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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7593126 | Method for delivering a greeting card to a user A method for delivering a greeting card using a form, the form including information relating to at least one interactive element associated with the delivery of a greeting card and coded data relating to the at least one interactive element. The coded data is coinc... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7588301 | Method for controlling the ink refilling procedure of a print engine A method of controlling refilling of a printing unit by a printing fluid refill cartridge is provided. In the method, information on an amount of printing fluid contained in the refill cartridge is stored in an information storage element of the cartridge, the refil... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587823 | Method of producing pagewidth printhead structures in-situ A method of producing a pagewidth inkjet printhead to have structures of a plurality of nozzle openings defined through a single surface layer is provided In the method, the structures are formed in-situ on a substrate having heater elements for heating ink so that ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588321 | Inkjet printhead with low loss CMOS connections to heaters An ink jet printhead with an array of nozzles 3. A chamber 7 and a heater 14 correspond to each nozzle respectively. The heater has a heater element 10 extending between a pair of electrodes 15. The heater elemen 10 is suspe... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588312 | Printer having relative arcuately moveable simplex printhead and capping and purging mechanism A printer having a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has a single pagewidth printhead and ink ejection nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it is transported past the printhead. The cap... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588316 | Wide format print assembly having high resolution printhead A print assembly is provided having an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of a printer, printhead integrated circuits mounted on the carrier, and control circuitry positioned on the carrier and operatively connected to the printhead integrated... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588319 | Media supply cartridge of a roll-fed printer Provided is a wallpaper printer having a media supply cartridge. The cartridge includes a media case, a media roll assembly rotatably located within the media case, and a roller assembly configured to operatively eject blank wallpaper from the media roll assembly an... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589854 | Method of generating a second mail item in response to a first mail item A method of generating a second mail item in response to a first mail item is provided. The first mail item comprises a printed interface surface having visible information and coded data disposed thereon. The coded data is indicative of the identity of the first ma... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588323 | Print media cartridge incorporating print media and ink housing assemblies An ink and print media cartridge includes a print media housing assembly that defines a region in which print media can be stored and includes a feed mechanism to feed the print media from the housing assembly. An ink housing assembly is fast with the print media ho... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588324 | Ink cartridge having enlarged end reservoirs The invention provides for an ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer. The cartridge includes an elongate main body defining a number of rectangular ink reservoirs along a length thereof, with end reservoirs being larger than reservoirs interposed between the end r... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588327 | Inkjet printer with cartridge connected to platen and printhead assembly An inkjet printer includes a print medium cartridge arranged to store a print medium roll. The print medium roll includes a former carrying a wound length of a print medium. A platen supports the print medium during feeding from the roll. An inkjet printhead assembl... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588329 | Print roll unit provided with pinch rollers and a drive roller A print roll unit with a housing comprising a first cover portion attached to a second cover portion, the housing including a slot. A longitudinally extending core is rotatably mounted inside the housing and an ink supply is contained within the core. A substantiall... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588381 | Method for printing wallpaper using pattern collections A method for printing wallpaper onto a web of media is provided. In the method one or more collections of patterns are provided, a selection of a pattern from the one or more collections by an operator is captured, the selection being communicated by input of a symb... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587822 | Method of producing high nozzle density printhead in-situ A method of producing an ink jet printhead is provided so that the printhead has a structure with a plurality of nozzles, each having a nozzle opening through a single surface layer of the structure, with the areal density of the nozzles being greater than 10 nozzle... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588693 | Method of modifying an etched trench A process for facilitating modification of an etched trench is provided. The process comprises: (a) providing a wafer comprising an etched trench, the trench having a photoresist plug at its base; and (b) removing a portion of the photoresist by subjecting the wafer... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589716 | System for software interaction using printed form identity A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, by printing information related to at least one text field coincident with coded data indicative of the text field... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590545 | Car management system and associated printer An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a conveyance includes a data collecting unit for collecting data relating to operational aspects of the conveyance. A processor communicates with the data collecting unit for processing collected... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589856 | System for enabling user interaction with computer software A system for enabling user interaction with computer software is provided which has a printer. The printer receives print data, prints a form using the print data, receives indicating data from a sensing device and transfers the indicating data to a computer system.... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590311 | Sensing device for sensing a position within a region A sensing device for sensing a region provided on or in a surface having at least one region. The at least one region having printed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the at least one region, and visible information at least some of the info... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590347 | Photographic prints having magnetically recordable media A camera provides a photo 7 printed on print media via printer device 6 under the control of a central processor 4. The photo 7 is a print of an image 5 provided by a CCD sensor 3. The photo 7 includes print media hav... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590561 | Method and system for online purchasing using processing sensor Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online purchasing via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590622 | System for facilitating searches for data stored on a network A system for facilitating searches for data stored on a network includes a computer system forming a node on the network and having a database of electronic documents, each of which are associated with at least one resource description. A printer is connected to the... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585047 | Nozzle arrangement with control logic architecture for an ink jet printhead A nozzle arrangement for a pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly includes a substrate that defines an ink supply channel. Walls define an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the fluid cham... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585050 | Print assembly and printer having wide printing zone A print assembly is provided having an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of a printer, printhead integrated circuits mounted on the carrier, and control circuitry positioned on the carrier and operatively connected to the printhead integrated... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585054 | Inkjet printhead with integrated circuit mounted on polymer sealing film A printhead for an inkjet printer, the printhead comprising: a printhead integrated circuit formed on a wafer substrate using lithographically masked etching and deposition techniques; an integrated circuit support... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585066 | Ink supply unit with a baffle arrangement An ink supply unit is provided for a printer. The unit includes an elongate printhead configured to eject ink. An ink distribution manifold defines a printhead aperture in which the printhead is received and a series of slots through which ink can flow to the printh... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584402 | Data storage format for encoding a bit stream on or in a surface A data storage format for encoding a bit stream on or in a surface. The format includes at least one data portion which encodes a data sequence including the bit stream followed by corresponding redundancy data. The data sequence is formed from interleaved codewords... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581831 | Printer module incorporating a quartet of co-operating rollers A printer module includes an elongate body. A motor assembly is operatively mounted to an end of the body. A quartet of rollers is rotationally mounted with respect to the body and extends along the inside of the body. The rollers include a pair of driven rollers co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581447 | Temperature compensating pressure sensing arrangement The invention provides for a temperature compensating pressure sensing arrangement. The arrangement includes a substrate having sealed channels on which is deposited a CMOS layer, with a conductive layer and a passivation layer deposited on the CMOS layer. The arran... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581826 | Ink reservoir The present invention relates to an ink reservoir for being received within the former of a printer roll. The reservoir includes a first portion defining one or more channels for each providing ink to a respective output port. A second portion is also provided which... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581495 | Wallpaper printer with cutter and dryer modules The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581812 | Method of removing particulates from a printhead using a liquid foam A method of removing particulates from an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a liquid foam on the face, thereby dispersing the particulates in the foam; and (b) transferring the foam, including the particul... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581814 | Ink channel extrusion module for a pagewidth printhead An elastomeric ink delivery extrusion transports ink and air to printhead modules in an ink jet printhead assembly. A series of patterned holes are laser ablated onto an upper surface of the extrusion. These interface with inlets on the underside of a series of prin... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581815 | Printhead assembly with two-material supporting structure The present invention relates to a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a support beam. The support beam includes two types of material having different coefficients of thermal expansion. A plurality of spaced apart printhead modules is supported by t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581816 | Nozzle arrangement with a pivotal wall coupled to a thermal expansion actuator A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel. A nozzle chamber structure defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel. The nozzle chamber structure includes a roof defining an ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581817 | Inkjet nozzle assembly with a raised rim for pinning a meniscus of ink in a nozzle chamber A nozzle assembly is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle assembly includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet aperture. A nozzle includes an endless wall portion extending from the substrate assembly and a moveable crown portion from which a skirt p... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581818 | Pagewidth inkjet printhead with ink ejection devices having a series of protrusions to facilitate ink ejection Provided is a pagewidth inkjet printhead which has a plurality of ink ejection devices. Each of these devices includes a substrate defining a fluid chamber having a fluid outlet nozzle and a fluid supply channel respectively defined in opposite walls of the chamber.... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583979 | Mobile phone for capturing and printing images A mobile phone is provided for capturing and printing images. The phone comprises a phone body defining front and rear faces. The front face has a keypad and display, and the rear face has a removable cover. A camera is fitted to the body and is configured to captur... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581819 | Ink jet nozzle arrangement with volumetric ink ejection means A nozzle arrangement for ejecting ink includes a substrate defining an ink supply passage. A first endless wall extends from the substrate and bounds the ink supply passage. An elongate actuator is operatively anchored at a fixed end to the substrate and at a locati... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581822 | Inkjet printhead with low voltage ink vaporizing heaters 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 tempera... | 09/01/2009 |