http://www.freshpatents.com/Incremental-printing-of-symbolic-information-dtnewntc347.php USPTO Class 347 - Incremental printing of symbolic information en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Fluid-dispenser-dt20080424ptan20080094428.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 Various embodiments and methods relating to dispensing fluid are disclosed.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Open-loop-print-speed-control-dt20080424ptan20080094430.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A method for controlling print speed of an imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes at least one reservoir for supplying liquid ink to a print head and a level sensor in the reservoir. The method comprises measuring an image density of at least a portion of a print... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-recording-apparatus-and-method-for-recovering-recording-head-dt20080424ptan20080094434.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, a paper feeding mechanism which feeds a recording medium to the recording head, a paper discharge mechanism which discharges the recording medium from the recording head, a detecting mechanism which detects a change occurred in the paper feeding mechanism... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-recording-apparatus-and-method-for-recovering-recording-head-dt20080424ptan20080094435.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, an external input terminal on which a storage medium in which, images are stored is installed, a detecting mechanism which detects that the storage medium has been installed on the external input terminal, a timer which measures a time... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printhead-ic-with-de-activatable-temperature-sensor-dt20080424ptan20080094437.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses of electrical energy to the array of nozzles in accordance with the print data; and, a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in response to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-aligning-liquid-jet-head-dt20080424ptan20080094441.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 Provided is an alignment apparatus for a liquid-jet head which includes a nozzle plate, a fixation member, a transparent mask, chucks, and an alignment mechanism. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle orifice for injecting a liquid for the liquid-jet head, and a first and a second alignment marks to be... http://www.freshpatents.com/Droplet-discharging-device-method-of-measuring-weight-method-of-discharing-a-liquid-and-method-of-manufacturing-a-color-filter-dt20080424ptan20080094440.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A droplet discharging device for drawing by discharging a liquid as droplets on a work from an discharging head in accordance with a main scan for relatively moving the work and the discharging head facing each other, includes a plurality of carriages each mounting a plurality of the discharging heads,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-recording-apparatus-and-method-for-restoring-recording-head-for-image-recording-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094444.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 If any change, which appears on a display for displaying the situation of the operation, is detected, it is judged whether or not an elapsed time, which elapses from the previous execution of the restoring operation for the discharge state of nozzles, exceeds a predetermined time period. If the elapsed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printhead-ic-with-nozzle-array-for-linking-with-adjacent-printhead-ic-s-dt20080424ptan20080094446.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printhead IC for an inkjet printer that mounts the printhead IC together with at least one other like printhead IC to provide a pagewidth printhead for printing onto a media substrate fed past the printhead in a feed direction, the printhead IC comprising: an elongate array of nozzles, the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printhead-ic-compatible-with-mutally-incompatible-print-engine-controllers-dt20080424ptan20080094451.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a PEC for sending print data to the printhead IC in accordance with a predetermined data transmission protocol, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inkjet-printhead-heater-and-method-of-manufacture-dt20080424ptan20080094455.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An inkjet printhead heater including a plurality of unit heater layers each including a first nitride layer and a second nitride layer stacked on the first nitride layer, and an inkjet printhead including the heater, and a method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead heater including stacking a plurality of unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ink-cartridge-for-ink-jet-recording-device-dt20080424ptan20080094429.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An ink cartridge for an ink jet recording device, includes: a container having an ink supply port; at least two ink chambers partitioned in the container, one being located substantially in an upper section and the other being located substantially in a lower section; an ink suction passage connecting a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printhead-having-a-removable-nozzle-plate-dt20080424ptan20080094431.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printhead and method of printing are provided. The printhead has a body with portions of the body defining a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle orifice is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. A drop forming mechanism is operatively associated with the nozzle orifice of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/High-nozzle-density-printhead-ejecting-low-drop-volumes-dt20080424ptan20080094432.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printhead assembly that has a printhead substrate having a plurality of drop generators formed thereon at an area density of at least six drop generators per square millimeter. The droplets emitted have a drop volume less than 8 pico liters. The fluid forming the droplets has a viscosity in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-for-depositing-droplets-dt20080424ptan20080094433.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An apparatus for depositing droplets on a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support for the substrate, a droplet ejection assembly which includes a pumping chamber, a controller and a source of static pressure to maintain the total pressure in the pumping chamber above a threshold pressure level to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printing-with-limited-types-of-dots-dt20080424ptan20080094436.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Temperature-calibration-for-fluid-ejection-head-dt20080424ptan20080094438.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-recording-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094443.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An image recording apparatus includes: a recording medium conveying mechanism; a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium based on the input data; a faulty record detection unit for detecting a faulty record when a recording process is performed; and a control unit for controlling these components.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Nozzle-arrangement-with-a-movement-sensor-for-an-inkjet-printer-dt20080424ptan20080094442.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a chamber with an ink inlet and ejection port, said substrate having a micro-electromechanical drive layer. The arrangement also includes a paddle dividing said chamber into an ink chamber and a nozzle... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printing-method-and-printing-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094439.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printing method includes by printing a first area in a test pattern using a first print mode, determining a first correction value corresponding to the first print mode for each of the row regions, based on a density measurement value for each of row regions in the first area,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cradle-unit-having-printhead-maintenance-and-wiping-arrangements-for-a-print-engine-dt20080424ptan20080094445.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The invention relates to a cradle unit for a print engine having an inkjet printhead and a PCB controller, the cradle unit configured to receive a cartridge unit having a printhead assembly of the print engine with a controller on a flex PCB. The cradle unit includes a cover assembly... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-manufacture-dt20080424ptan20080094447.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A method of manufacture of printers and printheads formed of a number of modules mounted on a chassis. The modules and chassis are formed with a number of alignment features which engage with one another to form elastic interference couplings. By arranging a number n of such couplings for each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Valve-and-actuator-employing-capillary-electrowetting-phenomenon-dt20080424ptan20080094448.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A valve includes: a passage having a first passage which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage and outside of a cartridge body, and a second passage which branches from the first passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface forming the second passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface of a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ink-jet-printhead-with-nozzle-assemblies-having-fluidic-seals-dt20080424ptan20080094450.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The invention provides for an ink jet printhead having a wafer substrate and a plurality of nozzle assemblies arranged in an array on the substrate and the product of dielectric and metal layers deposited on the wafer substrate and etched, such that the wafer substrate and layers define ink inlet... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printhead-integrated-circuit-with-an-ink-ejecting-surface--dt20080424ptan20080094449.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 Provided is a printhead integrated circuit defining an external surface having a number of ink ejection ports operatively directed at a printing medium. The surface includes a plurality of petal formations radially positioned about each ink ejection port, and a plurality of actuators, each located behind a petal formation distal... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inkjet-print-head-dt20080424ptan20080094452.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An inkjet print head comprising an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement (12) and a drive transistor (10) for driving current through the heater arrangement (12) connected in series between power lines (VS, GND). The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inkjet-print-head-dt20080424ptan20080094453.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An inkjet print head comprises an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement (28) and a drive transistor (16) for driving current through the heater arrangement (28). The drive transistor (16) comprises a top gate polysilicon... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ink-jet-recording-head-and-manufacturing-method-therefor-dt20080424ptan20080094454.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A manufacturing method for an ink jet recording head including an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting ink, wiring and electrode pad for supplying electric power to the energy generating element, and a flow path formation member in which an ink flow path is formed in fluid communication... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-manufacturing-liquid-container-and-liquid-container-dt20080424ptan20080094456.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A method of manufacturing a liquid container, the liquid container including a liquid containing chamber in which a liquid can be contained, an air communicating passage allowing the liquid containing chamber to communicate with air, a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid contained in the liquid container to an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Binders-for-pigmented-ink-formulations-dt20080424ptan20080094457.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 Disclosed herein are inks including an aqueous vehicle; at least one encapsulant-dispersed pigment; and at least one block copolymer binder dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle and having Structure I and comprising a hydrophobic block (A) and a hydrophilic block (B);... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inkjet-recording-apparatus-and-inkjet-recording-method-dt20080424ptan20080094458.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, wherein the inkjet recording apparatus comprises a recording head with a filter, an ink that comprises a colorant, a humectant, a surfactant, and a wetting agent is discharged from the recording head, the viscosity of the ink at 25° C. is 6 mPa·s to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Light-irradiation-device-and-inkjet-printer-utilizing-same-dt20080424ptan20080094460.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A light irradiation device and an inkjet printer equipped with the light irradiation device, the light irradiation device having a short-arc type discharge lamp with a pair of electrodes which face each other within a discharge vessel, a reflector surrounding the discharge lamp so as to reflect light from the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ink-jet-printer-dt20080424ptan20080094459.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An ink jet printer that performs printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles of an ink jet head onto a print medium includes: a moisture adjusting unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a print medium transport direction and adjusts moisture of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printing-method-printing-apparatus-and-printing-paper-dt20080424ptan20080094461.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A printing apparatus having almost the same scale and function as printing apparatuses the usable maximum paper size of which is equivalent to A-4 size can print an image on a paper the size of which is larger than A-4 as necessary. A printing mechanism section (101) and a paper... http://www.freshpatents.com/Portable-data-processing-system-having-print-capabilities-dt20080424ptan20080094462.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A portable data processing system having print capabilities includes a portable computer having a housing, a print unit attached to the housing, and an ink container connected to the printhead of the print unit. The print unit includes a full page width ink jet printhead, a paper path, intake and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Thermal-printer-unit-dt20080424ptan20080094463.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 A thermal printer unit according to the invention includes a thermal head, a platen roller which is disposed while facing the thermal head, a support member which fixes the thermal head while thermal transfer ribbon and receptor paper are pressurized and nipped between the thermal head and the platen roller,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-and-image-forming-method-dt20080424ptan20080094464.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of smoothly and reasonably conducting image formation in case of using a lens (lenses) of which optical magnification is minus. An image forming apparatus of the invention comprises: a line head having lenses of which optical magnification... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-recording-device-and-image-recording-method-dt20080424ptan20080094465.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:42 -0700 An image recording device, which records an image on an image-drawing region of a strip-shaped flexible substrate stretched between a supply reel and a take-up reel, includes: a stage section for suctioning and conveying the flexible substrate; an alignment section for sensing an alignment mark of the flexible substrate; a...