the drive roller (14) and the pinch roller (34), and the recording medium (10) is carried onto the drafting member (12) by the rotation of the drive roller (14). The recording hea... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6068420 | Printer with an integrally formed spring for biasing the printhead A clamshell printer having a base and a cover pivotally mounted to the base for movement between an open and a closed position, wherein the open position provides unhindered access to a media path and a print head in the printer. The printer may include a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6036380 | Printer having a plastic platen An inkjet printer includes a plastic platen and a structural member extending upward from the base of the printer. The printing surface is supported by the upper surface of the structural member. This surface is held flat to within very tight tolerances. ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5879091 | Impact printer with yielding platen An impact printer (30) comprises a printhead (31) traversing along a guide for printing a line on a document (32) of thickness S, and is provided with contrast means for supporting the document (32) against the head (31) and for contrasting the impact for... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5868507 | Plotter having sprockets for driving sheets relative to a tool carriage and a fixed sheet support extending between the sprockets In a sprocket-driven plotter, a pair of drive sprockets are spaced apart from each other and keyed to a common sprocket shaft, and a drive motor is drivingly connected to the shaft to rotatably drive the sprockets, and in turn move the sheets engaged by t... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5819662 | Printer A printer including a paper guide auxiliary member for guiding recording paper to the vicinity of the lower end of a printing area in which a print head performs printing, a paper side regulating member formed of elastic material for guiding both sides ou... | 10/13/1998 |
