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7918618 |
Printer having printhead angulator assembly
A printer assembly for printing on a supply of media traveling in a media direction. The printer generally includes a platen assembly, a print head assembly and a pivot member. The pivot member...
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7901150 |
Dual mode printer
A wide/super wide digital printer comprising a printer head box that reciprocates from left to right across a wide or super wide printing table having a length of up to 20 cm that is supported by a...
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7811014 |
Ink-jet recording apparatus
An image recording apparatus, including a carriage which is reciprocated in a reciprocating direction; a pair of guide frames which extend parallel to each other in the reciprocating direction and...
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7798732 |
Printing apparatus containing a harmonization changing portion which changes feeding speed based on properties of the print receiving medium
This disclosure discloses a printing apparatus comprising a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming...
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7735991 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus is advantageous in miniaturization even though a mechanism for adjusting a head gap is included. The recording apparatus includes a carriage for detachably holding a...
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7632029 |
Recording apparatus
Disclosed is a recording apparatus that can accurately detect the position of a recording member, such as thick paper or a CD-R, that is mounted on a tray, that can, as much as possible, protect...
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7611299 |
Thermal printer
A thermal print head has a row of heating elements arranged in a printing position in which the heating elements row abuts against a platen via a paper guide path. The thermal print head is held so...
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7611239 |
Printer having coded capping mechanism
An inkjet printer comprising: a body; a first gear assembly mounted to the body so as to cooperate with a motor gear for driving rotation of the first gear assembly, the first gear assembly having...
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7475979 |
Dynamic registration device for mailing system
A dynamic registration device for a mailing system that reduces the problems of dust generation, ink smearing, and print head contact is provided. The biasing force normally applied to the back...
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7448727 |
Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus
The invention provides an ink jet recording head in which an element substrate provided in a head unit and constituted of plural drive elements is driven to discharge ink droplets from plural...
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7331728 |
Printer having a platen
A printer includes a print head for printing on a print medium and a platen which supports the print medium, and is located opposite to the print head. The print head is linearly moved along the...
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7290949 |
Line printer having a motorized platen that automatically adjusts to accommodate print forms of varying thickness
Methods for setting the print gap in a printer are disclosed. The printer has an eccentric platen wherein rotation of the platen changes the print gap distance. A driver controls the eccentric...
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7284918 |
Recording method, computer-readable medium, and recording apparatus
A recording method, for example, which allows a recording medium to be carried with high carrying precision is to be achieved. A recording method includes a step of changing a carry command value,...
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7220070 |
Printer having a continuous paper holder
A printer having a main printer unit 1 an image recording unit 3 and a base unit 2. The image recording unit 3 includes a carriage 25 having an ink head for discharging ink to paper and a guide...
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7210866 |
Printer having adjustable media support
A printer is provided comprising an elongate printhead for printing across the pagewidth of print media, a rotatable, elongate platen arranged to support the print media being printed on by the...
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7096643 |
Device for closing envelope flaps
A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mai...
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7083245 |
Recording apparatus
A reliable detection of optically detecting the type of recording media is achieved. A part of a support member for supporting an optical sensor is pushed against the surface of a sheet by a spring...
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7063468 |
Ink-jet printer having head gap adjusting apparatus
Provided is an ink-jet printer comprising a carriage, which is rotatably installed on a guide shaft and includes a stacking portion on which an ink cartridge is stacked, and a balancing portion...
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7040819 |
Stable area detection device of platen gap and recording apparatus
In a platen gap adjustment device, a stable area detection device for a platen gap formed between ahead and an upper surface of a platen, wherein the carriage guide shaft is moved relatively to the...
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7004652 |
Printer for accommodating varying page thickness
A pagewidth drop on demand printer includes a printhead having an array of fixed printing nozzles thereon. A platen having a platen surface upon which a sheet rides to receive ink from the printing...
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6921217 |
Gap adjusting device, recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus
The present invention provides a gap adjusting device that allows gap adjustment with a small torque and also allows more gap positions to be set. The gap adjusting device rotates bushing members...
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6903358 |
Paper thickness detecting device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus (i.e. an automatic teller machine) comprising an optical sensor. The optical sensor is configured to detect thickness of paper....
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6886897 |
Apparatus to adjust the head gap in ink-jet printers
A head gap adjusting apparatus used with an ink-jet printer, in which there are provided a pair of carrier shaft lifting parts disposed upon a chassis to adjust the head gap between a paper and a...
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6883979 |
Serial printer detecting set condition for image formation and method of controlling the same
The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism...
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6871042 |
Sheet-thickness detector device and sheet-processing apparatus, image-forming apparatus having the same
A sheet-thickness detector device has a sheet guide with a sheet-guide surface for guiding a sheet between a magnetic field sensor and a magnetic guide element. The magnetic field sensor, having an...
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6816281 |
Storage of labels in a printing device
A printing device is described, predominantly for printing labels on a tape. The printing device has a display and input means for inputting characters to be printed by the printing device. Using...
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6791591 |
Printhead pressure relief mechanism
A printhead pressure relief mechanism using a non-mechanical media thickness monitoring apparatus. An increase in media thickness is monitored by an emitter/detector pair, a piezo-electric pressure...
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6786658 |
Printer for accommodating varying page thicknesses
A pagewidth drop on demand printer includes a printhead having an array of fixed printing nozzles thereon. A platen having a platen surface upon which a sheet rides to receive ink from the printing...
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6776543 |
Fiber optic print media thickness sensor and method
The present invention is directed to a fiber optic media thickness sensor used in a print media or document processing device. The invention is further directed to a method for measuring media...
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6736557 |
Printhead gap adjustment mechanism for an imaging apparatus
A printhead gap adjustment mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus includes a worm gear coupled to a carrier shaft to transmit a rotational motion to the carrier shaft. A worm screw is positioned...
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6705224 |
Stamp apparatus
In a stamp apparatus, a paper-sheet object is conveyed in the arrow direction between a presser roller and an impress hub having a predetermined character/symbol string. Since a cam is rotated in...
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6692166 |
Franking machine with a clamping device for an item of mail
The franking machine has a clamping device which can be driven via a drive device and which securely clamps an item of mail to be franked against a stop element. The clamping device has a clamping...
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6672780 |
Thermal printhead mechanism
The invention is a thermal printhead mechanism having a stationary spring channel, a top bracket supported by the spring channel, and a printhead mounted to the top bracket. Additionally, the...
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6669382 |
Printer and method of controlling the same
A printer including a printing head for performing printing while moving over a printing medium, a gap roller capable of rolling along a direction of moving of the printing head, and a platen bar...
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6666600 |
Printer having detection and correction of tilt using skew correction
There is provided an apparatus which can make a correction such that paper will not be fed in a tilted state without a need for any special mechanism. A moving mechanism C1 is driven to move a...
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6629787 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting a head gap of an inkjet printer
An apparatus for adjusting a head gap of an inkjet printer includes: a main frame; an eccentric shaft rotatably disposed on the main frame, and including an eccentric supporting shaft; a head...
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6616355 |
Printing system for accommodating various substrate thicknesses
A system for printing images on a substrate includes a multiplicity of print heads mounted in a carriage and positioned a distance from the substrate. A sensor detects the thickness of the...
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6616354 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting printhead to print-media travel path spacing in a printer
Apparatus for adjusting the spacing in a printer between a printhead and the travel path for print media which moves through the printer. The printhead is borne by a carriage which is rotatably...
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6595709 |
Serial printing device
A serial printing device, comprising a fixed structure, a printing carriage on one side of the fixed structure able to slide along a printing line, and a contrasting element disposed on the other...
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6561606 |
Ink jet printing apparatus, image reading apparatus, ink jet printing method and image reading method
There are provided an ink jet printing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, an ink jet printing method and an image reading method capable of saving electric power, reducing noise and improving...
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6547384 |
Printing apparatus and method
This invention is related to a printer and printing method that prints on recording media with water soluble ink by using an ink jet printer. It is related to the printing method that can create...
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6502058 |
Device for measuring thickness of a form document in an impact printer
A thickness of a form document loaded in a pin feed tractor is measured to appropriately adjust a gap between a platen and a print head. A projection formed on a pressing block is linearly moved...
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6497466 |
Automatic print gap adjustment assembly for an ink jet printer
An apparatus for adjusting a print media gap on a printer having a printhead carriage configured for selective lateral displacement thereof for controlled printing on print media includes the...
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6485205 |
Media weight sensor using an acoustic resonator
This invention relates to a media weight sensor of the type that includes a transducer consisting of a metal desk with a piezoelectric element fabricated by one side which form the back of a...
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6467977 |
Media weight sensor using a resonant piezoelectric element
This invention relates to a media weight sensor of the type that includes a transducer consisting of a metal disk with a piezoelectric element mounted in a printer so that the media going to the...
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6464414 |
Print media sensor adjustment mechanism
The invention provides a media sensor adjustment device for maintaining a media sensor in a preselected orientation with respect to print media prior to feeding the print media to a printing...
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6431771 |
Printer
A platen together with a frame supporting the platen is rotatably mounted on a shaft and a platen gap is regulated by rotary movement of the frame about that shaft to detect thickness of a printing...
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6431778 |
Device for symbol printing and franking machine comprising same
The invention concerns a device comprising a belt with one side opposite unsprung support means and extending between an upstream roller and a downstream roller both suspended so that the object...
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6421073 |
Device for positioning printing head according to printing substrate thickness
A device for positioning a printing head of a printer in response to recording carrier/substrate thickness includes a reflex sensor arranged in a protected space formed between a head-carrying...
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6416146 |
Apparatus for controlling pen-to-print medium spacing
An apparatus in a printer for adjusting pen-to-print medium spacing independently of the size of a print medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pen, a print platen, a datum, an bar and a...
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