http://www.freshpatents.com/Incremental-printing-of-symbolic-information-dtnewntc347.php USPTO Class 347 - Incremental printing of symbolic information en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -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/-dt20130516ptan20130120482.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 This invention enhances gloss uniformity of a formed image surface by selectively using colorless inks according to dot layouts of colored inks. A dot-layout unit sets colored dot layouts for respective colors of colored ink data. A colorless-dot-layout unit sets a colorless dot layout for one colorless ink with reference... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120483.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second nozzle groups that eject first and second fluids respectively; a third nozzle group that does not eject any fluid; and a controlling section that performs image formation and transportation operations, including ejecting the first and second fluids while moving the first and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120484.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An inkjet printing apparatus comprise a printhead including a temperature sensor and an element array formed by arraying a plurality of heat generation elements each of which generates a thermal energy required to discharge an ink in response to application of a driving pulse, a specifying unit configured to specify... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120485.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A liquid application device includes: a liquid ejection head including: nozzles configured to perform ejection of droplets of liquid toward a substrate; and liquid chambers connected respectively to the nozzles and defined by side walls, at least respective parts of the side walls being constituted of piezoelectric elements, the liquid... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120486.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A printer has a print head check unit that performs an ink ejection check to confirm whether or not ink is being ejected normally from nozzles, the printer sets a flag F to 1 so as to start an ink ejection check and starts a paper feed process. When the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120489.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Paper used in an inkjet printer has a recording area where information is recorded; a non-recording area where information is not recorded; and an open part formed in the non-recording area.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120487.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a printing unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The conveyance unit conveys a sheet that is a continuous sheet. The printing unit prints an image onto the conveyed sheet. The detection unit detects a splice of the conveyed sheet. A following... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120488.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A recording apparatus includes an ink discharge part, a first drive part that drives a rotation of a roll body in which the recording medium is wound, a second drive part that drives the conveyance part that conveys the recording medium, and a control part that controls operations of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120490.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An image forming apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid cured by being irradiated with light onto a medium for printing, an irradiation unit which irradiates the liquid which has landed onto the medium for printing with the light, and an image quality inspection unit which inspects an... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120491.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 According to this invention, an inkjet printing apparatus having an arrangement for detecting an amount of remaining ink in an ink tank starts a printing operation in a short time immediately after power-on. If an operation in preceding use is ended without any error at the time of power-off, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120492.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 (In Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.) The nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet printing contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) below, and a heterocyclic compound selected from lactones and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120493.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A liquid ejection apparatus includes a cap, an opposing member opposing an ejection surface of a liquid ejection head which is elongated in one direction, and a cap moving mechanism arranged to move the cap. The cap includes a lip component, a diaphragm, and a holder having a lower linear... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120494.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A printing system includes one or more printing system components positioned opposite a moving print media. A wick assembly can be attached to a printing system component to wick condensation away from a surface of the printing system component that is opposite the moving print media. A heating element can... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120495.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Ratchets which regulate a rotation of either a reeling-out roller around which one end of a long wiping member which wipes ink attached to a recording head which ejects ink is wound, or a winding-up roller around which the other end of the wiping member is wound to which tension... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120496.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A sun gear which is rotationally driving according to power which is transmitted from a driving motor, a planetary gear which can be displaced in the circumferential direction of the sun gear in a state of being engaged with the sun gear, and a winding-up gear which transmits a rotational... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120497.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An inkjet printhead includes: a first row of longitudinally spaced apart first printhead segments, each first printhead segment having a plurality of nozzle rows configured for ejecting a plurality of different colored inks; and a second row of longitudinally spaced apart second printhead segments, the second row being parallel with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120498.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Disclosed is an ink jet printhead comprising a plurality of channels, wherein the channels are capable of being filled with ink from an ink supply and wherein the channels terminate in nozzles on one surface of the printhead, the surface being coated with a coating composition comprising a fluorinated poly(amide-imide)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120499.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Disclosed is an ink jet printhead comprising a plurality of channels, wherein the channels are capable of being filled with ink from an ink supply and wherein the channels terminate in nozzles on one surface of the printhead, the surface being coated with a coating composition comprising a siloxane-etherimide copolymer... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120500.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle which has an opening at a nozzle formation surface; a communication plate where a common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to the pressure chamber is formed; a liquid ejecting head having a flexible film which seals... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120501.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A head unit fixed to a case in a position in which a nozzle forming surface thereof faces a first surface side of a head fixing portion, and a wiring substrate is arranged on a second surface side opposite from the first surface on a portion. A supply flow channel... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120502.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Provided is an inkjet print head in which, without causing an increase in print head size, printing elements that can perform ejection at a high frequency are densely arrayed. For this purpose, an ink supplying port and a wiring line, which are common to a predetermined number of printing elements,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120504.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An inkjet printhead includes multiple sets each of which includes a nozzle, pressure chamber, and actuator; a circuit board; and a connection member. The circuit board includes a wire, through hole via, and ink channel. The connection member, which connects the wire to a driving unit, is provided outside of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120503.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a gas chamber surrounding a piezoelectric element in an inkjet head; and a dry gas supply device configured to start supply of dry gas to the gas chamber before supply of electric power to the inkjet head is started, to continue the supply of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120505.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A print head including a jet stack can be formed using semiconductor device manufacturing techniques. A blanket metal layer, a blanket piezoelectric element layer, and a blanket conductive layer can be formed over a semiconductor substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or wafer section. The piezoelectric element layer and the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120506.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Disclosed herein is a microfluidic jetting device having a piezoelectric member positioned above a displaceable membrane. A voltage is applied across the piezoelectric member causing deformation of the piezoelectric member. The deformation of the piezoelectric member results in a displacement of the membrane, which is formed above a cavity. Displacement... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120507.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An ink droplet generation module for a print head assembly for a continuous ink jet printer, the printer having an ink supply system, a control system and a power supply system. The ink droplet generation module includes a supporting plate, an ink droplet generator, a charge electrode assembly, deflector plates,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120509.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An elastic member for inkjet includes a resin composition including at least a (b)-(a)-(b) type isobutylene-based triblock copolymer including an isobutylene-based polymer block (a) and a styrene-based polymer block (b), and a styrene-based polymer.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120508.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An inkjet recording apparatus includes an inkjet head to horizontally eject ink droplets to print on a recording medium and an ink receiving assembly to receive ink droplets ejected for dummy ejection from the inkjet head. The ink receiving assembly includes a non-porous ink receiving plate and a collection tank.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120510.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 An ink jet printer includes a print head, a gutter, an ink supply system, and a fluid cartridge. The fluid cartridge includes an inner collapsible container for containing a printing fluid. The container includes an outlet for connection to the printer, an outer housing, an electronic storage device, and at... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120511.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A printer includes an ink tank for retaining ink, nozzles for ejecting the ink, an ink flow passage for connecting the ink tank and the nozzles, and a filter chamber in which a filter is arranged. A first room is disposed downstream of the filter and a second room is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120512.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate involve the use of a gating agent that blocks the substance from or attracts the substance to the substrate. The apparatus and methods may utilize ink jet technology to apply the gating agent directly to the substrate or... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120513.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A thin wall ink image receiving member enables the ink image receiving member to reach operational temperatures from a cold state more quickly than image receiving members used in previously known printers. The thin wall image receiving member includes at least one annular support member fixedly mounted against the inner... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120514.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 A light irradiation device according to an embodiment includes a light emitting element, and a substrate on which the light emitting element is mounted. The substrate includes a laminated body constituted so that a plurality of insulating layers are laminated, a first heat transfer member disposed in the laminated body... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120515.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Embodiments of the invention provide a method of and apparatus for graphically marking a series of portable objects, such as a card, each portable object being graphically marked on a respective zone by a respective marking device, wherein the marking devices are configured to perform the same marking operation simultaneously... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120516.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 Provided is printing apparatus which includes: a light-emitting device array and a photoconductor, wherein the light-emitting device array includes the light-emitting devices of the number greater than the number of pixels of a single line of the print image, data of the single line of the print image are allocated... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130516ptan20130120517.php Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0700 c) engraving a data matrix in the spot of ink of said transparent wall. The invention also relates to a marked container and to a method for identifying such a marked container. b) heating said transparent wall, a) applying at least one spot of ink on an outer surface of said transparent...