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7607844 Image forming apparatus  
The image forming apparatus includes a chassis having first and second side surfaces of the chassis; an ink sheet cartridge detachably disposed between the first and second side surfaces of the...
7594770 Ink ribbon cassette  
An ink ribbon cassette is provided. A first and second ribbon-receiving parts of an ink ribbon cassette according to the invention includes wallsthat face each other with a predetermined distance...
7575383 Recording apparatus  
The present invention easily provides a compact recording apparatus including a paper chamber capable of containing paper and a ribbon chamber containing an ink ribbon in a manner such that the ink...
7563044 Identifying compatible combination for a thermal printer  
A printing apparatus having a first zone for receiving a supply of image receiving tape and a second zone for receiving a supply of thermal transfer ribbon, means for identifying the nature of the...
7537403 Ribbon cassette  
A ribbon cassette structure is provided. The provided ribbon cassette structure includes a cartridge having at least a rotating structure. The rotating structure includes a first actuating element,...
7484902 Ribbon cassette for mailing machine  
A thermal ink ribbon cassette for a mailing machine has an anti-reverse spring for preventing rotation of the take-up spindle in the unwinding direction; a constant-tension drag arrangement,...
7450141 Ink sheet cartridge  
An ink cartridge has a supply core tube that supplies an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube and a take-up core tube that takes up the ink sheet supplied from the supply core tube. The...
7436419 Consumable cassette and recording apparatus  
In a consumable cassette having a recording material storage section 2 and an ink sheet storage section 1 , a space 65 where a constituting component such as a supply roller 56 is to be...
7417658 Thermal printing mechanism, in particularly applicable to payment terminals  
A thermal printing mechanism comprises a frame accommodating a motor for driving a print tape, a thermal printing head, a carrying roller and electronic control means. The frame is provided with a...
7410316 Cassette acceptance device with state recognition for a printing mail processing apparatus  
A printing mail processing apparatus has an apparatus housing with a cassette bay therein, for removably receiving an exchangeable cassette. The cassette bay is closed by a cassette flap that has a...
7367728 Ink ribbon cartridge having shaft connecting members  
An ink ribbon cartridge including a cartridge frame, take-up shaft connecting members, and supply shaft connecting members is provided. The take-up shaft connecting members support and rotatably...
7367727 Ink sheet cartridge having paper guide  
An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space....
RE40202 Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer  
A ribbon cassette 10 includes a cassette case 11 having a first accommodating portion 12, a second accommodating portion 13, and a connecting portion 14 connecting the first and second...
7344325 Identification card printer having ribbon cartridge with cleaner roller  
An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The...
7223032 Fixing element capable of rotatably fixing a ribbon roller in a ribbon cartridge  
A ribbon roller is fixed in a ribbon cartridge via a fixing element. The fixing element includes an accommodation means and a fastening element. The accommodation means fixes a tab of the ribbon...
7195410 Printing apparatus having means fixing ink ribbon unit and intermediate transfer sheet unit in printer body  
The printing apparatus comprises a first detachable unit U 1 , a second detachable unit U 2 , and a main body unit U 5 formed such that the first and second detachable units U 1 and U 2 are...
7168872 Printer paper spooler with error condition detector  
Disclosed is a printer paper spooler with error condition detector including a first slot structure and a second slot structure, a bobbin disposed between the first slot structure and the second...
7139011 Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink sheet set  
There is provided an ink sheet cartridge, which is provided with a cartridge body, a supply-side core tube, a takeup-side core tube, and spools detachably attached to end portions of the...
7102659 Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink-sheet set mounted on the ink sheet cartridge  
An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body 30 rotatably supporting four spools 36, 37, 38, 39. The spool 38 includes a first rotation member 56 having a transmission gear 47 and a...
7079167 Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink-sheet set mounted on the ink sheet cartridge  
An ink sheet cartridge and method of assembly for an ink sheet cartridge including a cartridge body rotatably supporting four spools. The spool includes a first rotation member having a...
RE39169 Ink ribbon cartridge having a particular spool and spindle arrangement  
The invention provides an ink ribbon cartridge which ensures proper, reliable mounting of an ink ribbon. The ink ribbon cartridge of the invention includes a pair of spools, an ink ribbon including...
7037014 Media cartridge with printed circuit board for use in a printing system  
A printing system includes a printing machine and media cartridge. The printing machine has a housing, a printing mechanism and a processing unit connected to the housing, a media cartridge...
7037011 Ribbon cartridge having updatable data communication component  
A tape ribbon cartridge and method are provided for regulating printer operation of a printer operative to transmit a download signal. The cartridge includes a housing, an ink ribbon, and a data...
6997628 Method and device for easily installing a printer cartridge  
An easy-load mechanism and its associated method for installing a printer cartridge comprises a moveable cartridge bay for holding the printer cartridge, a lever device for accepting an external...
6991388 Ink ribbon cartridge having takeup-side cover with opening positioned beneath protrusion in cover  
An ink ribbon is formed from a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side...
D514153 Print cartridge  
6962451 Carrier device for thermal transfer medium, discrimination method using the same, and printer  
The invention provides a carrier device for a thermal transfer medium comprising a spool for winding and supporting a thermal transfer sheet or a thermal transfer receiving sheet, wherein a mark...
6905268 Clutch mechanism with one piece plastic spool  
An ink ribbon cartridge has a take-up spool ( 130 ) with an opening having a plurality of drive surfaces ( 200 ) and slip surfaces ( 202 ). The take up spool is preferably of a one-piece...
6880992 In-mold molded component  
There is provided a holding component for housing or holding a consumption article, which, in use, is detachably mounted in a printing apparatus, can be produced by a relatively simple method, can...
6860658 Ribbon wiper  
Disclosed herein is a ribbon wiper that is disposed within a ribbon cartridge. The ribbon cartridge can contain a ribbon and be employed by a thermal printer. The ribbon wiper is capable of...
6835012 Ribbon cassette  
A ribbon cassette containing a supply core, a web located on the supply core, a storage core, a device for increasing the tension on the web as it passes from said supply core to said storage core...
6832866 Printer or laminator supply  
An identification card printer or laminator system includes a card transport mechanism configured to transport a card along a path, a printer or lamination mechanism configured to print or laminate...
6827510 Ink sheet cartridge having partitioning plate including at least two symmetrically positioned recesses  
A unitary ink sheet cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space. The partitioning plate has at...
6752550 Holding mechanism for replacement ink ribbon  
A holding mechanism 10 for holding an ink ribbon 20 includes a transparent shell 11 and a board 12 . The transparent shell 11 of the ink ribbon 20 is provided with wind slack preventive...
6736558 Disposable ribbon cartridge for shorthand machines  
A disposable ink ribbon cartridge for use in a shorthand machine. The cartridge includes an endless loop ribbon threaded through an advancing mechanism in contact with a movable ink reservoir. The...
6715946 Ink ribbon cartridge and printing device  
An ink ribbon cartridge has a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge has a supply side...
6702490 Image recording apparatus  
A recording medium station 53 includes sheet set portions to which rolls of toner sheets 4′ with cover films 6 stuck thereto and rolls of image receiving sheets 2′ with cover films 6 ...
6682241 Thermal printer with loading aid  
A method and apparatus of loading a thermal ribbon having dye into a cassette assembly of a thermal printer apparatus includes a cassette assembly for storing a thermal ribbon having dye. The...
6676312 Ribbon identification using optical color coded rotation solution  
The present invention relates to a ribbon identifier that detects a color coded bank comprising multiple colored zones positioned on a ribbon core that fits in a printer. Each type of ribbon is...
6623192 Ink ribbon cartridge having protrusion and recessed portion  
An ink ribbon cartridge includes a frame having a first side, a second side, a third side, and fourth side. The first side and the second side extend in a widthwise direction and have supporting...
6604876 System for dissipating electrostatic charge in a printer  
A system for dissipating electrostatic charge build-up in printers comprises a ribbon frame made of statically dissipative material and adapted to support a printhead bracket on which a thermal...
6595710 Image forming device and ink sheet cartridge mounted on the image forming device  
An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space....
6543945 Ink film with cores having different diameter shaft sections  
A user does not have to observe the orientation of a supply-side film core and a roll-up-side film core, when placing them into a case. Shaft sections are disposed at both ends of the supply-side...
6539867 Method of replacement component communicating with printer and method of printer communicating with replacement component  
A method of a replacement component used in a printer communicating with a controller of the printer, and a method of a controller of a printer communicating with a replacement component used in a...
6522349 Space saving integrated cartridge for a printer  
A integrated cartridge of a printer has a paper cassette for holding paper, and a two-reel ribbon cassette for positioning a printer ribbon, connected by a pair of braces. The ribbon cassette is...
6520697 Ink ribbon cassette  
There is provided an ink ribbon cassette which prevents damage and pollution of a part of an ink ribbon exposed outside of a cassette case housing the ink ribbon. In the ink ribbon cassette in...
6503007 Printer ribbon motion detection system  
A motion detector comprising a rotator member having at least one radially positioned member and being mounted for rotation from at least a first position to at least a second position; a detector...
6494631 Printer with ribbon fold out mechanism  
A ribbon mechanism mounted in the lid of a printer includes a ribbon carriage pivotally coupled to the lid for folding out of the lid by virtue of its mass when the lid is open and for folding in...
6473109 Ribbon cartridge structure for printing head of large color printer  
A ribbon cartridge structure for a printing head of a large printer, the structure has a ribbon cartridge, an external and an inner clamping piece, the ribbon cartridge is provided with an ā€œLā€...
6447181 Variable position, force and velocity printer  
A printer for printing onto substrates includes a housing that mounts a movable carrier for the substrates such as a compact disc or digital versatile disc. The carrier for the substrate is driven...