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7517075 Method of determining power applied to component(s) of an image forming system  
A method including attempting to provide a first amount of power to a component of an image forming system during a first time period and determining a second amount of power applied to the...
7210856 Distributed temperature sensing in deep water subsea tree completions  
A deep water subsea tree completion having a distributed temperature sensing system. In a described embodiment, a method of installing an optical fiber in a well includes the steps of: conveying an...
6549834 Motion detection and recording method and apparatus  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recording motion of a vehicle or a fixed structure with a self-contained motion recorder apparatus. The self-contained motion recorder...
6520634 Image forming apparatus with heat treating of recording material  
An image forming apparatus having a recording head and a recording medium conveying apparatus for conveying the recording medium from one position to another position. The recording medium...
6092891 Fixing mechanism and ink jet recording apparatus using the fixing mechanism  
A fixing mechanism for fixing a ink on a recording medium which is discharged by a recording device includes a first fixing area onto which heat sufficient to fix the ink is applied to the...
5810919 High temperature protective wax blend  
The present invention provides compositions and method for heat absorption which include between about 35 percent and about 45 percent by weight of an between about 35 percent and about 45 percent...
5751297 Control method for paper-driven type automatic drafting machine  
A control method for a paper-driven type automatic drafting machine carries out a predetermined drafting operation by use of ink writing instruments. The automatic drafting machine has on its...
5589866 Air evacuation system for ink-jet printer  
A color ink-jet printer having a heating and air evacuation system for evaporating ink carriers from the print medium after ink-jet printing. A medium advancement system advances the print medium...
5517214 Ink jet image drier  
The drier consists of a plurality of nozzles that direct a small volume of air onto the printed image at as high a velocity as possible without disturbing the wet image. The air so delivered while...
5502464 Fixater and recording apparatus using the same  
A fixater has a fixing unit for expediting the fixation of an image recorded on a recording medium, a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium and a coupling unit detachably mountable in...
5495275 Heating device for fixing information on an information medium  
A heating element (30) for a device for fixing images in photocopiers or information printed by a printer on media (12) having different formats is formed by a layer of resistive material having a...
5479199 Print area radiant heater for ink-jet printer  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. A radiant print heater heats the medium at the print area to increase the ink carrier...
5406316 Airflow system for ink-jet printer  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. A media advancing mechanism advances the print medium through a media path during print...
5396270 Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying  
An ink jet printer has a sheet conveying and drying device having a plurality of flexible, resilient yet stiff fingers connected in a cantilevered manner to a drive chain which moves the fingers...
5382963 Ink jet printer for magnetic image character recognition printing  
A thermal ink jet printer for printing MICR images by liquid ink droplets. The ink contains a magnetic pigment, magnetic particles, or a combination of both. An external magnetic field in the...
5372852 Indirect printing process for applying selective phase change ink compositions to substrates  
A phase change ink composition is indirectly applied to a substrate by raising the temperature of the phase change ink composition to form a liquid phase change ink composition, applying droplets...
5349376 Printing apparatus for performing overhead projector processing  
A printing apparatus that enhances light transmittance of overhead projector (OHP) sheets while preventing any deterioration in printing speed. The apparatus can compare a divider assembly located...
5329295 Print zone heater screen for thermal ink-jet printer  
A color ink-jet printer having a heating blower system for evaporating ink carriers from the print medium after ink-jet printing. A preheat drive roller engages the medium and draws it to a print...
5323176 Printer with a selectively operable heating processor  
A printer enables discrimination of the kind of a printing medium and automatically controls whether the medium is to be thermally processed or not by the result of the discrimination, while...
5317338 Visual measurement technique and test pattern for aperture offsets in photoplotters  
A test pattern including an aperture image and a line image including a plurality of parallel lines, forming a measurement graticule, overlapping the aperture image, permits determination of...
5299290 Ink sensing system for vector plotters  
An ink sensing system for a vector plotter in which a pen is adapted to be raised and lowered from a drawing media surface along a system axis. An optical detection system is provided which has a...
5296873 Airflow system for thermal ink-jet printer  
A color ink-jet printer having a heating blower system for evaporating ink carriers from the print medium after ink-jet printing. A preheat drive roller engages the medium and draws it to a print...
5262797 Monitoring and controlling quality of pen markings on plotting media  
A method of monitoring and controlling the quality of pen markings on a plotting medium by qualifying each pen based on optically sensing across a sample line drawn on an actual medium. During each...
5255009 Automatic maintenance system for drop aperture plate (optics protection)  
Apparatus for protecting optical elements of an optical ink drop detector that detects the presence of an ink drop in a drop detection zone, and for maintaining an aperture plate used in...
5220346 Printing processes with microwave drying  
Disclosed is a printing process which comprises applying in imagewise fashion to a substrate an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an ionic compound at least...
5214442 Adaptive dryer control for ink jet processors  
An adaptive dryer for a printing system obtains values representing mass of ink and/or area coverage of ink on each page to be printed prior to drying and based on the determined mass-area coverage...
5212498 Jet recording apparatus with means for controlling power to fixing heaters according to the number of printed dots in regions corresponding to each heater  
A plurality of fixing heaters for heating recording paper after printing to speed up drying of ink are disposed side by side in a direction at right angles to the direction in which recording paper...
5170047 Optical sensor for plotter pen verification  
An optical sensor for monitoring plotter pen performance by sensing the quality of lines drawn on a medium. An LED emitting green light beam is angularly directed toward an underlying line so as to...
5161246 Sensor for sensing media in a plotter  
This invention is directed to the use of single optical sensor to replace two mechanical sensors in a pen plotter. A light beam is directed through a slot in the plotter's main platen. The light...
5155503 Ink jet recording apparatus with detection of environmental condition used to control dot thinning rate  
This specification discloses an ink jet recording method and apparatus for printing thinning print dots and based upon a printing mode or the printing dot density of the characters.
5121139 Compact ink jet printer having a drum drive mechanism  
A compact ink jet printer is described utilizing a small drum for carrying a sheet of record medium during the printing operation. In one embodiment, the drum has an exterior surface with a high...
5113200 Hot melt ink jet apparatus having intervention member located between member and a printed printing sheet  
A hot melt ink jet apparatus is disclosed which heats a normally solid ink into a molten state and then ejects the molten ink toward a printing sheet. When printing is performed on the printing...
5099256 Ink jet printer with intermediate drum  
An ink jet printer is disclosed having a rotatable intermediate drum having a thermally conductive surface on which the ink droplets are printed from the printhead. The drum surface material is a...
5089830 Device for controlling moisture in a video color printer and a method therefor  
There is disclosed a video color printer having a thermal print head, a hue gradation controller, a moisture detector disposed between the thermal print head and the hue gradation controller for...
5083377 Control method of sheet-driven type automatic drafting machine  
A control method controls a sheet-driven type automatic drafting machine to allow for drying of an inking medium disposed on a drafting sheet. The automatic drafting machine is of a type which...
5067404 Method and apparatus for printing by inking a latent thermal image  
A printer comprising a temperature control (A) that sets a recording medium (10) conducted through the printer under motor drive approximately uniformly to a predetermined temperature, comprising a...
5055861 Ink jet recording apparatus  
There is disclosed an ink jet recording apparatus capable of recovery operation of the ink jet recording head in secure manner. For this purpose the apparatus is provided with an endless belt for...
5041846 Heater assembly for printers  
In an inkjet printer, heaters are mounted to travel with an inkjet pen to expose print lines on sheets to localized heat substantially simultaneously with printing. After printing, sheets are...
5021805 Recording device with sheet heater  
A recording device for recording on a sheet is provided with a heater for heating portions of the sheet on which printing is to be carried out. The heater is controlled by a memory which stores...
5019835 Image forming apparatus and image forming method using a negative image insulating pattern formed on an electroconductive substrate  
An image forming apparatus comprises: an electroconductive substrate; an electroconductive member disposed opposite to the electroconductive substrate; a plate-forming unit for forming an...
5006862 Fixation of reactive dyes to paper by ink-jet printing  
The water-fastness and smear resistance of prints from inks in which a reactive moiety is attached to a chromophore are improved if the prints are treated with a strong base solution. Preferably,...
5005025 Printer having means for heating a recording sheet and fixing ink thereon  
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording by infiltrated ink into a recording sheet or by fixing ink through evaporation of an ink solvent includes an ink jet recording head for ejecting ink...
4998121 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an image fixing device for fixing a toner image supported on an image supporting material, the fixing device including a heating source for heating the toner...
4982207 Heating print-platen construction for ink jet printer  
An improved heater construction for an ink jet printer of the kind having a rotary print platen for holding and transporting a print sheet through a print path. The platen heater includes a hollow...
4978978 Photosensitive microcapsule sheet recorder with CRT image projection  
An optical printing apparatus is provided for use in color printing systems wherein an image is projected by a fiber-optic faceplate CRT onto an imaging sheet which contains a layer of pressure...
4978969 Method for printing using ultra-violet curable ink  
An ink composition and application method are described which enable the printing of high-resolution images on a variety of substrates (especially plastics.) The composition basically includes an...
4975716 Thermal development image forming apparatus  
A thermal development image forming apparatus includes an exposure section, an overlapping section, a developing/transfer section, a sheet separating section, and a correcting section. The exposure...
4972206 Method and apparatus for fusing thermal transfer prints  
A method for fusing thermal transfer prints to avoid blister-type defects. The method includes in order, the steps of rapidly heating respective print image portions to a first temperature slightly...
4970528 Method for uniformly drying ink on paper from an ink jet printer  
Disclosed herein is a uniform heat flux dryer system and method of an ink jet printer, including a 180° contoured paper transport path for transferring paper from an input paper supply tray to an ...
4966464 Fusing apparatus for thermal transfer prints  
An improved fusing device for a thermal transfer printer having a print system for producing a receiver sheet bearing a transferred dye image. The fusing device includes a fuser drum comprising a...
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