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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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