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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8055181 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for preventing sheet jams and displacement of image formation when forming images on both front and rear sides is provided. The apparatus includes first and second width regulation mechanisms, a reverse transport mechanism and a link mecha... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055183 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image including an image forming unit to form the image on a paper, a plurality of paper ejection trays to mount the paper on which the image is formed, a display unit to display a setting screen for selecting a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047133 | Cut-off register controller in a former assembly and method of controlling cut-off register A cut-off register controller is usable in a longitudinal fold forming assembly of a rotary cylinder printing press that is provided with at least one form folding assembly plane which consists of two adjacently defined longitudinal fold formers. The web ribbon or t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050617 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance unit that conveys plural single cut-sheet recording media arrayed along a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction; and an image forming unit that forms an image on the plural single cut-sheet recording media c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050616 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus having a registration roller that aligns the leading edge of the sheet and feeds it to the image forming section, a plurality of loop forming rollers that convey the sheet, and a loop forming space for forming a loop in the sheet are pl... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043015 | Detecting edge of a print medium with a handheld image translation device Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a handheld image translation device configured to detect an edge of a target print medium to prevent unintended deposition of a printing substance are described herein. The handheld image translation device, which may be a print... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045912 | Image forming system and recording medium for storing program Disclosed herein is an image forming system including: an image forming unit for forming images based on a plurality of document pages on a plurality of recording media to form a printed matter; a special sheet feeding unit for storing a special sheet group constitu... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041286 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a structure to lift or lower a paper loading tray without a separate drive source while preventing damage to constituent elements even under an abnormal situation in that excessive force is transmitted to the paper loading tray. T... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033219 | Apparatus and method for treating a rotating printing technology surface with a process liquid, machine for processing printing material and machine for treating printing forms An apparatus and method for treating a rotating printing technology surface, especially a re-imageable printing form, with a process liquid, such as cleaning, covering or rinsing liquid, include jet nozzles disposed along a straight line substantially parallel to th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027630 | Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, and image forming system A sheet processing apparatus which enable users to easily set the cutting amount of sheets according to the intended purpose of use. A folding unit folds the sheets. A cutting unit cuts off ends of the folded sheets. A setting unit sets details of processing of the ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025009 | Industrial printer with cutter and dryer modules An industrial printer includes a frame; a cabinet defining a media path; a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on blank web media; pilot guides for guiding the blank web media fed from cartridges via the media path past the pagewidth printh... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023879 | Auto document feeder and image forming apparatus including the same An image forming apparatus includes a roller shaft, a paper-transporting which is coupled to the roller shaft and transports a document, a driving part to supply a rotational driving force to the paper-transporting roller, a driving wheel which is coupled to the rol... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015919 | Security printing using a diffraction grating There is provided an apparatus and a method of printing a diffraction grating. In particular, the present invention relates to diffraction gratings applied to a substrate (1), such as a hologram. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019269 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a case comprising an opening for feeding a recording sheet into an interior of the case; a cover comprising an actuator unit, the cover capable of being moved between a closed state in whic... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015918 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus includes a first liquid supply unit, second cylinder, cleaning unit, third cylinder, second liquid supply unit, first cleaning liquid supply unit, and controller. The first liquid supply unit supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The s... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016502 | Cutter device and recording apparatus A cutter device includes a medium supporting surface that supports a recording medium being transported, and a cutter carriage that has a cutter blade for cutting the recording medium and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011296 | Supercritical fluid-assisted direct write for printing integrated circuits High resolution patterns provided on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and methods of direct printing of such high resolution patterns are disclosed. The high resolution patterns may have dimensions less than 0.1 micron and are formed by a direct writing method... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000646 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes: an image transfer unit that transfers an image to continuous paper provided with a plurality of sprocket holes along a paper length direction on both sides in a paper width direction; an image fixing unit that fixes the image tra... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985032 | Platen retaining structure and recording unit A platen retaining structure has a head, a platen supporting the sheet material during a processing operation of the sheet material by the head, a first urging member urging the head against the platen, and a frame supporting the head and the platen and formed with ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985031 | Guide rail for carriage printer A printer includes a carriage and a channel for guiding the carriage along a path. The carriage includes a protrusion extending from the carriage. The channel includes a first wall and a second wall. The first and second walls are opposed to each other. The protrusi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980176 | Printing machine A printing machine, in particular a label printing machine or a sheet-fed offset printing press, includes printing units accommodated in a machine support structure that is made at least partially, and preferably entirely, of rock. The rock may be a natural rock, in... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980775 | Mounting structure for support shaft and image generating apparatus This image generating apparatus includes a side plate, mounted on a first side surface of a chassis provided with a print portion, integrally including a bearing, a bracket member mounted on the side plate and a support shaft arranged between the side plate and the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983610 | Image formation method and an image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus configured to switch between an inter-leaf operation and a non-inter-leaf operation is provided for double-sided printing. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975608 | Device and a method for feeding a material web to a printing unit of a web-fed rotary printing press A device is usable for feeding a material web to a press unit of a web-fed rotary press having a reel carrier which carries a material reel and which is mounted next to the machine line. At least one deflection rod is arranged in the web transport path between the r... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975610 | Printing units comprising several printing groups, and printing tower The invention relates to a printing unit (16; 17) comprising several printing groups (03; 04; 21; 22; 28; 29; 31; 32), each of which is provided with at least one plate cylinder (07) and at least one transfer cylinder (06) that is arrange... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971525 | Device for rotary processing of rolled materials For a device (100 for rotary processing of rolled material capable of being conveyed along a transportation path between a rotatably mounted processing sleeve (110) and a rotatably mounted anvil sleeve (120), single-ended suspension of a process... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963225 | Method for controlling and/or adjusting a register in a printing machine and a device for controlling and/or adjusting a circumferential register A register in a printing machine is controlled and adjusted by providing at least one printing unit provided with at least two printing groups in the printing machine. Each printing group comprises a cylinder pair consisting of at least a forme cylinder and a transf... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954431 | Method for determining operating parameters of a printing press A printing press, in particular a sheet-fed offset printing press, includes at least one control device, a plurality of printing units, one or more varnishing units, and one or more dryers. Variables determining a dryness of the printing material are determined and ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957688 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus In an image forming method, an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor is developed into a developer image with a developer, and a printing paper transported on a transfer belt is brought into contact with the surface of the photoreceptor s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7926421 | Printing press system A printing press system includes a first machine line of a printing press, which is embodied as a newspaper printing press, and is provided with at least one first printing unit having printing group cylinders of a first maximum effective printing width. A second pr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927030 | Printing control method and apparatus This invention relates to a printing control method and apparatus, a computer program product, and the like in which printing data is held in a hierarchical structure and a printing job is issued to a printer to cause the printer to print. In the printing control me... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926420 | Printing unit having at least two lateral frame parts the distance of which can be changed relative to each other in a horizontal direction A printing unit has at least two lateral frame parts. The distance between which can be changed, relative to each other, in a horizontal direction. Each frame part receives a printing group or parts of such a printing group. At least one of the lateral frame parts i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7894766 | Bookbinding system and bookbinding method A bookbinding system that pastes a cover sheet on a sheet bundle, the bookbinding system includes: an image forming section which forms a toner image based on image data; a sheet storing section which stacks recording sheets on which toner images have been recorded ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878724 | Printer A roll paper printer having a cover movable between an open and closed position with the printer having hooks on locking levers disposed to the cover to hold the cover in the locked position upon engaging pins located on the printer body side and having an opening l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877056 | Image forming system and control method for the same An image forming system comprises a selection unit for selecting a post-processing apparatus that executes post-processing to a recording medium on which an image is formed from among a plurality of post-processing apparatuses, and a selection limitation unit for de... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869756 | Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system provided therewith A bookbinding apparatus including an adhesive coating section which coats an adhesive onto a spine of a sheet bundle that a plurality of sheets are bundled, by relatively moving the adhesive coating section and the sheet bundle, adheres a cover sheet onto the spine ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869757 | Bookbinding apparatus and bookbinding system A bookbinding apparatus comprising: a supplier which supplies solid adhesive to an adhesive tank; a melting section which melts the solid adhesive supplied to the adhesive tank; a coating member which coats the adhesive melted in the adhesive tank to an end face of ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861650 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a substrate support A stencil printer for printing viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a stencil, and a print head to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. A substrate support supports a substrate in a print position. A substrate support movement assembly i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861653 | Rolls and cylinders with a steel core for offset presses A cylinder for an offset printing press comprising a steel core and a heat-conducting layer arranged on the steel core in order to uniformly distribute localized steel core heating. The heat can consist of copper and can be arranged in or underneath a functional lay... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854198 | Direct drive A direct drive for a printing press with lateral register adjustment includes a rotor and a stator, and a connection for mechanically connecting the drive with a stationary support bearing, wherein the rotor is connectable with shaft of a printing press cylinder wit... | 12/21/2010 |
