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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...
5389958 Imaging process  
A method and the apparatus for employing the method are disclosed whereby an intermediate transfer surface of a layer of sacrificial liquid is applied to a supporting surface and a phase change ink...
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...
5376957 Ink jet printer  
The present invention is an ink jet printer utilized to enlarge color images. Signals from a scanned image are converted by a color correction computer into control signals representing the density...
5371531 Thermal ink-jet printing with fast- and slow-drying inks  
A multi-color ink-jet printer in which a first partial image is created on a recording medium, and then a second partial image is created on the same recording medium after the first partial image...
5366216 Adjustable print material handling system having an input and output tray  
A print material handling system is described which comprises an input tray, and an output tray, with the trays having at least one common side wall which is adjustable laterally relative to the...
5365256 Recording apparatus with recording medium conveyance control for fixing recorded ink  
A recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer or bubble jet printer consists of a recording head to record by discharging an ink to a recording paper; a conveying device to convey the recording...
5349905 Method and apparatus for controlling peak power requirements of a printer  
A thermal ink jet printer incorporates a copy speed feed control for reducing peak power requirements. Printing data supplied to the printer is scanned to determine image density or power...
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...
5317127 Apparatus including air blowing and infrared light means for drying ink on a sheet  
Apparatus for drying ink on a sheet fed downstream therebeneath in a predetermined path of travel, the apparatus comprising; framework, structure for blowing air downwardly toward the path of...
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...
5287123 Preheat roller 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...
5281442 Treatment of hot melt ink images  
In the embodiment described in the specification, a hot melt ink image on a substrate is treated in a continuous manner by moving it along a platen having a heating zone to melt drops of hot melt...
5274400 Ink path geometry for high temperature operation of ink-jet printheads  
The effects of heating on a printhead (16) used in a thermal ink-jet printer (10) provided with a heating means (30) to assist in drying ink on a print medium (12) are compensated for by making...
5249024 Image forming apparatus including fixing means with variable fixing speed  
An image forming apparatus includes a recording material carrying unit for carrying and conveying a recording material. The recording material carrying unit can simultaneously carry a first sheet...
5249062 Image communication using ink jet recorder with heat fusing device  
An image communication system equipped with an ink jet printer having multiple ink orifices permits excellent images without ink stains. The system includes a heat fusing device actuated 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...
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.
5148186 Ink jet recording method  
An ink jet recording method is disclosed by which, the temperature of the ink droplet discharged from the discharge opening by a discharge signal becomes 60° C. or higher at the printing position...
5136329 Image forming apparatus capable of utilizing excess heat  
The present invention is directed to increase the radiating effect for the heat generated by an electric circuit portion disposed in an image forming apparatus, and radiates the heat by passing a...
5105204 Subtractive color hot melt ink reflection images on opaque substrates  
In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, an opaque subtractive color ink reflection print having improved color purity resulting from reduced frosting and...
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...
5020244 Method and apparatus for drying liquid on printed media  
An apparatus is employed for drying liquid, preferably ink, on a medium, which entails heating air and blowing it across the surface of the medium at high velocity. The heated air is recaptured and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
4971408 Remelting of printed hot melt ink images  
In the particular embodiment of the invention described in the specification, a hot melt ink print is prepared by applying the ink to a porous substrate, permitting it to solidify, and reheating...
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...
4943816 High quality thermal jet printer configuration suitable for producing color images  
A printer suitable for color printing which uses an ink jet printhead in which the marking fluid contains no dye so that a latent image of the desired print pattern is produced in the form of...
4937105 Heat-fixing method  
In a heat-fixing method, a sheet is prepared whose one side is coated with a release-agent layer. The sheet is superimposed upon at least a recording side of a recording medium having carried...
4933684 Apparatus and method for preventing condensation in an ink jet recording device having heaters for heating a recording head and a recording medium and a humidity detector for detecting humidity in a recording area to prevent condensation from forming  
An ink jet recording apparatus and method for preventing condensation from forming in a recording area having heaters for heating a recording head and a recording medium, a humidity detector for...
4928112 Ink curing apparatus  
An ink curing apparatus for use with an ink jet printer that discharges liquefied ink is disclosed. The apparatus includes a shell assembly disposed around the portion of the printer imaging...
4914562 Thermal jet recording apparatus  
A thermal ink jet recording apparatus includes at least a substrate having a gap disposed over an ink reservoir on a base in communication with an ink source. A film circuit of electrodes and...
4853706 Transparency with jetted color ink and method of making same  
A method of making a color transparency with jetted color ink jet apparatus includes the steps of heating hot melt ink including an ink vehicle and a substantially translucent dye to a temperature...
4844633 Active paper drop mechanism for a printer  
A sheet of paper, upon which characters have been printed by a printhead, is stacked at a collection station using a mechanism that conveys the sheet to a position above a stack of previously...
4839200 Enhanced resolution ink jet printing  
The present invention describes a pre-treated recording media capable of receiving a high resolution aqueous-based ink jet printed layer as well as a method of preparing the same, wherein the...
4811038 Ink jet printing system and drum therefore  
An ink jet printing system has a low aspect ratio cylindrical drum adapted to support a sheet of material to be printed by a computer controlled printing head of a plurality of pigmented inks. The...
4774523 Method and apparatus for uniformly drying ink on paper from an ink jet printer  
Disclosed herein is a uniform heat flux dryer system and method for an ink jet printer, including a 180° contoured paper transport path for transferring paper from an input paper supply tray to an...
4751528 Platen arrangement for hot melt ink jet apparatus  
In the particular embodiment described in the specification, a hot melt ink jet system includes a temperature-controlled platen provided with a heater and a thermoelectric cooler electrically...
4728963 Single sheet ink-jet printer with passive drying system  
A novel ink-jet printer (10) is provided. The printer provides both paper supply tray (12) and paper collection tray (18) in the front (14) of the printer for ease of paper handling and reduced...
4575729 Ink printer pivotal frame  
An apparatus for printing paper sheets includes a sheet transport supported by a frame for carrying sheets past a print head along a generally planar paper path. The print head is mounted in a...
4566014 Drop counter printer control system  
The intersheet gaps or spacings between successive sheets of copy paper for an ink jet printing system are set according to the print densities for sheets to be printed to enhance the operation of...
4561789 Thermal ink transfer printing system  
A thermal ink transfer printing system comprising an ink material selected from the group consisting of thermal meltable inks and thermal sublimatable inks, a container for such ink material, at...
4547786 Ink jet printing system  
An ink jet printing system suited to the making of large scale graphics, such as outdoor billboards, includes an endless carrier for moving a plurality of rigid flat panels, onto which a graphic is...