Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Kapushinski

Ronald A. Kapushinski 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing
    Patent number: 6680743
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor
  • Methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing
    Patent number: 6452620
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor
  • Methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing
    Publication number: 20020057325
    Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor