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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322524 | Graphic design software using an interface surface A computer system configured for operating graphic design software to enable a user to perform graphic design activity using an interface surface. The interface surface contains information relating to the graphic design software. The interface surface includes code... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322666 | Inkjet printhead having controlled vertically offset printhead modules An inkjet printhead is provided having elongate printhead modules arranged to successively abut one another at respective longitudinal ends with a vertical offset and controllers for controlling the printhead modules. Each module has a plurality of ink ejection nozz... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322669 | Inkjet printer with protector for a printhead capping facility An inkjet printer is disclosed in which a protector is provided for a capping facility for a printhead within the printer. The protector comprises a covering member which is arranged to engage with the capping facility during intervals when the capping facility is n... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322671 | Inkjet printer with replaceable printhead requiring zero-insertion-force An inkjet printer comprising a replaceable pagewidth printhead with an array of nozzles and printhead contacts for transmitting power and print data to the nozzles; and corresponding contacts for supplying the power and print data to the printhead contacts; and a se... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322672 | Printhead assembly with combined securing and mounting arrangement for components A printhead assembly is provided comprising at least one printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322673 | Printhead assembly with heat sink for drive circuitry A printhead assembly with at least two printhead integrated circuits (IC's), each having arrays of printing fluid ejection nozzles. A support member in the assembly supports and carries the printing fluid fed to the at least two printhead integrated circuits. Drive ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322674 | Printer system for developing a three-dimensional structure A printer system for developing a three dimensional, printed structure includes a plurality of printheads arranged in groups, the printheads in each group being configured to print voxels of material to define a respective layer of the structure. A substrate is conf... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322675 | Mounting for a modular printhead A modular printhead mounting for a digital printer wherein the modules (2) may be mechanically aligned using specifically designed frame (3) supporting the modules (2). The frame (3) has a plurality of mounting sites (19) for mount... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322676 | Printhead assembly with electrical connection member for interconnecting print engine controllers A printhead assembly is provided comprising at least one printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting the p... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322677 | Printhead assembly with communications module A printhead assembly with a communications module for a wallpaper printing system, the printhead assembly comprising: a casing; a printhead module; a fluid channel member positioned adjacent to the printhead module, the fluid channel member including a plurality of ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322679 | Inkjet nozzle arrangement with thermal bend actuator capable of differential thermal expansion A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly, in turn, including an electrical drive circuitry layer and defining an ink inlet channel. A nozzle chamber structure extends from the substrate assembly. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322680 | Printer assembly and nozzle arrangement An inkjet printer includes a printing mechanism that defines a printing path through which media can be fed so that the printing mechanism can carry out a printing operation on the media. The printing mechanism has a printhead assembly that includes a printhead with... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322681 | Printhead with ink feed to chamber via adjacent chamber An inkjet printhead with ink chambers that are supplied with ink via an adjacent ink chamber. The conduits for distributing ink to every ink chamber in the array can occupy a significant proportion of the wafer area. By making some ink chambers part of the ink flow ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322684 | Cover assembly for a cradle unit having an ink refilling capabilities A cover assembly for a cradle unit of an inkjet printer having a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply and a controller for controlling the operation of the printhead to facilitate printing; the c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322685 | Cover assembly for a cradle unit having an ink refilling actuator provided therein A cover assembly is provided for a cradle unit of an inkjet printer having a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply and a controller for controlling the operation of the printhead to facilitate pri... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322686 | Thermal ink jet with chemical vapor deposited nozzle plate There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element (10) is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid (11) in the printhead to a t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322757 | Inkjet printer having associated printhead, control and memory modules An inkjet printer is provided comprising printhead modules, physically and logically distinct control modules, and logically distinct memory modules. Each printhead module prints a different section of a printing zone. Each control module controls at least one assoc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322761 | Spool adapted for gripping a roll of print media A spool, such as supply for a wide-format printer, is provided. The spool comprises a spindle for slidingly receiving an outer shaft, which is typically the core of a roll of print media. A first resiliently deformable gripping ring is circumferentially mounted abou... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324142 | Camera control print medium A camera control card designed for use with a digital camera and a number of image manipulation cards. The digital camera has a card reader, an image sensor designed to capture an original image, and a controllable image manipulator designed to manipulate the origin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324859 | Substrate for use with audio file player A substrate includes at least one visual representation of an audio file and encoded data associated with the at least one audio file. The encoded data can be sensed by a selection device to cause an audio file stored in a computer system to be provided to the selec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314177 | Wearable product reading device A reading device for reading an interface surface provided on a product item, the interface surface having disposed thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the product item. The reading device includes a harness having a finger portion, and a housing coupled... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314266 | Inkjet printhead assembly with an ink distribution molding A printhead assembly includes a printhead which, in turn, includes a molding. The molding defines a recess in which an integrated circuit (IC) configured to eject ink can be received. The molding defines a quartet of separate ink passages each in fluid communication... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314261 | Printhead module for expelling ink from nozzles in groups, alternately, starting at outside nozzles of each group A printhead module including at least one row that comprises a plurality of sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, such that, for each set of nozzles, a fire signal is provided in accordance with t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314181 | Symmetric product identifying tags Coded data for disposal on or in an interface surface associated with a product item, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the product item, such that the coded data distinguishes the product item from every other product item. The coded data is arrange... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311381 | System for priming a pagewidth printhead cartridge An ink priming system for a cartridge unit of the type having a pagewidth printhead assembly in fluid communication with one or more ink storage compartments, the system having a priming inlet provided on said pagewidth printhead a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312845 | Method of capturing and processing sensed images A method of capturing and processing sensed images includes the step of sensing a viewed image to generate a viewed image signal carrying data representing the viewed image. The viewed image signal is communicated to a central processor. A printed data storage devic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311387 | Ink refill cartridge with pressure-limiting device An ink refill cartridge comprising: a housing; a deformable ink bag housed in said housing; a pressure applicator for manually applying pressure to the ink bag in order to dispense ink from an outlet in the ink bag; a resilient member interengaged between the pressu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311257 | Card reader with a translucent cover A card reader for reading data from a data card includes a support. A light source is supported by the support and is configured to emit light toward the data card. A sensor is supported by the support and is configured to sense the data being carried by reflected l... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311382 | System for securing integrated circuits to a pagewidth printhead assembly A pagewidth printhead assembly for an inkjet printer comprising: a body portion for receiving ink from one or more ink sources and having one or more channels formed therein for distributing the ink substantially along the length o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306320 | High speed digital printer unit An printer unit is provided comprising a body having a media input assembly for supporting media for printing, a media output assembly for collecting printed media and a print engine adapted to be mounted to said body and having a printhead for printing an image on ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306319 | 3D object creation system comprising a plurality of layer groups and fault detection system A three-dimensional object creation system is provided. The system comprises: (i) a first printhead layer group comprising a plurality of first printheads configured for printing a first layer of the object; (ii) a second printhead layer group comprising a plurality... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306317 | Inkjet printer comprising printhead and capping device An inkjet printer comprising a printhead assembly is provided. The printhead assembly comprises a printhead module configured for ejecting ink in a first direction and a capping device. The capping device is reciprocally movable between an open position in which the... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306307 | Processing apparatus for an inkjet printer A processing apparatus for an inkjet printer includes a bus. A processor runs a control program of the apparatus. A DMA controller is connected to the data bus to control address transfers in a number of channels. A control program memory is connected to the data bu... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306305 | Hand-held postcard printer A digital camera comprises an image sensor device for sensing an image. A processor processes the sensed image. A pagewidth printhead prints the sensed image. An ink supply arrangement supplies ink to the print head and the image is printed on print media from a sup... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307272 | Nanotube based multi-level memory structure A network of electronic devices is provided. The network comprises an organized matrix of armchair nanotubes and zigzag nanotubes. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307354 | Integrated circuit (IC) carrier assembly incorporating an integrated circuit (IC) retainer An integrated circuit (IC) carrier assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB). A carrier is soldered to the PCB. The carrier includes a grid of electrical contact islands surrounding a receiving zone for receiving an IC. Pairs of adjacent islands are interconne... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306325 | Inkjet printer having ink distribution to fixedly attached printhead ICS An inkjet printer is provided having at least one printhead module removably mounted to a body of the printer. The printhead module has at least two printhead integrated circuits mounted to a support member via respective ink distribution members which distribute in... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306326 | Thermal ink jet printhead with low heater mass There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element (10) is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306324 | Printhead assembly having clamped components A printhead assembly is provided having at least one printhead module of at least two printhead integrated circuits having nozzles for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media and a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid to the pr... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306323 | 3D object creation system comprising a plurality of layer groups A three-dimensional object creation system is provided. The system comprises a plurality of stationary printhead layer groups, each layer group comprising at least one printhead for printing a respective layer of the object; and a conveyor for conveying a partially-... | 12/11/2007 |
