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5648807 Ink jet recording apparatus having an antismear sheet deformation discharge system  
A method of discharging paper by forcibly urging the paper in a concave shape in which a printed surface is rendered concave as viewed in a discharging direction and an ink jet printer including a...
5641346 Ink jet ink compositions and recording processes  
An ink jet ink includes a colorant and a liquid component containing at least one of an epoxy and a vinyl ether. Water may also be dissolved in the liquid component. Preferably, the vinyl ether is...
5638098 Document processing apparatus for controlling fixation of recorded ink  
A document processing apparatus includes a developing unit for developing a dot pattern, a recording unit for recording a dot pattern on a recording medium using an ink, a transfer unit for...
5633668 Paper preconditioning heater for ink-jet printer  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. To accommodate placement of both input and output media trays on the same side of the...
5631685 Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing  
An apparatus for drying ink deposited upon cut sheet of paper. The apparatus includes a microwave generating member to generate microwave energy for the ink and an applying member connected to said...
5631684 Ink jet textile printing system and method using disperse dyes  
An ink jet printing method includes supplying at least two types of inks on a cloth such that the two types of inks overlap, wherein the cloth contains fibers which can be dyed with disperse dye,...
5625398 Thin, shallow-angle serrated hold-down with improved warming, for better ink control in a liquid-ink printer  
The invention minimizes liquid-ink deposition on the top and edge of a guide-plate (or "hold-down" plate), and also minimizes running of deposited liquid ink along the top to the edge. Through...
5623001 Ink compositions and a method for making same  
UV curable ink-jet inks for continuous ink-jet printing and drop on demand (DOD) ink-jet printing are provided which are preferably applied to substrates capable of absorbing part of an ink droplet...
5621448 Ink jet recording method  
A recording method comprising the consecutive steps of: (1) image-wise projecting droplets of liquid, called ink, containing halide ions, onto a receiving material containing at least one...
5621449 Ink jet recording method operating with a chemically reactive ink  
An ink jet recording method comprising the steps of: (1) image-wise projecting liquid, called ink, in the form of droplets onto a receiving material containing a substance that by chemically...
5614928 Method and printer for printing heat sealing labels  
A method for printing heat sealing labels comprises the steps of using an ink jet printer to print ink onto a printing surface of a heat sealing label strip having the printing surface on a first...
5608439 Densitometer for adaptive control of ink drying time for inkjet printer  
To prevent rubbing of the printing mechanism against still wet ink on a buckled or curled sheet of an absorbent print medium after an inkjet printer has printed one swath of a high density image,...
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...
5579693 Curl control of printed sheets  
A method and apparatus for controlling curl in a liquid ink printer. The liquid ink printer deposits an anticurl material on the side of a printed sheet opposite the one having printing deposited...
5581289 Multi-purpose paper path component for ink-jet printer  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. To accommodate placement of both input and output media trays on the same side of the...
5570118 Color ink-jet printing with fast-and-slow-drying inks  
An apparatus for printing a multicolor image on a sheet movable along a sheet path in a process direction. The apparatus includes a first printhead mounted at a first location along the sheet path...
5568173 Ink jet printing method  
An ink jet printing method is provided which method comprises the steps of: (1) image-wise protecting by means of an ink jet a liquid, called ink, in the form of droplets onto a receiving material...
5563644 Ink jet 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 a drying component...
5555006 Inkjet printing: mask-rotation-only at page extremes; multipass modes for quality and throughput on plastic media  
Images are printed using marks formed in pixel arrays by a scanning print head. For transparent and glossy media, with poor absorbance, drying is enhanced by a multipass (preferably six-pass) print...
5547182 Apparatus for feeding distorted documents  
An apparatus for buffering transport of inked, distorted documents is comprised of an upper deck oriented at an acute angle. The apparatus has a plurality of opposite, parallel, threaded screw...
5541636 Thermal transfer apparatus for fusing print dye on a media  
A thermal apparatus for fusing print dye onto print media in a hard copy machine is disclosed. A medium bearing a "wet" image, such as text or graphics in ink or toner, is fed by the machine into...
5536000 Adjustable sheet media handling system with active sheet media drop  
A sheet media handling system is provided for use in a sheet processor, such system incorporating a pair of pivotal rail members which adjust laterally to afford support of variously-sized sheets....
5537137 Reactive media-ink system for ink jet printing  
An ink/media set is provided having improved durability. The ink contains an aqueous medium and a dye or pigment dispersion as the colorant. The media has a coating that contains a hydrophilic...
5528271 Ink jet recording apparatus provided with blower means  
An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink jet recording head having a plurality of discharge portions for discharging ink droplets therethrough, a recording medium conveyor for conveying a...
5528376 Information processing apparatus capable of connecting one of a plurality of types of printers  
An information processing apparatus capable of connecting a plurality of types of printers including an ink-jet printer, includes a connection unit for electrically connecting a printer, a...
5526028 Liquid ink printer transport belt cleaner  
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a transport belt in a printing machine of the type in which liquid ink is deposited on a recording medium moved along a path by the transport belt. The cleaning...
5526190 Optical element and device for providing uniform irradiance of a surface  
An optical element uniformly distributes radiant energy on a target surface, such as for discharging an area of a photoreceptor in a xerographic printer, or for applying infrared energy to dry an...
5521622 Print quality optimization for a color ink-jet printer by using a larger nozzle for the black ink only  
The diameter of nozzles in a nozzle plate used in ink-jet printer pens, or cartridges, for the black ink is set at a first value, e.g., 45 μm, which is larger than that used for the color inks,...
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...
5510822 Ink-jet printer with heated print zone  
A thermal ink-jet printer (10) including a paper advancing mechanism (14) and a pen traversing mechanism (18) and a pen (20) is disclosed. The pen (20) includes a nozzle plate portion (22) which...
5502476 Method and apparatus for controlling phase-change ink temperature during a transfer printing process  
A phase-change ink transfer printing process and apparatus (10) applies a thin layer of a liquid forming an intermediate transfer surface (12) to a heated receiving surface, such as a drum (14)....
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...
5502475 Ink jet recording apparatus provided with fixating means  
An ink jet recording apparatus has means for heating a recording medium guide member disposed near the ink recording area by a recording head for discharging ink, and means for changing the rate of...
5500658 Ink jet recording apparatus having a heating member and means for reducing moisture near an ink discharge port of a recording head  
An ink jet recording apparatus including a heating member for heating a recording medium in order to accelerate the fixation and adhering of liquid ink being discharged from a recording head onto...
5500668 Recording sheets for printing processes using microwave drying  
Disclosed is a printing process which comprises (a) providing a recording sheet which comprises a substrate, at least one monomeric salt, an optional binder, an optional antistatic agent, an...
5500667 Method and apparatus for heating print medium in an ink-jet printer  
A method and apparatus for heating the print medium in a ink-jet printer to reduce printing defects in a relatively cold machine. The printer includes a print area heater which in a steady state...
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...
5489926 Adaptive control of second page printing to reduce smear in an inkjet printer  
A high density graphics image can be printed without smearing by contact with a second page, without any unnecessary reduction of throughput. Throughput enhancement logic is inhibited during the...
5485189 Thermal fixing apparatus having member projecting into recording medium  
A thermal fixing apparatus includes a heating member for heating a recording medium by contact with its face other than that on which an image has been formed by an image forming apparatus. The...
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...
5467119 Ink-jet printer with print heater having variable heat energy for different media  
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...
5461408 Dual feed paper path for ink-jet printer  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. To accommodate placement of both input and output media trays on the same side of the...
5448276 Ink jet printer  
An ink jet printer of the type in which an ink image is formed on an intermediate recording medium, and the ink image is transferred to a recording medium is disclosed. The ink jet printer includes...
5422463 Dummy load for a microwave dryer  
A matched or dummy load for a microwave dryer having a microwave generator and a microwave applicator. The matched load includes a waveguide having opposed broad walls, opposed narrow walls, and an...
5410283 Phase shifter for fine tuning a microwave applicator  
A phase shifter for shifting the phase angle of microwaves traveling in a waveguide of a microwave circuit. The phase shifter includes a dielectric plate which has first and second parallel...
5409206 Apparatus for buffering transport of documents  
An apparatus for buffering transport of freshly inked documents is comprised of an upper deck oriented at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane. The apparatus has a plurality of...
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...
5399039 Ink-jet printer with precise print zone media control  
An ink-jet printer having improved print quality and full color printing capability on plain paper media. To accommodate placement of both input and output media trays on the same side of the...
5397673 Curable strip-out development processes  
Disclosed is a process for forming images which comprises applying a curable liquid to a first substrate in an image pattern, optionally transferring the curable liquid image to a second substrate,...
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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