Abstract: A printer (300) is disclosed. The printer has two scanners (336, 338) in the paper path of the printer located after the print zone (346). The two scanners are spaced apart from each other by a known distance A and overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to the media axis of travel. The two scanners capture a first and second image of the media.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and method for manufacturing the same in which a plurality of patterns are formed on one substrate reduces the manufacturing cost and simplifies the process steps by minimizing the number of masks required to form the patterns. The LCD device includes first and second substrates, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed in a predetermined region on the first substrate, a pixel electrode formed in a pixel region on the first substrate, a color filter layer formed on the pixel electrode, a black matrix pattern formed in a region other than the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates. The method for manufacturing the LCD device having a pixel region defined by gate and data lines, includes the steps of forming a TFT on a first substrate, forming a black matrix pattern in a region other than the pixel region, forming a pixel electrode in the pixel region, and forming a color filter layer on the pixel electrode.

Abstract: In a printer system composed of a plurality of printer devices, the speed of the recording medium to be printed and of the intermediate carrier in every printer device following a printer device is adapted to the changing dimensions of the recording medium. For example, the changes in the recording medium that occur due to the fixing of toner images on the recording medium and that lead to a degradation of the print image are considered in following printer devices.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on double-sides of a recording medium has a first print control unit for controlling an one-line exposure for the right or reverse side by a horizontal synchronous signal, and a second print control unit for controlling the one-line exposure for the reverse or right side by using this horizontal synchronous signal. A print start timing for the right side can be synchronized with a timing for the reverse side, and is capable of preventing a deviation in print position between the right side and the reverse side of the recording medium even by providing the print control units for the right side and the reverse side, individually.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms a multi-image on a single recording sheet by different recording methods. The apparatus comprises a first recording device, a second recording device having a recording type different from that of the first recording device, and a conveyor to support the recording sheet and being movable along an endless convey path to successively convey the recording sheet to recording positions of the first and second recording devices.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus for performing a printing operation on both obverse and reverse surfaces of a continuous web paper with an ink jet printing machine, there is a construction having a first printing unit for printing on one surface of the continuous web paper and a second printing unit for printing on the other surface of the continuous web paper, in which the first printing unit and the second printing unit are arranged at an identical position in respective paths of travel of a first portion and a second portion of the continuous web paper as oriented in parallel to each other, as facing downwards and as shifted to each other in the direction perpendicular to directions in which the first portion and the second portion of the continuous web paper are traveling, and the path of travel of the first portion of the continuous web paper which is printed by the first printing unit and the path of travel of the second portion of the continuous web paper which is printed by the second printing unit are made c

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a plurality of different image forming units for recording with different methods. An ink jet recording unit is arranged on the upstream side of an electrophotography recording unit in a transporting path of a recording medium. Recording of the ink jet recording unit is performed prior to that of the electrophotography recording unit.

Abstract: An upper unit relative to a unit positioned lower than the upper unit is movably supported between an operating position above the lower unit and a non-operating position retracted from the lower unit.

Abstract: A piggyback recorder for use in a printer terminal having a first recorder for printing a first set of data on a document, such as a receipt document. The piggyback recorder is detachably mounted piggyback onto the first recorder, thereby providing a second recorder to the terminal for printing a second set of data on the document. The piggyback recorder comprises a piggyback print member which is capable of printing the second set of data, a mounting member for mounting the piggyback print member directly onto a first print member of the first recorder, a piggyback platen, a second mounting member for mounting the piggyback platen directly onto a first platen of the piggyback recorder, and a solenoid for providing relative movement between the piggyback print member and the piggyback platen.

Abstract: A communication terminal device includes a network circuit and FAX modem cooperated with each other to receive image information, a printing section for effecting the printing operation with respect to thermosensitive paper, and a processor unit for converting the received image information into the recording format and supplying the converted image information to printing section. The communication terminal device further includes a connector to which a laser printer is connected as an external printer, and an operating section for selectively setting one of the internal and external printer modes, and the processor unit is operated to supply the converted image information to the printer section in the internal printer mode and supply the converted image information to the connector in the external printer mode.

Abstract: In a high volume printing and packaging operation, stationery is fed by document feeder 10 to a laser printer 14. The printer prints both text and discrete identification code on the page both text and code being supplied from a system controller 16. The document is then folded by folder 22 and the code read. Enclosures are added as dictated by the code and the code read again prior to insertion in an envelope by inserter 24. A correct code verification causes an ink-jet printer 26 to print the name and address on the envelope. The marking code comprises a series of small marks normally unnoticeable to the normal observer and each representing a digit, whose value depends on the position of the mark on a notional circle whose center is a fixed distance from a pair of reference marks.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for driving a plurality of non-mechanical printing devices working in tandem operation includes an independently functioning control arrangement for each printing device coupled to an external data source, the control arrangement being organized in a data control level and in a device control level. Coupling of the printing devices through coordination control units ensues on the device control level for synchronization so that a web-shaped recording medium is printed first in a first device and then supplied to further, following printing devices.

Abstract: A process for recording an image by depositing droplets of a recording liquid onto a light-transmitting recording material is provided which comprises depositing at least two droplets of a recording liquid of the same color per image element onto the recording material. An apparatus for the process is also provided which comprises an image-forming means or a recording means useful for a reflective recording material and a light transmitting material.

Abstract: A novel information recording device scans and exposes a photosensitive medium for electrophotography by information light by the use of a scanning light forming optical integrated circuit (IOS) including a light deflecting portion and a condensing thin film lens on a thin film waveguide path. The device, as compared with prior art information recording devices using beam spot scanning, is very compact and capable of high-speed recording and can realize a low cost of manufacture.

Abstract: A ribbon feed system of a combined printer equipped with a first printing section and a second printing section selectively rendered operative depending on the type of printing to be performed. The ribbon feed system includes a ribbon drive capable of driving a print ribbon in a manner to suit the condition of printing by one of the two printing sections, a first control unit for controlling the ribbon drive when the first printing section is selected, a second control unit for controlling the ribbon drive when the second printing section is selected, and a control means for switching the printer between the first printing section and second printing section.

Abstract: A three-axis scratch-recording accelerograph of the type installed in large structures to record peak magnitudes of earthquake or like motion. Hard styli coupled to seismometer elements scratch or engrave record lines on small stationary metallic record plates, which are suitably coated. No standby power is required and the records are resistant to heat, liquids, and mechanical damage. The instrument embodies various improvements over that in my prior U.S. Pat. No. 3,974,504 respecting the reed spring suspension of the proof mass; transit clamping; the magnifying lever system; and electrical status indication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a single sheet delivering device for delivering recording sheets to the printers. The present invention also provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a sheet discharge device for feeding the recording sheets from the printers to a collector or sorter.

Abstract: An optical recording apparatus wherein in front and rear of a first light spot for recording predetermined information along a guide groove provided in a recording medium beforehand, two second light spots and two third light spots are arranged along the guide groove and in a manner to mutually deviate from the center of the guide groove; the second light spots are arranged in an area with no information recorded therein, while the third light spots are arranged in an area with the information recorded therein; and the position of the first light spot is controlled on the basis of the difference between the quantities of light of the second light spots and the difference between the quantities of light of the third light spots, so as to track the information.

Abstract: Chart recording apparatus for use with industrial instrumentation systems and the like, and comprising memory means to maintain a signal level for long time periods without drift. An input signal level is translated into the positioning of a pen, through the use of an actuator motor controlled by the input signal and a position feedback signal. A friction device is coupled to the pen to hold it in any given position, thereby to serve as a memory for the input signal level. The friction device comprises a thin vane-like element which is secured to the movable member and disposed in the air-gap of a permanent magnet. The air-gap also includes a mass of tiny magnetizable particles which, under the influence of the magnetic field, engage the surfaces of the vane-like element to develop a frictional restraining force.

Abstract: A seismic instrument or accelerograph for recording the spectra of strong earthquake shocks or the like, having a series of mechanically-resonant recording units which trace or "scratch" linear records with styli on metallic record plates. No electrical or other power source is needed to make the records, so that the instrument may stand by for many years without attention. The case has, typically, about sixteen separate compartments with a recording unit installed in each. Each unit has a different natural (resonant) frequency, in the range between about 1 to 32 Hz. The record plates are all alike, except for keying or locating grooves, and all the recording units are made to have about the same sensitivity in terms of stylus deflection per unit acceleration. A problem addressed here is that in any simple linear mass-spring system, the static sag (deflection of the mass at 1 g) is inherently related to the natural frequency by an inverse square law.

Abstract: An earthquake recording device in which magnetically damped compound pendulums support smoked glass lenses. The natural frequencies of the pendulums are different. The points of stylus arms rests upon the smoked glass lenses and trace the pattern of movement produced by earthquake shocks on the lens surfaces. A timing device lifts the stylus arms periodically so that a time scale is provided on the tracing on the smoked glass.

Abstract: A code carried by a recording paper is read out and the code signal is supplied to a data processing control unit. The source data corresponding to this code signal is read out from a data memory unit under instructions from the data processing control unit. An arithmetic operation associated with the source data read out from the data memory unit is performed by the data processing control unit. The result obtained from the arithmetic operation is then recorded in the paper.

Abstract: A housing of the apparatus has two sections which are relatively pivotable between an open and a closed position. A drive is provided in one of these sections for rotating the record carrier and includes a rotary support for the record carrier and a spindle which extends through a center opening of the record carrier. A self-centering element is provided in the other housing section, being mounted therein with freedom of play so that it can center itself relative to the spindle in response to movement of the housing sections towards their closed position, the element being adapted to snap in its centered position against a record carrier on the support when the housing sections move to their closed position, so that the element rotates with the support and record carrier.

Abstract: A recording device comprising means for supporting a first record and a second record in adjacent parallel relationship, recording pens for recording data on said first and second records, means for displacing said records relative to said recording pens, and roller for deflecting at least part of said first record out of the plane of the undeflected part of the record whereby data recorded on both records can be scanned from a common direction.

Abstract: Original information is converted to digital signals and recorded on a digital signal recording medium such as a paper tape. The digital signal recorded on the tape or the like is converted to binary signals. A photosensitive material is fed in synchronization with the conversion of the digital signal to binary signals. The photosensitive material is exposed to light from a light source controlled in accordance with the binary signals. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a print out typewriter is connected with the circuit which converts the digital signals to the binary signals to print out the information being recorded on the photosensitive material on an output sheet in the form of the original information.