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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040822 | Portable printing system A portable label printing system for printing on a variety of materials is disclosed. A retractable platen roller cooperates with a self-aligning print head in three planes cooperates for proper label printing registration. A display screen allows the user to view p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6481906 | Method of correcting a sheet conveyance error and an apparatus therefor A method of correcting a conveyance error of a continuous sheet having a train of segments each including a respective segment mark and being conveyed for printing in accordance with the number of steps is disclosed. The method counts steps between consec... | 11/19/2002 |
| 5915865 | Method and apparatus for compensating for printer top-of-form and image stretch errors An apparatus and method for controlling operation of a printer enables the transport rate of the print media to be coordinated with the print rate in order to precisely compensate for top-of-form and image stretch errors. The printer comprises a platen ro... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5803624 | Methods and apparatus for compensatng step distance in a stepping motor driven label printer A label printer having a stepping motor and the ability to dynamically accurately control longitudinal label registration as a function of steps of the stepping motor. The effective length of the steps moving the labels between a known point prior to the ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5731680 | Method and apparatus for registering a sheet with an image-bearing member An apparatus and method for control of a stepper motor drive for controlling movement of a receiver sheet into transfer relationship with an image-bearing member that supports an image to be transferred to the receiver sheet. Initially, the stepper motor ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5177422 | Recording control system for a recording apparatus The present invention relates to control of motor and strobe pulses in a printer which feeds a paper by a stepping motor and prints data by strobe pulses. A uniform record line density is attained by non-linearly changing currents and interval of phase ex... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5126764 | Sheet transport unit for recording systems In a sheet transport unit for recording systems which uses a pulse motor to feed a recording sheet quantitatively and intermittently, multiple different current apply intervals are specified within the stop period during intermittent sheet feed, so that a... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5018887 | Forms feed tractor having modified pin spacing Printers and copiers have paper handling mechanisms that incorporate form feeding tractors to move a continuous form or web having edge holes. It has been discovered that the web can be driven at a high acceleration yet uses a small number of pins by sett... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4971466 | Printing apparatus having a rotatable member rotatable in incremental steps smaller than the pitch of a detent gear and including means for accurately retaining the rotatable member at a predetermined position when the detent mechanism is inoperable There is described a printing apparatus in which line feed is achieved by rotating a platen with a paper advancing motor and the printing is conducted while the platen is stopped by the paper advancing motor. The printer is further provided with a detent ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4896167 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus for effecting image recording on a recording medium has drive transmitting members for imparting a drive force to a displaceable member, a motor for imparting a drive force to the drive transmitting members, COMMAND UNIT for d... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4871272 | Method and device for restarting typewriters and printers with stepping motor In a method for the operation of a typewriter, printer or the like with a stepping motor for the paper feed and a basic step inputting device, to accomplish feeding of the paper by a fraction of a line spacing, the feeding position set at the time of cutt... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4834564 | Paper feed control in a dot matrix printer A paper feed control apparatus for a dot printer is provided which supplies a step pulse to a stepping motor in a one-pitch feed mode at an interval of a reference time to intermittently rotate the stepping motor in increments of a step angle, and which a... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4802778 | Carriage drive control device in a printing device A carriage drive control device to enable printing on a printing sheet from the leading edge thereof. A carriage drive control device repositions a carriage supporting a print head and a paper guide member at the midpoint of a printing line prior to each ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4778296 | Paper check device for a printer A paper check device for a printer including paper feed means, a light emitter, a light receiver, reflectance determination means, and paper check means. The paper check means determines that a paper is not on the platen when the platen is detected to be ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4769585 | Method of controlling a line-feed stepping motor in a printer and a driver circuit therefor In a printer in which a printing medium is moved by a line-feed stepping motor during line-feed operation, and the line-feed stepping motor is stopped during printing operation and in a ready state, the line-feed stepping motor is caused to generate a fir... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4732501 | Method and apparatus for loading of a web into a printer A method and apparatus for loading a web into a printer is disclosed. The apparatus has a normal mode for moving the web in normal operation and a load assist mode for operating at a slower than normal rate for loading the web into the printer. The printe... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4707159 | Serial printer including a laterally reciprocable recording head, paper bail control, paper detection and feeding means, a multicolor ink ribbon including a head cleaning zone, a ribbon cassette and ribbon shift means A printer for performing recording successively while a recording head moves backwards and forwards in a predetermined direction with respect to a recording medium such as paper. A paper hold roller for pressing the recording medium against a platen in th... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4706008 | Self-adjusting homing for a stepping motor For step motors positioned in response to an external reference location, correction for potential one step misalignment is provided. The method and the apparatus of the invention provide a read/write memory, for storing therein a phase state of the step ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4618278 | Paper feed control in a printer A paper feed control system in a printer allows two types of manual paper feed operation. In a first type of manual paper feed operation, a course manual paper feed is conducted while an electrical detent operation is conducted by a paper feed drive pulse... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4591969 | Microprocessor-controlled positioning system A positioning system for a line printer uses dc servomotors for driving a forms feed mechanism in increments of one or more line spaces at a time. The system includes a microprocessor and a position counter that counts either 1/4 or 1 degree displacement ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4581618 | Recorder having paper feed mechanism A recorder comprises first drive means for feeding a record paper to a stand-by position, second drive means for feeding the record paper from the stand-by position to a record position, and transport means for retracting a retainer which retains the reco... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4558965 | Printing apparatus controlling advancement of printing paper, actuation of a hammer, and advancement of an ink ribbon A printing apparatus comprises a type wheel carrying a plurality of type elements and a platen for mounting and advancing a printing paper. A hammer can strike any one of the type elements against the printing paper and an ink ribbon is positionable betwe... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4539905 | Dot matrix line printer and print element driver assembly therefor A dot matrix line printer incorporates plural print element driver assemblies each including N electromagnets driving N print rods, with each electromagnet having a local magnetic circuit that includes a working air gap and a passive air gap; a permanent ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4480931 | Electronic typewriter An electronic typewriter which provides for significant simplification of machine operations. The typewriter includes automatic error correcting function associated with electronic controls and a memory. A series of text data which have been deleted durin... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4459054 | Shared character selection, escapement and line advance system for serial printer A serial impact printer 11 includes a frame 15 mounted drive motor 47 coupled to a print wheel 31 to effect rotation thereof. The print wheel 31 is mounted on a movable print carrier 29 which serially moves from print position to print position along the ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4444521 | Print medium advancing mechanism including print head retraction A single stepper motor is utilized in a printing device to lift a print head from the surface of recording material upon the initial angular rotation of the stepper motor output drive shaft and to move the recording material within the printing device upo... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4362980 | Position error recovery and motor control system A motor control system for driving a stepper motor and a typewriter or the like is provided, the control including reliable means for tracking incremental movements of the stepper and the element being driven by the stepper. Phase combinations of the step... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4313683 | Microcomputer control of ribbon drive for printers A microcomputer controls a ribbon drive assembly in a high speed wire matrix printer to eliminte ribbon slack, to insure proper ribbon positioning and to conduct diagnostics in conjunction with turning on the printer such as start-up time each day and aft... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4311399 | Method and apparatus for setting and varying margins and line spacing on data printers The specification discloses a method and apparatus for setting and varying margins, line spacing and printing direction of a data printing machine by a machine user before and during printing by use of a keyboard with push-button control which is coupled ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4300847 | Teleprinter having single belt carriage and ribbon drive system A teleprinter includes a carriage for conveying a dot matrix-type print head along an operating path parallel to a print-receiving surface. The carriage is mounted on parallel-spaced support rods by means of spaced bearings slidably engaged to one of the ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4294552 | Bidirectional ribbon drive control for printers A printer having an ink ribbon with a bidirectional ribbon drive in which a pair of stepper motors have their windings cross-coupled so that a drag current flows through one stepper motor to apply drag torque to the ribbon when the other stepper motor is ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4198582 | High performance stepper motor A high performance stepper motor comprises a stator having a plurality of pole positions. Each of the pole positions includes a plurality of stator elements or teeth on opposite sides of a stator-to-stator air gap with nonmagnetic material located in the ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4195940 | Line control for platen printing devices A control for platen rotation in printers, and particularly in telex machines where the platen rotation drive, either a stepping motor or a DC motor, is provided with an incremental control actuated by keyboard keys to advance or counter advance the plate... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4114750 | Printer system having local control for dynamically alterable printing A printer system having local control for dynamically positioning a print head relative to a print medium utilizing positioning and print data signal inputs, including a control unit for receiving and storing data inputs, the control unit including circui... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4112344 | Record feeding apparatus and method There is disclosed a method of feeding record webs or sheets and apparatus for carrying out the method. The record feeding apparatus is shown in conjunction with a printing apparatus having a print head assembly, platen structure, a mechanism for severing... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111293 | Ribbon transporting and shifting mechanism To more fully utilize the surface area of a typewriter ribbon in a cartridge ribbon receptacle, the cartridge locating plate supporting the receptacle is caused to oscillate with respect to the print head assembly. The ribbon cartridge assembly is a part ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4085837 | Vertical tabulation control for high speed printer A vertical tabulation control for a high speed printer comprises a presettable memory, such as a random access memory (RAM), for storing vertical tabulation addresses, a counter for counting the number of line feed operations, a comparator for developing ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4074067 | Digital printout arrangement with magnetic field carriage drive A digital printout arrangement to print out a predetermined character response to a known coded input signal. The printout arrangement has a rotatably moveable platen for moving the medium upon which the printing is to occur in both forward and reverse di... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4066941 | Motor drive control arrangements A motor drive system for driving a motor according to a predetermined motor speed curve in which a predetermined count of pulses of constant time increment is utilized to produce an output signal characteristic of an increment of motor movement. In additi... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4039069 | Magnetic stripe passbook and scanner for document printing apparatus A printing apparatus is provided for printing on a document, such as a bank passbook, which has affixed thereto a magnetic stripe on the cover on which information with respect to the print operation to be performed is written and/or read by a magnetic sc... | 08/02/1977 |
