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<title><![CDATA[Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094464.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of smoothly and reasonably conducting image formation in case of using a lens (lenses) of which optical magnification is minus. An image forming apparatus of the invention comprises: a line head having lenses of which optical magnification is minus and a light emitter array in which a plurality of light emitting elements are aligned. The lenses are plural in an axial direction (main scanning direction) of an image carrier and a direction (sub scanning direction) perpendicular to the axial direction. A light emitter block composed of “m×n” (in number) light emitting elements is disposed relative to each lens. The “m×n” light emitting elements comprises “n” (in number) light emitting element lines arranged in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction and each light emitting element line includes “m” (in number) light emitting elements aligned in the axial direction. The image forming apparatus further comprises: a control means for actuating the respective light emitting elements to emit lights to be inversed in the axial direction and the direction perpendicular to the axial direction to form an image on the image carrier. In this manner, images of plural colors are formed on the image carrier at once.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INK CARTRIDGE FOR INK JET RECORDING DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094429.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ink cartridge for an ink jet recording device, includes: a container having an ink supply port; at least two ink chambers partitioned in the container, one being located substantially in an upper section and the other being located substantially in a lower section; an ink suction passage connecting a bottom region of the lower section ink chamber to a bottom region of the upper section ink chamber; and a negative pressure generating mechanism provided to a flow passage connecting the upper section ink chamber to the ink supply port.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HIGH NOZZLE DENSITY PRINTHEAD EJECTING LOW DROP VOLUMES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094432.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printhead assembly that has a printhead substrate having a plurality of drop generators formed thereon at an area density of at least six drop generators per square millimeter. The droplets emitted have a drop volume less than 8 pico liters. The fluid forming the droplets has a viscosity in the range of 2 to 5 centipoise. A high area density of drop generators and relatively low droplet volume of water-based ink provides high print resolutions and energy efficient operation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inkjet Recording Apparatus and Inkjet Recording Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094458.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, wherein the inkjet recording apparatus comprises a recording head with a filter, an ink that comprises a colorant, a humectant, a surfactant, and a wetting agent is discharged from the recording head, the viscosity of the ink at 25° C. is 6 mPa·s to 13 mPa·s, and the fluid resistance of the filter against the ink is 4.4×10 9  Pa·s/m 3  and 2.2×10 10  Pa·s/m 3 .]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thermal printer unit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094463.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A thermal printer unit according to the invention includes a thermal head, a platen roller which is disposed while facing the thermal head, a support member which fixes the thermal head while thermal transfer ribbon and receptor paper are pressurized and nipped between the thermal head and the platen roller, a conveyance mechanism which conveys the thermal transfer ribbon and the receptor paper using the thermal head and the platen roller, an engaging groove which prevents the thermal head from moving in a paper conveyance direction by the support member, and a retaining portion which prevents the thermal head from moving in a rotating direction, the movement of the thermal head in the rotating direction being generated according to rotation of the platen roller.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Printing Method, Printing Apparatus, And Printing Paper]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094461.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printing apparatus having almost the same scale and function as printing apparatuses the usable maximum paper size of which is equivalent to A-4 size can print an image on a paper the size of which is larger than A-4 as necessary. A printing mechanism section ( 101 ) and a paper feed mechanism section ( 180 ) print an image according to printing data on one side of a paper which can be an expansion printing paper folded once or more times and developable after printing. The paper feed mechanism section ( 180 ) reverses a paper and feeds the reversed paper to the printing mechanism section ( 101 ). By using a printing mode selecting function of a printer driver ( 410 ), a predetermined printing mode is selected from printing modes in which the image is printed in different printing forms on the paper. A printing controller ( 150 ) for printing the image on the paper controls the operation of the printing mechanism section ( 101 ) and the paper feed mechanism section ( 180 ) according to the instruction of the selected printing mode, divides the image in a paper expansion printing mode in which the image is printed on both sides of the expansion printing paper, and prints the divided images on both sides of the expansion printing paper.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image recording apparatus and method for recovering recording head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094435.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, an external input terminal on which a storage medium in which, images are stored is installed, a detecting mechanism which detects that the storage medium has been installed on the external input terminal, a timer which measures a time elapsed after the recovery operation is carried out, and a controller which controls the recovery mechanism according to the elapsed time. When the recovery operation for the nozzles is necessary, an operation preceding the recording operation is detected, and recovery operation is carried out promptly before the recording operation, thereby shortening a waiting time of a user.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FLUID DISPENSER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094428.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Various embodiments and methods relating to dispensing fluid are disclosed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Portable Data Processing System Having Print Capabilities]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094462.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A portable data processing system having print capabilities includes a portable computer having a housing, a print unit attached to the housing, and an ink container connected to the printhead of the print unit. The print unit includes a full page width ink jet printhead, a paper path, intake and output rollers, control circuitry, and electrical power and standard data protocol data connections with the portable computer. The use of a stationary printhead and a reduced clock rate allows full functionality of the print unit without sacrificing needed portability.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image recording apparatus and method for restoring recording head for image recording apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094444.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If any change, which appears on a display for displaying the situation of the operation, is detected, it is judged whether or not an elapsed time, which elapses from the previous execution of the restoring operation for the discharge state of nozzles, exceeds a predetermined time period. If the elapsed time exceeds the predetermined time period, the control is made by a controller so that the restoring operation is executed for the recording head. The restoring operation is executed before the instruction of the recording operation for a recording medium in a multi function device which has various functions including, for example, the copy function, the facsimile function, the scanner function, and the printer function in combination and which is provided with the functions in a multifunctional manner. Therefore, the waiting time for a user, which is required until the completion of the recording, can be shortened.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Valve And Actuator Employing Capillary Electrowetting Phenomenon]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094448.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A valve includes: a passage having a first passage which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage and outside of a cartridge body, and a second passage which branches from the first passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface forming the second passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface of a bottom wall lid forming the first passage; a driver IC which applies a predetermined voltage selectively to one of these two kinds of electrodes; an insulating film provided on a surface of the electrode; and an insulating film provided on a surface of the electrode. Accordingly, there is provided a valve which is capable of opening and closing a passage communicating two spaces separated from each other, which has no movable part, and which has a simple construction.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Printhead IC compatible with mutally incompatible print engine controllers]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094451.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a PEC for sending print data to the printhead IC in accordance with a predetermined data transmission protocol, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry for driving the array of nozzles; wherein, the circuitry is configured to receive print data in any one of a plurality of different data transmission protocols.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH AN INK EJECTING SURFACE.]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094449.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is a printhead integrated circuit defining an external surface having a number of ink ejection ports operatively directed at a printing medium. The surface includes a plurality of petal formations radially positioned about each ink ejection port, and a plurality of actuators, each located behind a petal formation distal from said port. The surface also includes a plurality of heater structures each connected to an actuator, so that heating of the structures via an electrical current produces expansion in said actuators which urges the formations into a chamber below the surface.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Printing with limited types of dots]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094436.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and is capable of selectively forming one of N types of dots having different sizes at one pixel area with each nozzle. The print control method comprises a dot data generation step of generating dot data representing a state of dot formation at each pixel according to given image data. The dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data with a specific dot data generation step for at least a part of the ink types when a printing environment is a specific environment. The specific dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data using only a part of dot types among the N types of dots.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Printhead IC with de-activatable temperature sensor]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094437.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses of electrical energy to the array of nozzles in accordance with the print data; and, a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in response to the temperature sensor output; wherein during use, the temperature sensor can be de-activated after a period of use.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING LIQUID-JET HEAD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094441.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is an alignment apparatus for a liquid-jet head which includes a nozzle plate, a fixation member, a transparent mask, chucks, and an alignment mechanism. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle orifice for injecting a liquid for the liquid-jet head, and a first and a second alignment marks to be used in an aligning operation. Each of the alignment marks is formed in each of two end portions in the longitudinal direction of the nozzle plate. The fixation member holds the nozzle-plate side of each of a plurality of liquid-jet heads. The fixation member and the nozzle plate are positioned relative to each other and joined together by use of the alignment apparatus for the liquid-jet head. The transparent mask includes a first and a second reference marks with which the first and the second alignment marks are to be aligned respectively. The chucks are brought into contact respectively with two end surfaces in the longitudinal direction of each liquid-jet head, and thus hold the liquid-jet head. The alignment mechanism is configured to move the liquid-jet head by use of the chucks linearly within a plane that is parallel to the nozzle plate, and to move the liquid-jet head rotationally about an axis orthogonal to the plane.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Printhead IC with nozzle array for linking with adjacent printhead IC's]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094446.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printhead IC for an inkjet printer that mounts the printhead IC together with at least one other like printhead IC to provide a pagewidth printhead for printing onto a media substrate fed past the printhead in a feed direction, the printhead IC comprising: an elongate array of nozzles, the nozzles arranged into rows, at least one of the rows having a first section positioned on a line extending perpendicular to the feed direction, a second section positioned along a parallel line displaced from the first section, and an intermediate section of nozzles extending between the first section and the second section; and a supply conduit for providing printing fluid to the first section, the second section and the intermediate section, the supply conduit having a first portion extending perpendicular to the feed direction for supplying the first section of nozzles, a second portion extending perpendicular to the feed direction for supplying the second section of nozzles and an inclined portion for supplying the intermediate section of nozzles.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Binders For Pigmented Ink Formulations]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094457.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed herein are inks including an aqueous vehicle; at least one encapsulant-dispersed pigment; and at least one block copolymer binder dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle and having Structure I and comprising a hydrophobic block (A) and a hydrophilic block (B);]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CRADLE UNIT HAVING PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE AND WIPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A PRINT ENGINE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094445.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a cradle unit for a print engine having an inkjet printhead and a PCB controller, the cradle unit configured to receive a cartridge unit having a printhead assembly of the print engine with a controller on a flex PCB. The cradle unit includes a cover assembly movable between a closed position, where the cartridge unit is mechanically secured in the cradle unit and the PCB controller of the print engine electrically contacts the flex PCB controller such that power and data signals can be transferred therebetween, and an open position where the electrical contact is broken and allows the cartridge unit to be removed from the cradle unit. The cradle unit also includes a maintenance drive assembly having a motor operatively connected to a maintenance gear and actuator arrangement and to a wiper gear and actuator arrangement, the maintenance drive assembly operated by the PCB.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image recording apparatus and method for recovering recording head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094434.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image recording apparatus includes a recording head which includes nozzles, a paper feeding mechanism which feeds a recording medium to the recording head, a paper discharge mechanism which discharges the recording medium from the recording head, a detecting mechanism which detects a change occurred in the paper feeding mechanism or the paper discharge mechanism, a recovery mechanism which recovers a jetting state of the nozzles, a timer which measures a time elapsed after the recovery operation is carried out, and a controller which controls the recovery mechanism according to the elapsed time. When the recovery operation for the nozzles is necessary, an operation preceding the recording operation is detected, and the recovery operation is carried out promptly before the recording operation, thereby shortening a waiting time of a user.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Temperature Calibration For Fluid Ejection Head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094438.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head with the temperature sensor, recalling a correction value from the memory device, applying the correction value to the uncalibrated temperature to generate a calibrated temperature, and ejecting fluid from the nozzle onto the print media when the calibrated temperature is within a predefined temperature range.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image Recording Device and Image Recording Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094465.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image recording device, which records an image on an image-drawing region of a strip-shaped flexible substrate stretched between a supply reel and a take-up reel, includes: a stage section for suctioning and conveying the flexible substrate; an alignment section for sensing an alignment mark of the flexible substrate; a correcting section which, on the basis of the sensed alignment mark, corrects image data to be recorded on the flexible substrate; and a recording section for recording the image data corrected by the correcting section on the flexible substrate. The stage section suctions the flexible substrate and moves reciprocatingly along a conveying path. On an outward trip, the alignment section senses the alignment mark of the flexible substrate, and on a return trip, the recording section records the image data corrected by the correcting section.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PRINTHEAD HAVING A REMOVABLE NOZZLE PLATE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094431.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printhead and method of printing are provided. The printhead has a body with portions of the body defining a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle orifice is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. A drop forming mechanism is operatively associated with the nozzle orifice of the body. A plate is removably positioned over the body and has at least one orifice with the at least one orifice being in fluid communication with the nozzle orifice of the body.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image recording apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094443.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image recording apparatus includes: a recording medium conveying mechanism; a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium based on the input data; a faulty record detection unit for detecting a faulty record when a recording process is performed; and a control unit for controlling these components. With the configuration, the recording head and the faulty record detection unit are arranged opposite at least one conveying unit, the recording head and the faulty record detection unit are fixed to the same coupling member, and the coupling member is fixed to a fixing member of the recording medium conveying mechanism.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094439.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A printing method includes by printing a first area in a test pattern using a first print mode, determining a first correction value corresponding to the first print mode for each of the row regions, based on a density measurement value for each of row regions in the first area, by printing a second area in the test pattern using a second print mode for a plurality of cycles of periods that is determined by a combination of the row region and the nozzle, determining a second correction value corresponding to the second print mode for each of the row regions, based on a density measurement value for each of the row regions in the second area, and in a coexistent segment in which certain row regions and other row regions are mixed, correcting an ink ejection amount in each of the row regions using a combined correction value that is obtained as a composition of the first correction value and the second correction value. The first print mode is a print mode applied to an end area of a medium in a transport direction, and involves repetitively carrying out a movement-and-ejection operation of ejecting ink while moving nozzles in a movement direction that intersects the transport direction and a first transport operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction by a first transport amount. The row regions are a plurality of regions lined up in the transport direction and are each a region in which a dot row is formed along the movement direction by the movement-and-ejection operation. The first correction value is determined based on a value in which the first provisional correction value is multiplied by an attenuation coefficient. The first provisional correction value is determined for each row region based on a density measurement value of each of the row regions in the first area. The second print mode is a print mode applied to a middle area of the medium in the transport direction, and involves repetitively carrying out the movement-and-ejection operation and a second transport operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction by a second transport amount. The second correction value is determined based on a value in which the second provisional correction value is averaged. The second provisional correction value is determined for each of the row regions based on a density measurement value of each of the row regions in the second area. The certain row regions are each a row region in which the dot row is formed by the first print mode, and the other row regions are each a row region in which the dot row is formed by the second print mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus for Depositing Droplets]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094433.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus for depositing droplets on a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support for the substrate, a droplet ejection assembly which includes a pumping chamber, a controller and a source of static pressure to maintain the total pressure in the pumping chamber above a threshold pressure level to avoid rectified diffusion type bubble growth in the pumping chamber. The droplet ejection assembly is positioned over the support for depositing the droplets on the substrate and includes, in addition to a pumping chamber, a displacement member and an orifice that ejects the droplets. The controller provides signals to the displacement member to eject drops.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Open loop print speed control]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094430.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for controlling print speed of an imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes at least one reservoir for supplying liquid ink to a print head and a level sensor in the reservoir. The method comprises measuring an image density of at least a portion of a print job for the imaging device. A state of a level sensor in a print head reservoir is detected. The print speed is adjusted to a target speed in response to the level sensor indicating an open loop state. The target speed is a function of the image density. The print speed is adjusted to a default speed in response to the level sensor indicating a closed loop state.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DROPLET DISCHARGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING WEIGHT, METHOD OF DISCHARING A LIQUID, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COLOR FILTER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094440.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A droplet discharging device for drawing by discharging a liquid as droplets on a work from an discharging head in accordance with a main scan for relatively moving the work and the discharging head facing each other, includes a plurality of carriages each mounting a plurality of the discharging heads, a weighing mechanism for measuring weight of the discharged liquid for every discharging head, and a main scan moving mechanism for moving the weighing mechanism and the work in a direction of the main scan independently from each other, wherein the weighing mechanism is disposed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the main scan and along a drawing area in which the plurality of discharging heads mounted on the plurality of carriages can perform drawing by discharging.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nozzle Arrangement With A Movement Sensor For An Inkjet Printer]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094442.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides for a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a chamber with an ink inlet and ejection port, said substrate having a micro-electromechanical drive layer. The arrangement also includes a paddle dividing said chamber into an ink chamber and a nozzle chamber, and an actuating arm coupled to the paddle. The arm includes an outer arm portion mechanically linked to an inner arm portion via posts electrically isolating the inner arm portion from said outer arm portion. The arm is pivotal with respect to the substrate during operative electrical thermal expansion of the inner arm portion displacing the paddle towards the ejection port. The nozzle arrangement also includes a microprocessor arrangement having amplifier elements defined within the drive layer, and a movement sensor having a moving contact element formed integrally with the inner arm portion and a fixed contact element formed integrally with the drive layer and connected to the amplifier elements. The moving contact is arranged to complete an electrical circuit when contacted with the fixed contact element when the arm pivots to a predetermined extent.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ink Jet Printhead With Nozzle Assemblies Having Fluidic Seals]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094450.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides for an ink jet printhead having a wafer substrate and a plurality of nozzle assemblies arranged in an array on the substrate and the product of dielectric and metal layers deposited on the wafer substrate and etched, such that the wafer substrate and layers define ink inlet apertures. Each nozzle assembly includes a wall portion bounding a respective ink inlet aperture, a crown portion that defines a nozzle opening, and a skirt portion depending from the crown portion to form part of a peripheral wall of the nozzle assembly. The crown and skirt portions are displaceable with respect to the wall portion to alter a volume of a nozzle chamber defined by the wall, crown and skirt portions such that when the volume is altered, ink is ejected from the nozzle opening. The nozzle assembly also includes a thermal actuator that interconnects the crown and skirt portion with the substrate and is configured to operatively displace the crown and skirt portions on receipt of an electrical signal from the drive circuitry. The wall portion and skirt portion are configured such that a fluidic seal is defined between the wall portion and skirt portion to inhibit the egress of ink during displacement of the crown and skirt portions.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INK JET PRINTER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094459.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ink jet printer that performs printing by discharging ink droplets from nozzles of an ink jet head onto a print medium includes: a moisture adjusting unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a print medium transport direction and adjusts moisture of the print medium by moving moisture of a printing surface of the print medium, onto which the ink droplets are discharged from the ink jet head, to a surface opposite the printing surface; and a moisture adjustment control unit that controls moisture adjustment of the print medium performed by the moisture adjusting unit in accordance with a ratio of the number of nozzles, from which the ink droplets from the ink jet head are discharged, to the total number of nozzles.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Phthalocyanine Inks And Their Use In Ink Jet Printing]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092771.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A composition comprising: 
 
(a) a major dye component which is a mixture of phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1) and salts thereof:  
 
wherein: M is Cu or Ni; 
 
Pc represents a phthalocyanine nucleus of formula;  
 
 
     R 1  and R 2  independently are H or methyl;  R 3  is H, methyl or optionally substituted C 1-8 alkylNR 5 R 6 ;  R 4  is optionally substituted C 1-8 alkylNR 5 R 6 ;  R 5  is H or optionally substituted C 1-4 alkyl;  R 6  is H or optionally substituted C 1-4 alkyl; x is 0 to 3.9; y is 0 to 3.9; z is 0.1 to 4.0 the sum of (x+y+z) is 4; and the substituents, represented by x, y and z are attached to a β position on the phthalocyanine ring; and (b) a liquid medium. Also ink-jet printing processes, printed materials and ink-jet cartridges.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Optical Disk Drawing Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092757.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system control unit writes image data received from a host apparatus into a first storage regions. Next, the system control unit produces duplication data from the image data written in the first storage region, and then, writes these produced duplication data into a second storage regions. Furthermore, the system control unit furthermore produces duplication data from the image data written in the second storage region, and writes these produced duplication data into a third storage region. As a result, 1 piece of the image data and 2 pieces of the duplication data can be prepared on a buffer memory. The optical disk drawing apparatus draws an image on a drawing layer of an optical disk by employing these image data and duplication data.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTER UTILIZING SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094460.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A light irradiation device and an inkjet printer equipped with the light irradiation device, the light irradiation device having a short-arc type discharge lamp with a pair of electrodes which face each other within a discharge vessel, a reflector surrounding the discharge lamp so as to reflect light from the discharge lamp, and a cylindrical lens that focuses light reflected by the reflector in a uniaxial direction in a manner forming a light irradiation zone having an elongated linear shape. Plural lamps with respective reflectors and lenses can be arranged in a row to increase the size of the linear irradiation zone formed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INKJET PRINTHEAD HEATER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094455.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An inkjet printhead heater including a plurality of unit heater layers each including a first nitride layer and a second nitride layer stacked on the first nitride layer, and an inkjet printhead including the heater, and a method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead heater including stacking a plurality of unit heater layers, each including a substrate having a first nitride layer and a second nitride layer stacked on the first nitride layer.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Processor]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094987.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A media storage is adapted to store a plate-shaped medium. A media drive is operable to write data in the medium. A label printer is operable to print on the medium. A media conveyer is operable to convey the medium between the media storage, the media drive and the label printer. A casing defines an interior space of the media processor. A plate-shaped frame divides the interior space into a first space located in a rear upper portion of the interior space, a second space located in a rear lower portion of the interior space and a front space located in a front portion of the interior space. The media drive is disposed in the first space. The label printer is disposed in the second space. The media storage and the media conveyer are disposed in the front space.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of Manufacture]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094447.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of manufacture of printers and printheads formed of a number of modules mounted on a chassis. The modules and chassis are formed with a number of alignment features which engage with one another to form elastic interference couplings. By arranging a number n of such couplings for each module, the variance in positional error of each module with respect to the chassis can be made significantly less than the alignment error of the alignment features themselves, by the process of Average Elastic Alignment. The elastic interference couplings can advantageously be made to form a sealed coupling for the supply of ink from the chassis to each module.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094454.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A manufacturing method for an ink jet recording head including an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting ink, wiring and electrode pad for supplying electric power to the energy generating element, and a flow path formation member in which an ink flow path is formed in fluid communication with an ink ejection outlet, the manufacturing method includes a step of preparing a substrate on which the energy generating element, the wiring and the electrode pad have been formed; a step of forming a protection layer covering edges of and around generating element and the electrode pad; a step of forming, with patterning, an adhesion layer for adhering the flow path formation member to a surface of the substrate through the protection layer, on a portion of the protection layer where the flow path formation member is formed and a portion surrounding the electrode pad; a step forming through an electroless plating, a nickel layer covering the electrode pad and a gold layer covering the nickel layer to provide a bump.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID CONTAINER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094456.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of manufacturing a liquid container, the liquid container including a liquid containing chamber in which a liquid can be contained, an air communicating passage allowing the liquid containing chamber to communicate with air, a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid contained in the liquid container to an outside, a valve mechanism disposed in the liquid supply port, a liquid flow passage allowing the liquid container and the liquid supply port to communicate with each other, and a differential pressure valve which is disposed in the liquid flow passage, which is normally urged to be a closed state, and which is changed from the closed state to an opened state when a differential pressure between a side of the liquid supply port and a side of the liquid containing chamber is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the method includes: removing at least a part of the valve mechanism; inserting a jig from the liquid supply port; forcibly opening the differential pressure valve using the jig against an urging force for urging the differential pressure valve to the closed state; and injecting the liquid from the liquid supply port to the liquid containing chamber through the liquid flow passage while forcibly maintaining the opened state of the differential pressure valve.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inkjet Print Head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094453.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An inkjet print head comprises an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement ( 28 ) and a drive transistor ( 16 ) for driving current through the heater arrangement ( 28 ). The drive transistor ( 16 ) comprises a top gate polysilicon thin film transistor having a field relief doped region ( 20 ) beneath the gate, and the heater arrangement comprises a portion of the polysilicon layer which defines the drive transistor channel. This enables a heating resistor and driving thin film transistors (TFTs) (as well as control logic) to be fabricated on large, rectangular substrates using a poly-Si TFT technology.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inkjet Print Head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094452.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An inkjet print head comprising an array of print head heater circuits, each associated with a respective print head nozzle. Each heater circuit comprises a heater arrangement ( 12 ) and a drive transistor ( 10 ) for driving current through the heater arrangement ( 12 ) connected in series between power lines (V S , GND). The heater arrangement ( 12 ) comprises a plurality of diode elements ( 16 ) in series. The diode elements have an inherent resistance, to provide the required heating, but the voltage drops across the diode elements enable the voltage across the transistor when in the off condition to be reduced. This enables a reduction in size of the transistor and/or enables a higher supply voltage to be used.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096296.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ink-jet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof include a substrate on which a space portion is formed, a passage plate installed on the substrate in which an ink chamber is formed to store ink, a nozzle plate installed at a top surface of the passage plate in which a nozzle is formed to eject the ink, and a vibration plate disposed between the substrate and the passage plate to generate a pressure for ejecting the ink by changing a volume of the ink chamber. The vibration plate includes a base layer formed at a top surface of the substrate so as to cover at least a part of the space portion, a thin film shape memory alloy layer which contacts the ink contained in the ink chamber and varies according to a temperature variation, a heating element disposed between the base layer and the thin film shape memory alloy to generate heat, and an insulating layer disposed between the heating element and the thin film shape memory alloy layer and transfers the heat generated by the heating element to the thin film shape memory alloy layer. Due to a stable temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of the heating element, a height and a width of a voltage supplied to the heat element can be easily controlled, and thus power of the vibration plate can be precisely controlled, thereby having a predetermined image quality, and the heating element does not contact directly the ink, thereby realizing stability of the ink-jet printhead.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanoscale moiety placement methods]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096287.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and structures for placing nanoscale moieties on substrates are provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recording Ink, Ink Cartridge, Inkjet Recording Apparatus, Inkjet Recording Method and Ink Record]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092773.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording ink comprising at least a color material particle which is an inorganic pigment particle coated with one of organic pigment and carbon black, a polymer particle, a water soluble solvent and water, an ink cartridge, an inkjet recording method, an inkjet recording apparatus and an ink record that utilize the recording ink respectively.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INK COMPOSITION HAVING AZO-BASED COLORANT AND INK SET USING THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092770.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ink composition including an azo-based colorant and an ink set using the same. More particularly, an ink composition which uses a lithium salt and a derivative including hydroxynaphthalene of a chromophore as colorants, and includes etriol and an acetylene glycol-based compound, and an ink set using the same.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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