Abstract: A method of applying labels to a store shelf in a retail environment. The method includes applying labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

Abstract: A method for creating a test pattern includes creating a reference ruled line set by ejecting ink from a nozzle formed in a first print tip among a plurality of print tips, and creating a measurement ruled line set by ejecting ink from a nozzle formed in a second print tip among the plurality of print tips. A ruled line in the reference ruled line set and a ruled line in the measurement ruled line set whose positions align in a secondary scan direction when no impact displacement is present in the secondary scan direction are designated as specified ruled lines. The test pattern is created such that spacings between the ruled lines within the reference ruled line set and spacings between the ruled lines within the measurement ruled line set increase on progression in the secondary scan direction away from the specified ruled lines.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a value of sampling precision of an optical sensor for tracking includes: reading a precision variance and a setting precision value from a memory device; measuring the sampling precision of the optical sensor under a normal mode to generate an actually measured precision value; calculating a normalized value that is proportional to the actually measured precision value according to the precision variance, the actually measured precision value, and the setting precision value; and, calibrating the actually measured precision value by using the normalized value.

Abstract: When a power supply mode is an AC power mode, if a correction value which is read out from a non-volatile memory is a second correction value ?2 corresponding to a battery mode, a first correction value ?1 is calculated according to an equation ?1=?2×K2 using the second correction value ?2, and bidirectional printing is performed by controlling an ejection timing of a print head based on the first correction value ?1. Meanwhile, when a power supply mode is the battery mode, if the correction value is the first correction value ?1 corresponding to the AC power mode, the second correction value ?2 is calculated according to an equation ?2=?1×K1 using the first correction value ?1, and bidirectional printing is performed by controlling the ejection timing of the print head based on the second correction value ?2.

Abstract: A grounding structure achieves a conductive state between members by making contact with the members. One member includes a screw-shaped portion in at least part of the member, and the other member includes an anchoring portion that engages with the screw-shaped portion of the one member under a biasing force in an interlocked state.

Abstract: A photosensitive device has a cylinder, a photosensitive sheet slidably wrapping outer surface of the cylinder, and a feeding roller in the cylinder. The feeding roller feeds the photosensitive sheet to the outer surface of the cylinder sequentially. The photosensitive device also has a winding roller in the cylinder. The winding roller rolls the photosensitive sheet sequentially from the outer surface of the cylinder. The photosensitive device also has an adjusting member for adjusting contact force emerged between the cylinder and the photosensitive sheet.

Abstract: An LED printing system includes a data source, a printer controller and an LED printer head. The data source is used to provide original data. The printer controller is used to process the original data. The LED printer head is used to print the processed data without further processing them.

Abstract: The purpose of an optical beam scanning device and an image forming apparatus of the invention is to decrease a deflection angle required for horizontal synchronization and to achieve preferable image forming precision by appropriately obtaining information including registration correction information though reduced deflection angle.

Abstract: A printing apparatus prints directly to a card and has an image forming portion for forming images to an intermediate transfer sheet for temporarily retaining images and a transfer portion for transferring images formed on an intermediate transfer medium to a card. A thermal head in the image forming portion prints directly to a card and forms images on an intermediate transfer medium. A platen roller supports a card or the intermediate transfer medium. Members are shared for the direct transfer and indirect transfer. The apparatus switches between the direct transfer method and the indirect transfer method for printing, is compact and low cost.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic developing device, a photosensitive body, a precharger for precharging the photosensitive body, and exposing units of two optical systems with different light amount distributions, which are provided for one photosensitive body for forming electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive body. The exposing units are selectively used.

Abstract: There is provided a simply structured, cleanerless image forming apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of filming without significant remodeling.

Abstract: An automatic processing method by developing a plural number of exposed photosensitive lithographic printing plates with a developer, which comprises the previously calculating step, the measuring step and the replenishing step as defined herein, wherein during a period from immediately after start of operation of an automatic processing apparatus until the measured electric conductivity value of the developer exceeds the target electric conductivity value, the target electric conductivity value is corrected using a first operation expression as previously defined for every replenishment of the developer replenisher; and after the measured electric conductivity value of the developer first exceeds the target electric conductivity value after start of operation of the automatic processing apparatus, the target electric conductivity value is corrected using a second operation expression for every replenishment of the developer replenisher.

Abstract: A laser printer has one circuit board made of paper phenol without heat radiation function and provided outside a frame body, in which two circuits of a semiconductor laser drive circuit and a motor drive circuit are packaged, a motor mounting member having a motor mounting function alone, a flexible cable for connecting the circuit board provided outside the frame body with a motor placed inside the frame body, and a flexible cable for connecting the circuit board provided outside the frame body with a semiconductor laser installed inside the frame body to be angularly adjustable by itself.

Abstract: A method for imaging a printing form (10) using at least one controllable light source (42) is described, a number of image spots (20) being generated at a number of positions on the printing form (10) in accordance with image data in a bit field, by the controlled action of light on the printing form (10), the intensity of the light acting at at least one of the positions of the image spots (18) being controlled as a function of the value of a measure for the number of the image spots (24) to be generated in one surrounding area (22) of the position. The method may be implemented in a device for imaging a printing form (10), having at least one controllable light source (42) and a control unit (50) including a processor (52) and a memory unit (54) in such a way that a program for executing the method is stored in the memory unit (54) and may be executed in the processor (54). The device may be used in a print unit (58) of a printing press (60).

Abstract: A method of reducing consumption of a developer used in an electrophotographic processor that forms a latent electrostatic image on a charged photosensitive object using a laser exposure unit for outputting a laser beam, the method including adjusting a power of the laser beam to match a user-selected density of an output image so as to adjust an electric potential between an image region and a non-image region of the latent electrostatic image, wherein the consumption of the developer is reduced, and an electrophotographic processor performing the method.

Abstract: An optical microswitch printer head comprising a micromachined optical microswitch array with optical microswitches extending in a main scanning direction. The optical microswitch is based on a variable air gap Fabry-Perot cavity that is defined by two non-absorbing distributed Bragg reflectors. One of the distributed Bragg reflectors is supported by flexible beams so that the length of the Fabry-Perot cavities can be set to be equal to an odd or even multiple of a quarter wavelength of a working optical wave by applying a voltage. As a result, the optical microswitches can be pushed into a transmission state or “on” state for letting a light pass through or a reflection state or “off” state for blocking the light. The optical microswitch printer head can utilize a gas discharge lamp such as a cold cathode fluorescent lamp as a light source.

Abstract: A glass substrate is fixed onto a cylindrical support member (drum), the cylindrical support member is rotated (a fast scan), a laser recording head is moved in an axial direction of the cylindrical support member (a slow scan), and a laser beam is modulated and controlled like an image through the laser recording head so that an image character is recorded on the glass substrate.

Abstract: An image recording device has: a recording head which has plural channels arranged rectilinearly, and which can illuminate light beams; a line memory storing image data, which is based on a number of main scan lines of one main scan by the recording head, as one unit; and a buffer storing, for each of the respective channels, data stored in the line memory. At a look up table, channel reshuffling control is executed, and pixel offset amounts of lines corresponding to channels of reshuffle destinations are added, and data is transferred to the buffer. When a channel order is reshuffled due to movement of the recording head, reshuffling control is carried out at the table in accordance with an order at a time of reshuffling, and at a time of transferring the image data from the line memory to the buffer.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of printing on an electrically writable medium are disclosed. In one aspect, a printer for printing on an electrically writable medium includes a print head and a biasing system. The print head has multiple solenoid-actuated print wires that are operable to reciprocate toward and away from the medium. The biasing system is coupled to the print head and is operable to apply through print wires extended toward the medium an electric field greater than a threshold electric field needed to reorient switchable display elements in a localized region of the medium.

Abstract: A printing machine with an electrophotographic device, having a photoconductor, a photoconductor drive and an illumination device. The electrophotographic unit can be provided with the substrate by a feed device. The photoconductor drive motor is adjusted by a controller and the feed device can be linearly adjusted by a feed device drive motor. In order to produce high-definition prints, especially images or lettering on plate-shaped substrates, the feed device drive motor is adjusted by a controller that is controlled by a master-slave controller via a setpoint feed. The controller for the photoconductor drive motor is also controlled by the master-slave controller via a setpoint feed and the master slave controller synchronizes the feeding speed of the feed device and the speed of movement of the photoconductor.

Abstract: An image transferring and sheet separating device of the present invention includes a belt facing an image carrier. The belt conveys a sheet via a nip between it and the image carrier to thereby transfer a toner image formed on the image carrier to the sheet by being applied with a bias and then separates the sheet from the sheet. The belt contains a filler having a grain size of 0.5% to 5% of the thickness of said belt. The belt is driven with circumferential length 1% to 7% greater than circumferential length in an unloaded condition.

Abstract: An optical interlink made from an optical transducer capable of optically exchanging information. Information to and from the optical transducer passes through a light pipe transducer end and an optical data port end. The optical light pipe consists of separate transmit and a receive light pipes.

Abstract: A printer having a fuser controlled by sensing a temperature differences between at least two zones within the printer, detecting a prescribed temperature differential and then sending a signal to the fuser in order to change its operating temperature based upon the temperature difference sensed.

Abstract: An ink jet printer for making photographic prints includes at least one paper supply for holding a supply of print paper and a sheet paper transport belt arranged to receive sheets of print paper from the at least one paper supply and transport the sheets through the printer. A back printer is located between the paper supply and the paper transport belt for applying back prints to the print paper. A full print width color ink jet print head is located over a first portion of the transport belt for printing an image on a paper sheet. A paper support located under the ink jet print head is provided with ink overspill collection grooves to collect overspilled ink from the ink jet print head.

Abstract: A liquid ejection recording head includes a plurality of arrays of ejection outlets for ejecting the same liquid; common chambers, provided for respective arrays of the ejection outlets, for supplying the liquid to the arrays of the ejection outlets, respectively; a liquid inlet for receiving the liquid from an outside of the liquid recording head; a common passage in fluid communication with the liquid inlet; branched passages branched from the common passage and in fluid communication with the common chambers, respectively, wherein the branched passages have liquid supply properties which are equivalent to each other.

Abstract: An optical writing printer head capable of reducing the printing time in the proportion to the print resolution (dot density) is provided. An optical writing printer head 14 is designed to print onto a sheet of photosensitive print paper, which is intermittently fed at a constant paper feeding pitch Qp in a paper feeding direction Z, by irradiating light onto the print paper when the paper is scanned in a scanning direction X intersecting the paper feeding direction Z, and is provided with a first light source group Sr in the paper feeding directgion. The first light source group Sr includes N pieces of light sources Sr2, Sr3 of one color which are arrayed along the paper feeding direction Z at the standard pitch Qs of 1/N of the paper feeding pitch Q, where N is a natural number which is 2 or larger.

Abstract: The invention pertains to on demand printers such as thermal transfer, ink jet, laser, impact, and the like. More particularly, the invention discloses printers and methods for depositing an ultraviolet curable ink onto a printable item, and curing the ink with ultraviolet radiation emitted from the device. The ultraviolet light may be emitted from a curing station which is integral with or remotely connected to the printing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus,-in which an ink sheet is superimposed onto an image receiving sheet and subjected to imagewise exposure to light to allow an image in the ink sheet to transfer to the image receiving sheet to form an image is disclosed, comprising a drum, an exposure device, a detecting device for detecting quality information of the ink sheet and/or image receiving sheet, a memory device for memorizing an exposure condition corresponding the quality information, and a control device for controlling the exposure device and/or the drum.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes transporting belt transporting a printing sheet in a flat surface region opposing to respective ejection openings of printing heads, suction force generating means for generating an electrostatic suction force on a transporting surface of the belt and control means for controlling to generate the suction force only in a region opposing to the head. The control means applies positive and negative high potential to the suction force generating means with reference to a potential of the head.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for drying a receiver media (30) in an ink jet printer. The apparatus generally comprises a means for creating a pressure differential between the upper surface (20) and the lower surface (50) of the receiver media (30), wherein the pressure at the lower surface (50) of the receiver media (30) is lower than the pressure at the upper surface (20) of the receiver media (30). The pressure differential-creating means may include a vacuum pump (70) adapted to generate a vacuum at the lower surface (50) of the receiver media (30) or an air pump (130) adapted to pass air currents (140) across the lower surface (50) of the receiver media (30) to cause a “Bernoulli effect”.

Abstract: A discharging unit has multiple discharging rollers for transporting sheets downstream from a recording head in the direction of transporting, arrayed in the direction of transporting. Of the multiple discharging rollers, a second discharging roller at the farthest-downstream disposed farthest downstream in the sheet transporting direction is formed with higher precision than a first discharging roller disposed further upstream.

Abstract: An ink jet printing process comprising: forming an image directly on a printing medium by an electrostatic ink jet method comprising ejecting an oil ink using electrostatic field based on signals of image data; and preparing a printed matter by fixing said image, wherein said process uses: (1) an ink circulation line having the following members a, b and c: a. an ink jet ejection head, b. an ink transportation line comprising an ink feed line for feeding said oil ink to said ink jet ejection head and an ink recovery line for recovering said oil ink from said ink jet ejection head, and c.

Abstract: In the print position adjustment procedure when performing bidirectional printing by using a first head and a second head, patterns (A) and (B) are printed to adjust the print positions of the first and second heads relative to each other in each of the forward and backward directions. A pattern (C) is printed to adjust the print position deviation of one of the two heads (first head) between the forward and backward directions. From these patterns three correction values are obtained to perform corrections. This allows the print position alignment between the forward and backward scans for one head (first head) to be performed by using the pattern (C). The print position alignment of the second head with respect to the first head as a reference in each of the forward and backward directions can be performed by using the patterns (A) and (B).

Abstract: 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 stuck thereto are set, and cover film winding-up portions located close to the sheet set portions. Those sheet set portions and the cover film winding-up portions are disposed along the circumferential outer surface of the recording medium station 53. An end of the cover film 6 slightly stripped off the recording medium is fixed to the wind-up shafts 12, and the cover film 6 stripped off the recording medium set to the medium setting shafts 10 is wound up with a wind-up shaft 12. The stripped cover film 6 is wound up with the wind-up shafts 12.

Abstract: A color proofing apparatus (11) for writing images to an intermediate ink receiving element (32) comprising an inkjet printhead (602) for writing the images to the intermediate ink receiving element (32). A lead screw (250) moves the inkjet printhead (602) in a first direction relative to the intermediate ink receiving element (32). The intermediate ink receiving element (32) is mounted on the vacuum imaging drum (300) which is rotated by a motor (341) relative to the inkjet printhead.

Abstract: A printer and method for printing indicia on a disk. According to an embodiment of the invention, a printer comprises a plurality of elongate print heads arranged orthogonally with respect to each other about a center axis defined between the print heads. The print heads are capable of printing indicia on a disk having an annular printing area. The disk may be a recordable compact disk or a read-only memory compact disk, if desired. The print heads may be coupled to a rotatable hub centered at the center axis, such that the print heads extend radially outwardly from the hub. A motor is coupled to the hub for rotating the hub, so that the print heads rotate in unison about the center axis as the hub rotates. A controller coupled to the motor and print heads synchronously control operation of the motor and print heads. In this configuration of the invention, the print heads rotate while the disk is stationary.