Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing dry toner and the like are provided, in which toner remaining after transfer can be recovered during developing with or without having a blade cleaning stage for promoting friction of an electrostatic latent image holding member. The electrostatic latent image developing toner contains toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant and monodisperse resin particles having a volume mean diameter of 80 to 300 nm, a gel ratio of 60% or more by weight, and a standard deviation of D50×0.20 or less. A method of producing the above toner first mixes monodisperse resin particles, which have a volume mean diameter of 80 to 300 nm, a gel ratio of 60% or more by weight, and a standard deviation of D50×0.20 or less, with toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and adds an inorganic compound having a diameter smaller than that of the resin particles with a shear lower than the first mixing.

Abstract: Provided are processes for cleaning which ensure easy cleaning of at least one of a fixing roller and a fixing belt in an electrophotographic apparatus, and image forming apparatuses which employ such processes. To achieve this, an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet which has a support and a toner image-receiving layer containing a thermoplastic resin on the support, and the length of which in the direction of feeding (L1) is longer than at least one of the perimeter of the fixing roller (L2) and the perimeter of the fixing belt (L3), both of which are the heating and pressuring means of the image forming apparatus, is used as a cleaning sheet.

Abstract: In the image forming process of the present invention wherein a toner is fixed on an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet using a belt fixing and smoothing device, the relationship among the temperature of a heating and fixing roller, the melting point of a toner wax, and the glass transition point of a toner binder, the relationship among the temperature of a heating and fixing roller, the melting point of a wax in the image-receiving layer, and the glass transition point of a binder in the image-receiving layer, and the relationship between the polar components of surface free energy of the toner-image-receiving layer before and after image fixing are optimized. The present invention is to prevent offset in the toner and the toner-image-receiving layer of the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet upon releasing of the belt and to avoid deterioration in image quality especially in operation over the long run.

Abstract: A federated search engine groups search results from information sources using attributes of the search results. In grouping the search results, a first set and a second set of attributes are extracted from content in each set of search results received using information source wrappers. The first set of attributes defines a main clustering strategy, and the second set of attributes defines a sub-clustering strategy. A main grouping of the sets of search results received from the information sources is generated using the first set of attributes. The main grouping of search results includes a plurality of labeled groups with a plurality of search results in each group. A sub-grouping of search results is generated for each labeled group of search results in the main grouping of search results using the second set of attributes.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner of a custom color in a developer unit including a housing defining a reservoir for storing a supply of toner, a donor member for transporting toner to an imaging surface; including: identifying custom color requested; determining color of toner in the reservoir; detoning toner on the donor member if the color of toner in the reservoir is beyond a predefined value in color space from the custom color requested; calculating and dispensing primaries toner colors to be added to the reservoir to obtained the custom color requested; mixing the primary toner colors dispensed in the reservoir; and evaluating and comparing the color components of the toner being mixed to the custom color requested.

Abstract: A precision partially cylindrical web guide member for use as a backer bar in electrophotographic printers or as a similar web guide in an apparatus with moving webs. In a novel process of the invention, multiple web guide members may be manufactured from arc segments of a tube wherein the finished radial dimensions of the web guide members are formed in a turning process. The bottom surface of the web guide member need not be machined or finished.

Abstract: An overlay for use with a screen, wherein the screen is a touch sensitive screen with a display containing at least one touch selectable feature thereon, wherein the overlay includes a substrate for placement over the screen, wherein the substrate has at least one hole positioned over the at least one touch selectable feature.

Abstract: An ink printing acoustic print head. The ink printing acoustic print head prints ink on a print medium. The ink printing acoustic print head has a fluid distribution manifold and a fluid distribution stack in fluid communication with the fluid distribution manifold. A front membrane has a print work area. The front membrane is sealed to the fluid distribution stack. An acoustic array having droplet emitters is fixedly located between the front membrane and the fluid distribution stack with the droplet emitters facing the print work area. Ink is transferred from the fluid distribution manifold through the fluid distribution stack and to the print work area. Droplets of ink are emitted from the print work area by selectively energizing the droplet emitters.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, wherein in regard to the molecular weight by GPC of the THF dissolved components of the toner, the ratio of at least 5×105 in the integral molecular weight distribution is not higher than 1% by weight, the ratio of not higher than 3×103 is not higher than 30% by weight, and the ratio {W(5×103)/W(1×105)} of the ratio {W(5×103)} of not higher than 5×103 to the ratio {W(1×105)} of at least 1×105 is from 15 to 50. Also, the molecular weight by GPC of the THF dissolved components of the toner is distributed in the range of not larger than 1×106, the value of the differential molecular weight distribution of the molecular weight of 5×103 is not larger than 0.55%, and the value of the differential molecular weight distribution of the molecular weight of 1×105 is not larger than 0.15%.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming process including the steps of: forming a latent image; developing the latent image with a toner to form a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a receiving body; and fixing the toner image to the receiving body, wherein the step of fixing is carried out using a fixing device including a heat-fixing roller, an endless belt, and a pressure member to allow the endless belt to travel around the heat-fixing roller at a given angle such that a nip is produced through which a recording sheet passes, with the pressure member being pressed to distort the heat-resistant elastic layer in the heat-fixing roller, and wherein the toner for developing the electrostatic latent image satisfies predetermined requirements.

Abstract: A peripheral equipment management device and method for integrally managing peripheral equipment connected via a network are provided. In the peripheral equipment management device, a command is given to a plurality of printers at predetermined intervals. The peripheral equipment management device receives responses from the printers, stores the responses, and reports the responses to a monitoring device which monitors the printers.

Abstract: A method of minimizing line correlated noise in an imaging system is described. In the described embodiment, gate lines are used to access pixels in an array of pixels, and the output of the pixels are read out from output lines. By randomizing the connection or positioning of the lines such that each gate or read out is coupled to pixels in different columns or rows, the line correlation of noise is reduced.

Abstract: Fuser members and processes are provided for crosslinked fluorocarbon elastomer surfaces containing a fluorocarbon elastomer and a non-amino crosslinker together with methods for providing a crosslinked fluorocarbon elastomer surface on a fuser member supporting substrate which include mixing together an acid acceptor, an emulsifier, water, and non-amino based crosslinker with a latex fluorocarbon elastomer.

Abstract: Organic light emitting devices includes a light emission region between a cathode and anode. The light emission region comprises an organic light emitting material. The organic light emitting devices are formed by annealing as-fabricated devices. The annealing improves the performance of the as-fabricated devices, by decreasing their operating voltage and increasing their energy conversion efficiency. Multiple organic light emitting devices can be annealed to make the properties of the devices more uniform relative to each other.

Abstract: A method for providing three dimensional optical memory storage for computers. The method comprises subjecting a nanocomposite to irradiation. The nanocomposite comprises a matrix of particles of a liquid core resin within an inner shell resin and an outer shell resin. The inner shell resin retains the liquid core resin while the outer shell resin forms a continuous phase of the matrix. The particles of core resin contain at least one photosensitive compound and are in an array in the matrix. The continuous phase is substantially free of photosensitive compound. The irradiation may be a single beam of irradiation selectively focused on individual particles in the array to effect photobleaching of individual particles or a two-photon irradiation of a wavelength to effect photobleaching.

Abstract: A foil-less binding tape is provided. The binding tape includes a coated backing strip, a first hot melt spine adhesive stripe coated on a coated side of the backing strip, wherein the first hot melt adhesive stripe is located away from the edges of the strip and the first hot melt adhesive stripe runs substantially from one end of the strip to the other end of the strip about the long axis of the strip; and at least two second hot melt flap adhesive stripes coated on a coated side of the backing strip wherein the second adhesive stripes are located in areas other than those covered by the first adhesive stripe.

Abstract: An organic fight emitting device (OLED) will have multiple capping layers on an electrode to provide a passivation region to prevent formation of dark spots. The passivation capping layers are, in sequence from the electrode, a first dielectric material layer, a metal or metal alloy layer with a work function of less than 4 eV, and a second dielectric protective layer.

Abstract: A pressure belt useful in electrostatographic machines, having a polyimide substrate, an optional intermediate and/or adhesive layer, and an outer polyimide layer.

Abstract: A presentation control system and method to facilitate the interaction between a user and a presentation device. The user generates tangible sensible identification devices, which are linked to items to be displayed in a presentation. In use, the user places the tangible sensible identification-carrying device in the sensible area of an identification sensing device. The identification sensing device reads an identification from the identification-carrying device and determines a presentation element identified by the identification. The presentation element is then displayed via a presentation display device. Alternatively, the user generates one or more control identification devices which are linked to controllable element(s) to be controlled in a presentation. In use, the user places the controllable identification-carrying device in the sensible area of a control identification sensing device.

Abstract: Discloses an image formation apparatus capable of achieving a picture quality improvement of a multi-value image without increasing the size of a look-up table to a size larger than the size of a look-up table that is used for the picture quality improvement at the time of forming two-value image data. The image formation apparatus can form an image having at least one density in addition to two values of white and black in pixel units, and includes a density separation section that distributes a multi-value image data to a plurality of density planes according to a predetermined rule, a correction signal generator that outputs correction signals for correcting the layout of pixels in each of the plurality of density planes, and a correction signal combiner that combines the correction signals output from the density planes according to a predetermined combining rule.