Patents by Inventor Mark S. Janosky
Mark S. Janosky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6533169Abstract: A photographic image printer, method of printing, and a software program for printing digital images which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention permits can also provide In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided non-chemistry printing device which requires little floor space.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Scott C. Robinson, Xin Wen, Mark S. Janosky
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Patent number: 6459471Abstract: A photographic image printer, method of printing, and a software program for printing digital images which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention permits can also provide. In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided non-chemistry printing device which requires little floor space.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Scott C. Robinson, Xin Wen, Mark S. Janosky
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Patent number: 6452663Abstract: A method of printing images on a cut sheet with which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Scott C. Robinson, Xin Wen, Mark S. Janosky
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Publication number: 20020122165Abstract: A photographic image printer, method of printing, and a software program for printing digital images which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention permits can also provide In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided non-chemistry printing device which requires little floor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 1999Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventors: SCOTT C. ROBINSON, XIN X.W. WEN, MARK S. JANOSKY
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Patent number: 6394669Abstract: A photofinishing apparatus is designed such that full bleed durable prints are produced with a high productivity and low waste generation process. The photofinishing apparatus in this case includes a printer and a finisher or post-print treatment processor. The printer is designed to produce media segment with multiple images of various formats. This media segment is then transported to the post-print treatment processor. The post-print treatment processor includes a dryer station, a durability station, a two-axis cutting station, and a print sorting station. The dryer performs the function of drying the media segment. The durability station performs the function of applying and or fixing durability material on the media segments. The two-axis cutting station includes slitting and chopping stations that performs the required two-axis cutting that produces the full bleed prints.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark S. Janosky, James A. Larrabee
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Publication number: 20010030738Abstract: A photographic image printer, method of printing, and a software program for printing digital images which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention permits can also provide In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided non-chemistry printing device which requires little floor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Scott C. Robinson, Xin X.W. Wen, Mark S. Janosky
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Publication number: 20010028444Abstract: A photographic image printer, method of printing, and a software program for printing digital images which analyzes pending orders, determines the image printing sequence, and allocates print media intelligently to enable high printing productivity and low media waste. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention permits can also provide In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided non-chemistry printing device which requires little floor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Scott C. Robinson, Xin Wen, Mark S. Janosky
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Patent number: 6037735Abstract: A slow-speed servomechanism includes a motor for driving a load; a direct drive transmission between the motor and the load; an incremental optical encoder connected to the load, the encoder having analog sine and cosine outputs; an analog to digital converter for converting the sine and cosine analog values to digital values; and a digital controller, connected to the motor and the analog to digital converter, for controlling the motor.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1999Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark S. Janosky, Kenneth A. Lindsay
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Patent number: 5553951Abstract: An interactive dye thermal transfer printing apparatus and process uses a dye donor layer and a dye receiver layer, passing the dye donor layer and the opposed receiver layer between a thermal print head and a platen heated to raise the temperature of the dye receiver layer to its glass transition temperature. The thermal print head is image-wise energized to diffuse dye from the dye donor layer to the dye receiver layer. At the same time, thermal energy is transferred from the platen to the dye receiver layer to provide energy to react the dye with the receiver layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William H. Simpson, Jacob J. Hastreiter, Jr., Mark S. Janosky, Mark A. Bobb
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Patent number: 5457082Abstract: A process of forming a dye transfer image comprising imagewise-heating, by means of a thermal print head, a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a sublimable, metallizable dye precursor dispersed in a polymeric binder, and transferring a dye image to a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer containing a metal ion to form the dye transfer image, wherein the support of the dye-receiving layer is heated above ambient temperature from the side opposite to the side facing the thermal print head either prior to or during transfer of the thermal dye image.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William H. Simpson, Jacob J. Hastreiter, Jr., Mark S. Janosky
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Patent number: 5446355Abstract: A media transport system for controlling the position and velocity of media in a document production apparatus marking engine having a media positioning system driven by a motor, includes a motion control loop to control the motor; a sensor adapted to detect the position of the media and to create a trigonometric signal characteristic of the position of the media, the trigonometric signal comprising frequency and phase components; a resolver electronics subsystem adapted to trigonometrically process the trigonometric signal to create a resolved signal; and means for comparing the resolved signal to a reference clock signal of predetermined frequency and phase to provide an error signal used to control the motor that drives the media positioning system. The trigonometric signal may include a sine portion and a cosine portion. The sine portion of the trigonometric signal is sin(.omega..sub.e *t+.phi..sub.e) and the cosine portion of the trigonometric signal is cos(.omega..sub.e *t+.phi..sub.e); where .omega..Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1993Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark S. Janosky, David A. Johnson, Kenneth A. Lindsay, James T. Stoops
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Patent number: 5374944Abstract: A thermal printer is disclosed in which an image is generated on a line-by-line basis with a printhead that is comprised of a plurality of individually activated resistor elements along its length. Uniformity of image intensity is achieved by carefully controlling an ambient temperature of the printing head. This control of ambient temperature is achieved with a cooling fin that is thermally coupled to the printhead. A duct surrounds the cooling fin and air is blown through the duct to transfer heat from the cooling fin. The shapes of the cooling fin and the duct are such that the printhead is maintained at a substantially uniform temperature along its length. A unit cross-sectional area of the duct and a unit surface area of the cooling fin vary along the length of the printhead in a accordance with the expression: Q=unit surface area of cooling fin/unit cross-sectional area of duct=k/L.sup.n, where k is a constant, L is a distance along the length of the printhead an n is a positive exponential power.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1992Date of Patent: December 20, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark S. Janosky, Robert R. Brearey