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7586652 |
Systems and methods for magnetic and color ink printing
Systems and methods of rendering images may include rendering images by coupling a first rendering device and a second rendering device, obtaining electronic image data comprising a first image...
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7548343 |
Color enhancement method and system
An apparatus and method for calibrating a multi-color imaging system are provided. Color values are measured for each of the different color patches, and compared to target process-sensitive colors...
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7508404 |
Thermal printer with two print heads
A thermal printers and printing methods are provided. The thermal printer has a first thermal print head adapted to pressure a first donor web against the receiver medium and to selectively...
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7499068 |
Apparatus and method for multichannel sequence transmission and control
An apparatus and a method for multichannel sequence transmission and control comprises a DMA generator, a bus interface, a data generator, a control unit, and a strobe signal generator. The DMA...
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7483046 |
Complex image forming apparatus
A complex image forming apparatus is provided having an improved structure in which a thermal printing engine forming a color image by heat and a laser printing engine performing single-color...
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7477274 |
Thermally sensitive medium and methods and systems for forming an image on a thermally sensitive medium
A thermally sensitive medium includes at least one layer of temperature-activated dye, and antenna molecules disposed in the layer of temperature-activated dye for converting radiant energy into...
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7450140 |
Method and apparatus for controlling printing order and image forming device using the method
A system and method of controlling the order of printing by receiving a plurality of images to be printed and calculating a density of each of the images, and determining the order of printing of...
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7417655 |
Printer and printing method for recording image during movement of recording paper
A printer comprises a feed roller to which driving force is transmitted from a motor via a reducer. While the feed roller moves a recording paper, an image is recorded by a line print head one line...
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7411600 |
Thermal printing device, method for printing an image using said printing device and system for printing an image
A printing device that includes a platen for supporting an imaging member during a printing operation and at least one print head subassembly for direct thermal printing on the imaging member. The...
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7365865 |
Printing apparatus and control method therefor
In a printing apparatus having full-color and monochrome print processes and a method therefor, whether a page to be printed is color or monochrome is checked. The presence of an immediately...
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7295222 |
Image forming apparatus for double-sided printing and method of using the same
An image forming apparatus includes a printing module that prints an image on a medium. A transfer unit transfers the medium. A rotating unit rotates the transfer unit such that first and second...
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7286150 |
Thermal transfer printing
A method of printing a fluorescent image on a surface of a receiver medium comprises forming on the surface by a thermal dye transfer printing process a first image of a first fluorescent dye; and...
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7123380 |
Method and a device for determining multi-ink color separations
A method to convert a color provided in a first color space into a color in a second color space defined by more than four colorants and a reproduction process. The method includes converting the...
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7104713 |
Printer for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet
A printer has a sheet housing unit for storing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on one side and a printable surface on the other side. A set of pull-out...
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6934054 |
Method and apparatus for two-color thermal point of sale (POS) printing
A 2-color thermal point of sale (POS) printer includes a converter for converting full color printing commands into a commands for printing in two colors, a primary color and an alternate color. A...
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6916130 |
Method of printing, activating and issuing an activated time dependent label
A method for continuously producing a plurality of printed and activated time dependent labels. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a web having a plurality of inked substrates...
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6908239 |
Arcuate print path to avoid curl in thermal printing
The invention relates to a method of avoiding core set curl in thermal prints comprising providing thermal print material wound image receiving side toward the core, passing said print material...
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6876467 |
Printer with automatic density adjusting function and density adjusting method of printer
When densities of C, M and Y colors for automatic density adjustment are measured, test patterns of R, G and B colors are printed on TA paper, and a fixing lamp throws lights that have bright line...
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6876374 |
Printer for use with thermal transfer material
A thermal transfer material includes a support. A release layer is overlaid on the support. A coloring transfer layer is overlaid on the release layer, has thermoplasticity, and is colorable by...
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6641314 |
Color thermal printer having tension roller
A color thermal printer has a feed roller set, a thermal head, and a tension roller set that are serially arranged along a transporting path. The feed roller set and the tension roller set are...
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6633319 |
Image recording apparatus
An image recording device for thermally recording monochrome and color images onto reversible heat-sensitive recording mediums such as a thermal liquid crystal compound that has a cholesteric...
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6618066 |
Permanent heat activated printing process
An image is printed on a substrate by means of a computer driven ink jet printer using heat activated dye, without activating the dye during the process of printing onto the substrate. The...
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RE38180 |
Recalibrating a multi-color imaging system
An apparatus and method for calibrating a multi-color imaging system are provided. The multi-color imaging system is capable of applying different colorants to a substrate based on a plurality of...
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RE38174 |
Method and system for thermal graphic printing
A method of thermally transferring colorant from a movable ribbon onto printable areas of a thermal print receptive sheeting. The method includes arranging a print head so that its length is...
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6587133 |
In-line printing and stepwise processing of a band of material
For in-line printing and processing of successive portions of a band material, the portions are each printed in a printing position ( 5; 157 ) and processed in a processing position ( 36; 43 ),...
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6542283 |
Gyricon displays utilizing magnetic elements and magnetic trapping
A sheet material for use in a gyricon display in which a rotatable element, which has a portion which is capable of being permanently magnetized may be oriented to experience either an attractive...
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6504560 |
Method for forming image by thermal transfer
A method for forming an image by thermal transfer: comprising forming a multi-color image using two chromatic color thermal transfer ink ribbons A and B, the thermal transfer ink ribbons A and B...
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6493016 |
Image transfer recording apparatus
An image recording apparatus in which ink transfer from a donor sheet to an image-receiving sheet is carried out. The donor sheet has a size larger than the image-receiving sheet. The apparatus...
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6493015 |
Thermal recording system
A thermal transfer recording system wherein an area of a thermal transfer imaging medium is heated imagewise while in contact only with a thermal printing head and the imaged area of the thermal...
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6486905 |
Image-forming substrate and image-forming system using same
An image-forming system has an image-forming sheet, and a printer for forming an image on the sheet. The sheet has a sheet of paper, and a layer of microcapsule, coated over the paper sheet, that...
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6486902 |
Two-color thermal printing process
A method for improving the image quality of a thermal print image uses preprocessed image and color matrices, in which special combinations of black dots and black dot patterns are filtered out....
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6366306 |
Printer calibration method and apparatus therefor
To calibrate a printer that prints a full-color image on a recording paper in a color frame sequential fashion, a gray pattern is printed by the printer onto a recording paper, to three color...
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6346959 |
Image forming apparatus and method for image formation
An image forming apparatus is used for forming a print image on a color image forming sheet on which a plurality of units is formed in a regular pattern. Each unit is formed of plural color areas...
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6317148 |
Thermal transfer recording medium and thermal transfer recording method
The invention relates to a thermal transfer sheet including a thermally transferable ink layer on one surface of a substrate film, wherein said ink layer contains a coloring agent, and a decoloring...
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6315471 |
Apparatus for controlling ribbon tension in a thermal printer
The invention described a thermal printer. The thermal printer has a supply reel, a take-up and a pair of motors. Each motor connects with the supply reel and the take-up reel, respectively. A...
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6288735 |
Color image recording method, color image recording apparatus, and color image recording controlling method
To suppress color moire in a color image recording apparatus, a method for recording a color image by forming recording dots of at least first through third colors on a recording medium in a...
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6281919 |
Stencil-making device
In order to carry out histogram control so that colors of regions printed for overlapping regions are appropriate for a multi-color, multi-stencil thermal silkscreen stencil-making device, a hue,...
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6271871 |
Material applicator for thermal imaging apparatus
The invention involves an internal drum thermal imaging apparatus comprising a support for supporting a receiver material and a donor material in a superimposed relationship. The support includes a...
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6250824 |
Thermal transfer recording method and thermal transfer printer
A thermal transfer recording method and a thermal transfer printer, which can provide a high quality recorded image by controlling the number of underlying ink printing operations in accordance...
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6246427 |
Thermal transfer image forming method, and combination of thermal transfer members used therein
A thermal transfer image forming method comprising the steps of: using a preprint ribbon comprising, on its substrate, at least a first ink layer and a second ink layer in this order from the side...
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6232992 |
Thermal imaging apparatus and method for material dispensing and applicating
The invention involves a thermal imaging apparatus comprising a support for supporting a receiver material and a donor material in a superimposed relationship. The support includes a cylindrical...
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6229558 |
Printer, printing system, and printing method using print paper with photosensitive microcapsules applied thereto
A printer has a printer body, a carriage for undergoing scanning movement over a print paper in a scanning direction, and a cassette removably connected to the printer body for storing print paper...
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6222570 |
Thermal printing method and thermal printer
A thermal printer has a thermal head, which applies recording heat energy to an effective recording region on a thermosensitive recording sheet. The thermal head includes an array of heating...
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6222569 |
Laser thermal printer with dual direction imaging
An image processor comprises on imaging drum (300) for print media (32) and donor sheet materials (36) in registration on vacuum imaging drum (300). A printhead (500) moves along a line parallel to...
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6219077 |
Printer system
A printer system comprises a thermal printer, an ink transfer unit and a thermal printing unit. The ink transfer unit and the thermal printing unit can be selectively mounted in the thermal...
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6217239 |
Temperature control apparatus
A temperature control apparatus for controlling a temperature of a heating resistor included on a thermal head of a printer. The temperature control apparatus includes a sensing circuit for sensing...
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6204873 |
Color conversion adjustment method
A color conversion adjustment method is provided which enables correct judgment on a fine gray balance. In a process of adjusting or confirming gray correction conversion for correcting a gray...
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6152621 |
Multicolor thermal transfer imaging process
A multicolor thermal transfer ribbon having black ink and at least two other color inks besides black and white is used with a thermal transfer printer and a label in a method of labeling packages....
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6106173 |
Image-forming system including a plurality of thermal heads and an image-forming sheet with a plurality of types of micro-capsules
A plurality of thermal heads for different colors, are disposed in parallel in a line-printing direction, being offset with respect to each other in a transport direction along which an...
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6084623 |
Method and apparatus for thermal transfer recording
In order to prevent deformation in recorded images, positional misregistration in superposition recording, hue misregistration in color images, failures in hue repeatability, and the like in...
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