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8182058 Double-sided record apparatus and double-sided record method  
A double-sided record apparatus for forming images on both sides of a recording medium. The double-sided record apparatus includes: a print head that moves relatively to the record medium and...
8177349 Image forming apparatus and method  
The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming device which forms an image on a recording medium; a transparent UV ink droplet ejection device which ejects and deposits droplets of...
8177315 Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same  
A printing apparatus includes an ejection unit that ejects fluid from nozzles onto a target and a nozzle inspection unit that performs nozzle inspection to inspect whether the fluid is ejected. An...
8179557 Image forming apparatus for reading information from and writing information to a non-contact medium  
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first...
8177321 Image forming apparatus, image forming system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having function to drive transport belt based on charge leak  
An image forming apparatus includes a voltage applying unit to apply a voltage to and charge a surface of transport belt, a leak judging unit to judge a charge leak on the surface of the transport...
8172354 Printing position adjusting method and printing system  
The present invention relates to a printing position adjusting method capable of performing dot adjustment value acquisition processing that can accommodate diversified user needs of recent years,...
8172355 Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus using liquid discharge head  
A compact and highly reliable recording head enabling precise detection of temperature information for each nozzle and rapid as well as highly accurate detection of nozzles with a discharge defect...
8172353 Liquid droplet jetting apparatus  
A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a liquid droplet jetting head which is movable in a predetermined scanning direction, and a wind-velocity sensor which measures a wind-velocity around...
8173223 Method for discharging liquid material, method for manufacturing color filter, and method for manufacturing organic EL element  
A method for discharging a liquid material includes performing a scan by moving a discharge target having a film formation area and a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle row, and discharging a...
8172358 Droplet ejection head control device and control method, and program storage medium  
A droplet ejection head control device includes a pressure alteration section, a detector and a controller. The droplet ejection head is provided with plural nozzles and is supplied with a liquid....
8174726 Printing device, printing method, print setting determination device, and computer program  
There is provided a printing device including a face detection unit for detecting a face area including a face of a person in an image to be a target for printing, and a print setting determination...
8167395 Apparatus and methods for servicing 3D printers  
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for producing three-dimensional objects and auxiliary systems used in conjunction with the aforementioned apparatus and methods. The apparatus and...
8167418 Method of feeding solid ink sticks into an ink loader of a phase change ink printer  
A method of feeding ink sticks into an imaging device enables identification of data useful for device control. The method includes inserting at least one ink stick into an ink loader, the at least...
8167393 Printable electronic features on non-uniform substrate and processes for making same  
A system and process for compensating for non-uniform surfaces of a substrate when direct printing traces is provided. The system and process provided herein measures the surface of a substrate and...
8167391 Image registration on edible substrates  
A method of making edible substrates that have an image registered on them in a consistent manner. The method comprises the steps of providing an edible substrate sheet, and an image source,...
8169658 Printing apparatus for preventing paper curl  
A printing apparatus includes: an image data acquiring unit which acquires image data representing an image of a print target; a print data generating unit which on the basis of the image data...
8167392 Ink jet recording apparatus and control method therefor  
A user-friendly ink jet recording apparatus is capable of preventing a sudden ink exhaustion and a resulting unclear print that may result from canceling a no-ink error signal without an ink tank...
8164791 Image recording apparatus and method  
An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head having plural recording elements; a characteristics information acquisition device; a correction calculation device which corrects image data...
8162437 Ink jet printer  
An ink jet printer for printing on a substrate comprising a first print head outputting ink and defining an ink meniscus; a platen operable to carry the substrate; a support structure; and a print...
8164793 Image processing apparatus and method  
In a multipass printing that performs a plurality of printing scans over a unit area of a print medium by using a leading head and a follower head, the multivalued image data for the leading head...
8162467 Method for the univocal marking of materials, and ink for carrying out the same  
Described herein is a method for unique marking of various materials that can be obtained using an ink formulated with micronized microparticles and/or microencapsulated microdrops of various...
8157342 Liquid-jet device, image forming apparatus, and method for adjusting landing positions of liquid droplets  
A disclosed liquid-jet device includes a liquid-jet head configured to jet liquid droplets; a pattern formation control unit configured to control the liquid-jet head and thereby to form a test...
8157343 Data processing method, data processing apparatus, mask generation method, and mask pattern  
The present invention provides a mask for divided printing that completes an image by plural scans using inks of different plural inks, the mask being able to suppress possible grains during...
8157345 Image recording apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer-readable medium  
An image recording apparatus includes: an image reading device which reads a test chart including a density pattern output by a test chart output device; a reading position information acquisition...
8152263 Printer  
When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink...
8152265 Inkjet recording apparatus and method of investigating ejection failure determination performance  
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium in a prescribed...
8149462 Line printer  
A plurality of types of positional shift postulated patterns are postulated wherein the positional shift of print head tips in a printer are postulated to have positional shift directions and...
8147020 Ink-jet recording method  
An ink-jet recording method is provided. The ink-jet recording method includes (i) supplying an aqueous treatment liquid containing a fixing agent for fixing the components contained in an aqueous...
8147021 Printer  
When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink...
8147038 Image forming apparatus and method  
The image forming apparatus includes: a first group of large nozzles which eject large droplets of liquid for a color; a second group of small nozzles which eject small droplets of the liquid for...
8147058 Inkjet recording apparatus  
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a feed control unit configured to start feed of a next page before recording of a current page by a recording head is completed; an ejection wait time...
8141970 Method and device for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object  
A method for decorating an uneven surface of a dimensionally stable object is disclosed. According to the method, the object to be decorated and a digital, contactless printing head are moved in...
8141976 Printing control method for a serial inkjet printer, and a serial inkjet printer  
A printing control method for a serial inkjet printer prevents paper dust that is dispersed by the air current produced by a vacuum platen from adhering to the ink nozzle area. An inkjet head that...
8139238 Printing using multiple paper feeders  
A data processing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders includes a job generation unit which generates a print job containing current print settings as a target print job, a history obtaining...
8136904 Apparatus to control color registration and image density  
An apparatus to control color registration and image density and a method of calculating a color registration error. The apparatus includes registration marks formed on a transfer belt such that...
8136911 Patterning apparatus, method for making organic electroluminescent element, organic electroluminescent element, and organic electroluminescent display  
A patterning apparatus for performing highly accurate patterning to substrates continuously transferred is provided. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element...
8136905 Drop volume compensation for ink supply variation  
The present invention relates to a method that enables image quality of a printed image to be maintained by reducing unintended variations in drop volume, through the adjustment of ink drop...
8136903 Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method  
In an ink jet printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzle arrays, if a print position displacement between the nozzle arrays is adjusted, it is possible to perform high-speed printing at the...
8136914 Image recording method and image recording apparatus  
An image recording method comprises the steps of: acquiring first recording characteristic information of recording elements of a recording head by reading a first test pattern formed with ejecting...
8132880 Liquid ejecting device and method of controlling liquid ejecting device  
A liquid ejecting device includes a nozzle group formed by aligning nozzles that eject a liquid, and a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquids from the nozzles based on ejection serial data that...
8133536 Liquid coating method, liquid coating device, and method of manufacturing radiation detector  
The liquid coating method includes the step of ejecting droplets from nozzles of a recording head onto an imaging region of a surface of a substrate placed on a support plate, wherein a dot pitch...
8132889 Method for detecting purging ink flow through printhead heater chip nozzles by thermal analysis  
A method for detecting ink flow through a printhead, due to a successful purging of the nozzles of a heater chip of the printhead, includes moving the printhead to a location in preparation for a...
8132881 Printing apparatus, and method and program for controlling printing apparatus  
A printing apparatus that measures a consumption of a colorant during printing, includes a shade level measuring unit that measures a print shade level on a print sheet, a range segment counting...
8132882 Recording apparatus  
A recording apparatus includes a recording head having a common liquid channel; plural pressure chambers; plural nozzles; plural individual liquid channels, each individual liquid channel extending...
8132887 Universal closed loop color control  
A system and processes for the accurate measurement and control of image color values on a printing press with or without the presence of a color bar. More particularly, a universal closed loop...
8132885 System and method for evaluating and correcting image quality in an image generating device  
A system evaluates image quality in an image generating system in a manner that accounts for the interaction of the calibration tools used to evaluate and correct image quality in the image...
8130412 Color image processing method and apparatus capable of reducing the number of application of color materials  
When a color image is formed on a transparent sheet with a white color material as background color material and C, M, Y, K color materials as process color materials and has colors determined by...
8128185 Universal inkjet printer device and methods  
A signal converter that may perform functions to enable a thermally based technology to be used with a piezo-electric printhead. The signal converter and piezo-electric printhead may optionally be...
8128190 Ink circulation type inkjet printer  
An ink circulation type inkjet printer includes a maintenance controller configured to: (1) allow a maintenance mechanism to execute maintenance processing for a plurality of inkjet heads before a...
8123325 Non-ejecting nozzle detecting method and device and inkjet recording apparatus  
A non-ejecting nozzle detecting method comprises: setting a specified processing liquid deposited pattern; ejecting the processing liquid from processing liquid nozzles onto a recording medium to...