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7074842 Inkjet ink composition  
An inkjet ink binder composition including an emulsion polymer, the polymer including as polymerized units 1–10%, by weight based on dry polymer weight, of a monomer selected from the group...
7073901 Radiation treatment for ink jet fluids  
A printing system that includes a source which emits UV radiation to polymerize a fluid that is deposited onto a substrate by one or more print heads. The source emits low energy UV radiation...
7073902 Method and apparatus for ink jet printing  
An ink jet printing is provided on large area such as wide textile webs, having such pores or other opening therethrough such that, when ink is jetted from a print head onto the web, some of the...
7070268 Electro-thermal odor-releasing inks and methods for releasing odors from the same  
The present invention is drawn to odor-releasing ink-jet inks and methods for releasing odors from printed images. The ink-jet ink includes an ink vehicle; an effective amount of an electro-thermal...
7069858 Method for custom imprinting plastic identifier tags  
The invention is of an improved method and process for printing plastic tag blanks for producing plastic identifier tags (such as cattle ear tags). By printing images on tag blanks using...
7063416 Ink-jet printing  
A method of printing which includes providing a print zone and a substrate. The print zone has a print zone length and multiple print regions in which ink drops are sequentially deposited on the...
7059710 Image forming method, printed matter and image recording apparatus  
A method for forming an ink-jet image, comprising the steps of: (a) ejecting droplets of an ink through ink-nozzles of an ink-jet head of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the ink-jet...
7056559 Ink-jet image forming method  
A photocurable ink for ink-jet recording, comprising an oxetane compound having a substituent at the 2-position of the molecule.
7055945 Ink jet printer and ink jet recording method  
An ink jet printer having: a recording head for jetting an active energy ray curable ink on a recording medium, wherein the ink is jetted to the recording medium while carrying out a scanning the...
7052124 Ink assist air knife  
In operating an inkjet printing mechanism, media passes through a printzone including a support apparatus supporting the media thereat. When passing through the printzone, print imaging is applied...
7048368 Ink-jet image forming method  
An ink-jet image forming method including: jetting ultraviolet ray-curable ink from an ink-jet head onto a recording substrate while conveying the recording substrate; and exposing the jetted ink...
7044593 Container for holding treating agent for forming ink-receiving layer container for holding ink recording device and recording method  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for holding a treatment agent used to form an ink receiving layer, and a container for holding ink, with which high-quality recording...
7040732 Systems and methods for manipulating the airflow produced by fluid ejector carriage motion  
A system, method and structure that promotes removing mist, dissipating heat, and/or drying a receiving medium in a fluid ejection device. This is achieved by substantially enclosing the sweep path...
7033741 Method of converting a recording element  
A method of converting a recording element is provided. The method includes providing an imaged recording element having a convertible layer, the convertible layer comprising polymeric particles...
7024995 Continuous media printer with downstream drying  
A continuous media printer has a printer mechanism that prints on one or both surface of continuous print media. A media conveyor conveys media past the printer mechanism and includes rollers...
7025450 Recording element printing and treating system and method  
A recording element printing and treating system and method are provided. The system includes a printhead for dispensing a liquid comprising a carrier onto a recording element. A carrier removal...
7022954 Microwave cavity resonator for heating printing substance and/or toner  
Heating a printing substance and/or toner, in an electrophotographic printer, with a standing microwave formed by at least one cavity resonator, with the printed matter being caused to move through...
7021753 Image heating device having excessive temperature rise prevention function  
An image heating device for heating an image formed on a recording material is provided which has a heating member; an excitation coil for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in...
7021754 Ink-jet recording method  
The present invention relates to an ink-jet recording method including: jetting an active ray-hardenable ink from an ink-jet head onto a recording material; irradiating the jetted active...
7014309 Ink drying system for high speed printing  
An ink drying system for high speed printing. A plurality of plenums are in fluid communication with a source of pressurized gas, mediated by respective fast acting valves. In a first embodiment of...
7014310 Inkjet image forming method and inkjet image forming system  
The present invention relates to an inkjet image forming method including: jetting an ink hardenable by an irridation of an active ray from an inkjet head on a recording material while conveying...
7009630 Method and apparatus for printing ink imprinted indicia  
The present invention teaches apparatus and method for producing an indelible ink imprinted indicia particularly bar code labels and/or other identifying images. An ultraviolet light curable ink...
7004554 Ink jet printing apparatus  
The present invention performs a uniform lamination on a print medium by controlling generated heat of the thermal head for forming a protective layer according to a volume of water contained in...
7004578 Printing apparatus  
In a printing apparatus, such as a full-multi-type printing apparatus, if a heating device is used to heat a printing medium near a print head performing a printing operation by ejecting ink, the...
6988845 Modular commercial printer  
A commercial printer for use in a scalable printing system, that has a housing with a media web inlet, a media web outlet and a media feed path there between, a printhead adjacent the media web...
6971313 Forced drying of printed ink  
A printer has a fluid outlet that outputs a drying fluid over at least one surface of print media after printing to dry material printed onto the media.
6966645 Conservation method of ink for ink-jet recording and image forming method  
A method for preserving an ink-jet, including a step of: keeping the ink-jet ink in a sealed container having a ratio of water of 1.50 to 5.00 weight % measured with Karl-Fischer method in an...
6964474 Printing apparatus, printing method and recording medium  
A highly quality printing of images such as photographs, designs, and the like, is effected without using special paper. The following is provided: a supply mechanism for supplying a recording...
6957887 Vacuum holddown  
A vacuum holddown for a hard copy device includes a platen having plural vacuum zones arranged in a side-by-side array across the platen. Each vacuum zone has a closed end and an open end and is...
6953245 Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink-jet printing method  
An ink-jet printing apparatus and an ink-jet printing method are provided which can improve a quick-drying performance of an ink containing an ultraviolet curing agent while at the same time...
6951376 Inkjet recording method and apparatus  
There is described inkjet recording method and apparatus capable of printing very fine images stably on every type of printing material. The apparatus includes an ink-heating section to heat ink;...
6948806 Polyimide film substrate pre-heater assembly and a phase change ink imaging machine including same  
A polyimide film substrate pre-heater assembly is provided for pre-heating substrates in an image producing machine and includes (a) plural rollers including a drive roller; (b) a substrate path...
6939002 Method and apparatus for producing a selectable gloss finish on ink jet prints  
A method of selectively producing a glossy or matte finish to an ink jet printed image by applying a clear protective plastic laminate having a glossy finish to the surface of the image, heating...
6935733 Fixing belt, fixing roller, production method thereof, fixing apparatus and image fixing method utilizing the apparatus  
A fixing belt for fixing an ink-jet image recorded on an ink-jet recording material, the fixing belt including a base material having thereon a base-surface modifying layer and a releasing layer in...
6932468 Heated media deflector  
A heated media deflector for an inkjet printer. The media deflector is located in a transition area between a horizontal printing plane and a vertical feeding path. The media deflector includes a...
6932526 Multi-stage pre-transfer substrate heating assembly  
An ink image producing machine has (a) imaging devices, including at least one ink jet print head and an image receiving station for producing an ink image on a heated substrate; (b) a substrate...
6927018 Three dimensional printing using photo-activated building materials  
The present invention provides a method, article of manufacture and system for fabricating an article using photo-activatable building material. The method includes the steps of applying a layer of...
6926399 Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus  
An inkjet recording method having the steps of: ejecting ink containing pigment, water and an organic solvent onto an image receiving medium, wherein the image receiving medium has a support member...
6925935 Gas supply to a printhead chip  
A printhead assembly has one or more printhead chips mounted end or end in or on a housing. The housing has an elongate air duct that supplies air to the printhead chips. The duct is open at both...
6913354 Print media heating techniques for a vacuum belt hard copy apparatus  
A print media preheating method and apparatus uses heat, vacuum, and mechanisms for drying and flattening a sheet prior to ink-jet printing thereon. Pre-shrinking the media, driving out and...
6910764 Image recording method, energy radiation curable ink and image recording apparatus  
An image recording method, an image recording apparatus and energy radiation curable ink which can print high-quality images. The image recording method for ejecting and placing energy radiation...
6908192 Apparatus and method for printing and laminating media  
A printing apparatus comprises a printing device and a laminating device that work in an integrated operation, such that in normal operation the print media extends between the printing device and...
6905193 Method and apparatus for printing grey levels with curable inks  
A method and apparatus for dot matrix printing of an image on a printing medium using radiation curable compositions is described. The image is printed using the radiation curable composition as at...
6903841 Decorating system for edible items  
A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a...
6902266 Fixing belt, fixing roller, production method thereof, fixing apparatus and image fixing method utilizing the apparatus  
A fixing belt or a fixing roller for fixing an ink jet image recorded on an ink jet recording material by heat, the fixing belt comprising a base material having thereon a surface layer contacting...
6902794 Coated paper for printing and manufacturing method thereof  
A coated paper used for printing and manufacturing method thereof. The coated paper comprises a coated layer mainly compose of a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper or paper web. The coated...
6896362 Pagewidth inkjet printheads with defect tables  
A cleaning assembly for an inkjet printer having a inkjet printhead of nozzles for ejecting ink, and a transfer roller for receiving ink ejected from the nozzles and transferring it to a...
6893122 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by heating the medium having ink applied to its surface layer by a heater device, thereby to fix the ink applied to the surface...
6890065 Heater chip for an inkjet printhead  
An ink jet printhead assembly includes a heater chip having a backside with at least one cavity. A substrate is associated with the backside of the heater chip. Adhesive is at least partially...
6883908 Methods and compositions for ink jet printing of pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates  
Methods, systems, and compositions that make it possible to form high resolution, pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates. The compositions generally incorporate...