Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring substrate bending stiffness and thereby basis weight on a real time basis. Provided is a corrugator having a plurality of parallel ribs, with one or more sheets of the substrate provided below the corrugator wherein a predetermined gap exists between a topmost sheet of the sheets and the corrugator. A vacuum is applied between the corrugator and the topmost sheet, wherein the vacuum is sufficiently large to raise the topmost sheet, thereby deflecting and bending it into a profile corresponding to the arrangement and size of the corrugator ribs and bending stiffness of the substrate. One or more sensors are provided for measuring the deflection of the topmost sheet. The vacuum, an air knife output and/or a fluffer output are then adjusted according to predetermined rules and the measured deflection.

Abstract: A printing system includes intelligence for balancing throughput, image quality and memory requirements. The printing system includes intelligence for determining whether to print a page in an interleaved mode or in a single page mode. Color pages containing poorly compressed color separations are printed in a single page mode so as to ensure that all of the color separations of the page may fit into the available memory and that system throughput is sufficient. The pages that are not printed in an interleaved mode are printed in a single page mode. The resolution of color data contained in a page that is to be printed in a single page mode may be reduced to fulfill system throughput and memory requirements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner comprising particles of a resin and an optional colorant, said toner particles having coated thereon a polypyrrole. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a process which comprises (a) generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member, and (b) developing the latent image by contacting the imaging member with charged toner particles comprising a resin and an optional colorant, said toner particles having coated thereon a polypyrrole.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula The compounds are useful as colorants, particularly in applications such as phase change inks.

Abstract: A surface emitting laser and a surface emitting laser array capable of high-luminance optical output in fundamental transverse mode, which can be produced easily with good reproducibility and with small position variation. The surface emitting laser has an active layer region composed of an active layer and upper and lower spacer layers deposited on both sides thereof and reflection layers deposited on both sides of the active layer region, an upper reflecting layer deposited on the upper spacer layer of the active layer region, a lower reflecting layer deposited on the lower spacer layer of the active layer region, and a secondary cavity formed by a first mode control layer and a second mode control layer placed on the periphery of the region of emission of the laser beam at the upper reflecting layer.

Abstract: The command embedding systems and methods enable embedding control signals into standard video signals during recording. Specifically, a user selects a mode of operation of the command signal embedding system. Based on the selected mode, control signals are either manually or automatically embedded in a video signal as the video signal is recorded. The control signals may include, but are not limited to, commands that identify the state of the video camera or the environmental conditions surrounding the video camera or commands that tag key frames in the video signal. Once the control signal is received and embedded, the embedded control signal may be recorded, for example, to facilitate further editing, or may be directly televised or broadcast with further manipulation in mind.

Abstract: An airtight elastic cap of an ink-jet recording head and a storage container employing the airtight elastic cap provide high airtightness between a nozzle face and the airtight cap and minimizes ink leak from the recording head even when the head is mounted or dismounted, or when a storage environment changes suddenly. The airtight elastic cap includes a body and an inside wall provided inside thereof. A portion of the wall defines a first space and another portion defines a second space positioned continuously to a center of the first space. The storage container includes a container body that houses the ink-jet recording head and the airtight elastic cap, placed within the container body, that abuts against and protects an ink emission face of the ink-jet recording head while the ink-jet recording is housed.

Abstract: A wire tensioning apparatus and method tensions one or more wires by moving the tensioning function from a wire module to an apparatus external to the wire module. Externally to the wire module, a wire is attached to a fixed end and a movable end. Tension is placed on the wire, and the tension in the wire or the vibrational frequency of the wire is detected and compared to a desired value. If the tension in, or the vibrational frequency of, the tensioned wire does not correspond to the desired value, the tension is further adjusted until the desired value is met. Once the desired tension or the vibrational frequency is met, the wire is secured in the wire module in order to maintain the achieved tension and/or vibrational frequency.

Abstract: A simplified user interface for an image database management system is described. The interface provides a menu driven system for generating a search query. A remote server generates a result containing images that satisfy the search parameters in the query. The interface then displays the images in the result as simulated slides. A user organizes the simulated slides for a presentation by manipulating the simulated slides. The slides may be manipulated on a simulated light table or by placing the slides in a simulated slide carousel. The slides may be freely transferred among the light table, slide sleeve, and slide carousel. Handling images as simulated slides on equipment familiar to the user substantially reduces the time needed to learn how to use the user interface.

Abstract: A pressure member is provided suitable for use in an image forming system. The pressure member includes a core surrounded by a sleeve. The inner perimeter of the sleeve is large than the outer perimeter of the core to enable the sleeve to be removed and replaced easily when worn out.

Abstract: Image editing method and apparatus which facilitate image editing operation and improve the efficiency thereof by enabling selective use of many editing histories or command strings, used in the past, with ease. A command string used in an editing period for one image is registered as a macro, in correspondence with associated information related to the edited image. When the next image is edited, associated information of registered command strings are displayed, as buttons, in list form. A user can discriminate the contents of the command strings and can visually discriminate a command string appropriate to the currently-edited image by observing the associated information. In response to the user's button selection operation, a corresponding command string is applied to the currently-edited image.

Abstract: A method includes generating a first set of image information representative of a first portion of the multiple page image, the first set of image data corresponding to a first page of the multiple page image. The method also includes generating alignment indicia image information relating to the first portion of the multiple page image. The method further includes generating combined image information comprising the first set of image information and the alignment indicia image information.

Abstract: A system processes a color image. A high-resolution cache stores high-resolution data. A low-resolution memory, electrically connected to the high-resolution cache, stores low-resolution data. The low-resolution memory is capable of storing at least as much data as the high-resolution cache. An image processor, connected to both the high-resolution cache and the low-resolution memory, receives sequential segments of low-resolution and antialiased image data. As the image processor receives a current segment of the image data, the image processor either 1) transmits the current segment of image data to the low-resolution memory or 2) transforms the current segment to high-resolution data and transmits the high-resolution data to the high-resolution cache.

Abstract: In an image recording apparatus, the surface of an image carrier is formed of a material having a high affinity to particulates the particle size of which is smaller than toner and the surfaces of which have been treated to be hydrophobic, so that a layer of the particulates treated to be hydrophobic is retained on the surface of the image carrier.

Abstract: A transistor of nanometer size is provided, which is capable of high-speed operation and operates at room temperatures by using carbon nanotubes for semiconductor devices. The transistor uses a carbon nanotube ring having semiconductor characteristics as a semiconductor material, or a carbon nanotube ring having conductivity or semiconductor characteristics as an electrode material.

Abstract: The invention provides devices for analyzing genetic material comprising a substrate and a first genetic material position and a second genetic material position on the substrate that each comprise genetic material attached to the substrate. The invention also provides methods of distributing genetic material comprising distributing at least one device.

Abstract: An information collection apparatus working as an agent of a plurality of client terminals for collecting information from an information providing server. A plurality of requested-item lists are stored in the requested-item list table, one for each client terminal. Each requested-item list is composed of a plurality of requested-items identifying a plurality of information items to be obtained by each client terminal. An information manager, which has the function of a combining processor, combines the contents of a plurality of requested-item lists to create a collection list. The collection list is composed of a plurality of collection items identifying a plurality of information to be collected by the information collection apparatus. The collection list is stored in a collection list table. An information collection processor actively references the information providing server to check if information has been updated, based on the collection list. Updated latest information is collected in this way.

Abstract: The customer replacement unit memory of a replaceable cartridge for a copier or printer is pre-programmed to print advertising or promotion material.

Abstract: Provided are particles for use in a display device, in which particles cohesive force between the particles and a specific gravity are reduced, and an image display medium which can ensure a stable display image over a long period of time, and an image forming device. The particles for a display device are such that the cohesive force between the particles and the specific gravity are reduced. Further, the present invention can provide the image display medium, in which a driving voltage can be set to be low, and which can ensure a stable display image over a long period of time even if there are shocks from an exterior or static states over long periods and the image forming device utilizing this image display medium.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for guiding human operators through a sequence of maintenance and repair tasks such as the removal of paper jams in complex reprographic equipment. The invention comprises the placement of human interpretable indicators in locations corresponding to various operations to be performed by an operator and then activating such indicators in sequence when sensors and a control algorithm confirm that operations preceding the operation in the sequence are completed.