Abstract: In one example, a shroud to protect a printhead in a print bar includes: an elongated body having an opening therein through which a printhead may dispense liquid past the shroud when the shroud is affixed to the print bar; and a bump on an exterior surface of the body next to the opening. The bump is configured to guide a leading edge of print media away from the printhead during printing when the shroud is affixed to the print bar and the print bar is installed in a printer.

Abstract: In one example, a media guide for use in a printer having a print bar and a print zone adjacent to the print bar includes a movable blocker downstream from the print zone along a media path and movable though a range of motion to block print media from leaving the media path when exiting the print zone.

Abstract: In one example, a shroud to protect a printhead in a print bar includes: an elongated body having an opening therein through which a printhead may dispense liquid past the shroud when the shroud is affixed to the print bar; and a bump on an exterior surface of the body next to the opening. The bump is configured to guide a leading edge of print media away from the printhead during printing when the shroud is affixed to the print bar and the print bar is installed in a printer.

Abstract: Systems and methods to monitor an asset in an operating process unit are disclosed. An example method includes monitoring one or more equipment parameters associated with an asset in an operating process unit, monitoring one or more process parameters associated with the asset, and determining an asset health value corresponding to the asset based on the one or more monitored equipment parameters, process parameters, and baseline data associated with the one or more equipment parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toaster (1) comprising a number of side panels (2), each provided with a number of heating elements (14), a number of end panels (3, 4) and a base part (5), where the side panels (2) and the end panels (3, 4) are connected to the base part (5), wherein each of the side panels (2) at a lower edge part is pivotally hinged to the base part (5) and adapted to be unfolded and folded between vertical and horizontal positions of use, respectively.

Abstract: A method is provided for the formation of a molded article comprising the steps of: providing at least one liquid plastisol composition, providing an injection molding apparatus including an injection barrel, feeding the at least one liquid plastisol composition to the injection barrel, heating the at least one plastisol composition within the injection barrel to the fusion temperature of the plastisol, and injecting the at least one plastisol composition to the mold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an openable screen element such as an insert unit to be inserted into an opening of a wall, particularly a door or a window, comprising at least one screen element side-hinged to the frame structure, said screen element being pivotally mounted over a hinge axis in the frame structure for opening and closing in a direction away from the opening, where the screen element comprises two mutually angled planar sectional elements preferably rectangular in shape, positioned in different planes with an intersection line essentially parallel with the hinge axis. Apart from being communication surfaces containing information of the activities in a room with one or more doors according to the invention mounted into the walls, the screen element, such as a door surface of a screen element according to the invention, will also be able to function as a direction pointer or provide visual indication of the direction for opening of the screen element (door or window) due to its bent shape.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a usage fee and a monitoring fee for a user of a multifunction system over a time period. The monitoring fee entitles the user to receive monitoring of one or more usage data points on the multifunction system over the time period. Each usage data points corresponds to a level of use of a function of the multifunction system. If the monitored usage data point satisfies an incentive criterion, the user may be provided with a financial incentive, such as a rebate, discount or credit of a portion of the usage fee.

Abstract: A print job is received in a complex printing environment. The print job is decomposed optimal batch sizes by into method and system processing a print job by identifying a total processing time T(b) for each of multiple batch sizes, and the total processing time for each of the batch sizes are compared to determine which of the batch sizes is optimal for the printing environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes for damp proofing and waterproofing structures by the adhesion of a thin thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane to a belowgrade surface structure. The inventive processes may find application in the damp proofing and waterproofing of belowgrade structures such as building foundations and basements, reservoirs, ornamental pools, ponds, plaza decks, parking decks, walkways, tunnels, earthen shelters, bridge abutments, retaining walls, landfills and water/chemical canals, and may greatly reduce or even prevent the ingress of water and the concomitant entry of waterborne molds, fungi, salts and other pollutants such as pesticides and radon into those structures.

Abstract: The present invention provides processes for damp proofing and/or waterproofing structures by the adhesion of a thin thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane to a belowgrade surface structure. The inventive processes may find application in the damp proofing and/or waterproofing of belowgrade structures such as building foundations and basements, reservoirs, ornamental pools, ponds, plaza decks, parking decks, walkways, tunnels, earthen shelters, bridge abutments, retaining walls, landfills and water/chemical canals.

Abstract: A method of compressing a document includes: acquiring an image of the document, the image represented by pixels; segmenting the image into Mixed Raster Content (MRC) planes including a foreground plane (12) that receives a first portion of the pixels, a background plane (14) that receives a second portion of the pixels, and a selector plane (16) that identifies which of the foreground and background planes the pixels belong to; identifying a geometric shape in at least one of the MRC planes; determining if the identified geometric shape has a substantially uniform color; and, replacing the identified shape when it is determined to have a substantially uniform color with a vector graphic representation of the geometric shape.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for image segmentation to produce a mixed raster content (MRC) image with constant foreground layers. The invention extracts uniform text and other uniform color objects that carry detail information. The method includes four primary steps. First, the objects are extracted from the image. Next, the objects are tested for color consistency and other features to decide if they should be chosen for coding to the MRC foreground layers. The objects that are chosen are then clustered in color space. The image is finally segmented such that each foreground layer codes the objects from the same color cluster.