| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 347172000 | Multicolor | 25 |
| 20080225103 | Systems and Methods for Adjusting Loading of Media Onto A Print Surface - In one embodiment, a system and method pertains to detecting a position of a sheet of media that has been loaded onto the print surface, determining from the detected position a current loading error with which the media sheet has been loaded onto the print surface, and calculating a loading offset that can be used to adjust the position at which a future media sheet will be loaded onto the print surface. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090066776 | THERMAL RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINTED OBJECT - A control section | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090244251 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING METHOD - A thermal transfer printing method for forming a screen on photographic paper without providing a margin between the screen and a screen adjacent thereto. Photographic paper is unwound from a roll and then a screen having an image is formed on the paper, by transferring yellow, magenta, and cyan colorants onto the paper using a first heating means, without providing a margin between the screen and an adjacent screen. The paper is then cut at a rear edge of the screen so as to manufacture an individual photographic paper on which the screen has been formed, which is then conveyed to a second heating means. A screen protective layer is then formed on an overall surface of the screen formed on the individual photographic paper, by thermally transferring the screen protective film onto the overall surface of the screen formed on the individual photographic paper by the second heating means. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110058007 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A STEREOGRAPH AND RELATED PRINT DEVICE - A method for printing a stereograph includes manufacturing a lenticular lens structure on a surface of a protecting region of a ribbon wherein the ribbon includes a plurality of dye regions and the protecting region, receiving a target image data, conveying a print medium, transferring the plurality of dye regions of the ribbon onto the print medium respectively according to the target image data when conveying the print medium, and transferring the protecting region of the ribbon onto the print medium after transferring the plurality of dye regions of the ribbon onto the print medium. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063392 | GENERATION OF COLOR IMAGES - Methods for generating a color image are provided which include a multi-layer construction in which at least one of the layers is a thermally activatable layer that includes a thermally activatable composition. The thermally activatable composition includes a non-linear light to heat converter composition and a color forming compound. Upon activation with a light source an image forms. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110122213 | TECHNIQUE FOR PRINTING A COLOR IMAGE - A technique for optimizing or enhancing color images. Embodiments are disclosed for creating an enhanced color image, including the enhancement of perceived color uniformity. In a “dot-on-dot” registration scheme for producing color images, the dots need to be precisely superimposed on each other to provide optimum or enhanced images. The dot-on-dot registration produced by a single head thermal printer is generally acceptable, but a single head machine is very slow because multiple passes (reciprocation) are required to lay down multiple colors of dots. In a much faster multi-head or tandem thermal imaging system a serious problem of dot misalignment may cause more patterns or other visual artifacts in the color images produced by dot patterns. A solution to this problem is disclosed herein which intentionally misregisters superimposed dots in a novel and particular manner to achieve image optimization. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120044312 | METALIZED RECEIVER/TRANSFER MEDIA FOR PRINTING AND TRANSFER PROCESS - Media for receiving a printed image during sublimation or heat activated ink printing, and for transferring the image to a final substrate during subsequent heat transfer and activation, and a process of using the media. The media comprises a fibrous sheeting material, which can curve and conform to a three dimensional object to be imaged during the transfer printing process. A thin metal or metalized layer is to be applied onto the fabric/textile sheet shielding the fibrous structure, creating a reflective surface with excellent release properties. This reflective surface allows minimal dye penetration and excellent heat conductivity during heat transfer. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120105564 | PRINTER AND MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a conveying mechanism, a first image forming unit, and a second image forming unit. The conveying mechanism conveys a medium. The first image forming unit forms an image with a non-temperature-sensitive ink whose color is not changed depending on a temperature, on the medium. The second image forming unit forms an image with a temperature-sensitive ink whose color is changed depending on a temperature, on the medium having the image with the non-temperature-sensitive ink formed thereon. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120162339 | INK MEDIUM HOLDING MEMBER AND PRINTER - An ink medium holding member includes a holding unit and an indicating unit. The holding unit is configured to hold an elongated ink medium for supplying a temperature-sensitive ink whose color changes depending on temperature. The indicating unit is configured to indicate a changed color that the temperature-sensitive ink which is supplied from the ink medium held by the holding unit changes to. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130016172 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTERAANM Furuki; IchiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Furuki; Ichiro Tokyo JPAANM Okinaka; ShiohiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Okinaka; Shiohiro Tokyo JPAANM Takeshita; TomoyukiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Takeshita; Tomoyuki Tokyo JP - In a thermal transfer printer for printing a color picture by dividing it into pieces with a prescribed size, an image data converting unit | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130021421 | MULTICOLOR THERMOSENSITIVE MEDIUM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - In a multicolor thermosensitive medium and a printing apparatus, the multicolor thermosensitive medium includes: a base material; and a plurality of coloring layers including: a lamination group laminated on the base material and including one or more lower coloring layers; and an upper coloring layer laminated on the lamination group and having higher hiding properties at a portion where a color is developed than the lower coloring layers, wherein each coloring layer has coloring properties different from each other with regard to a heating temperature level necessary for color development, and wherein the upper coloring layer develops the color at a higher temperature than any of the lower coloring layers in the lamination group, and wherein the printing apparatus includes: a thermal head that applies thermal energy to the multicolor thermosensitive medium from a direction of the upper coloring layer. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130242022 | IMAGE DECOLORIZING DEVICE - According to embodiments, the image decolorizing device has a first heating conveying unit, a second heating conveying unit, and a guide. The first heating conveying unit has a first heating member that heats a first surface of the sheet and a first pressure member that presses the sheet to the first heating member. The second heating conveying unit has a second heating member that heats the second surface of the sheet and a second pressure member that presses the sheet to the second heating member. The guide is provided between the first heating conveying unit and the second heating conveying unit and that guides the sheet that is conveyed through the first heating conveying unit, to the second heating member of the second heating conveying unit. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130286135 | PRINT HEAD PULSING TECHNIQUES FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTERS - In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into portions, each of which is divided into a plurality of subintervals. All of the pulses within the portions have the same energy. In one embodiment, every pulse has the same amplitude and duration. Different colors are selected for printing during the different portions by varying the fraction of subintervals that contain pulses. This technique allows multiple colors to be printed using a thermal print head with a single strobe signal line. Pulsing patterns may be chosen to reduce the coincidence of pulses provided to multiple print head elements, thereby reducing the peak power requirements of the print head. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140354749 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PRINTING METHOD FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY - Novel methods for calibrating a thermal printer by adjusting a look up table comprising the steps of receiving a test pattern to be printed on a receiver medium, printing the test pattern on the receiver medium, using a sensor to measure a depletion amount of donor material, and using a processor to adjust the lookup table based on the measured depletion amount are disclosed. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354750 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PRINTING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY - A high efficiency thermal printing system, comprising: a donor ribbon having donor material; a receiver medium; a test pattern to be printed on the receiver medium using the donor ribbon; a print head, a sensor, and a processor is disclosed. The present invention is adapted to print the test pattern on the receiver medium by heating the donor ribbon to cause the donor material to transfer from the donor ribbon onto the receiver medium, thereby depleting donor material on the donor ribbon. Moreover, the sensor is adapted to measure a depletion amount of the donor material on the donor ribbon after printing the test pattern, and the processor is adapted to calibrate the thermal printing system by adjusting a lookup table in response to the measured depletion amount of donor material. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150022614 | Printer and Recording Medium - The disclosure discloses a printer including a housing, a cartridge holder, a display device, a color detecting portion, and a control portion. The cartridge holder removably mounts a tape cartridge including a print-receiving tape roll and an ink ribbon roll. The display device displays a desired content in monochrome. The color detection portion detects first color information representing a color of a print-receiving tape and second color information representing a color of an ink ribbon, in the tape cartridge mounted in the cartridge holder. The control portion controls the display device at appropriate timing with an opening and closing cover closed, to display in text the first color information and the second color information detected by the color detection portion. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029285 | AUTOMATIC SUBLIMATED PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS - An automatic product sublimation process is disclosed allowing for point-of-sale customization of sublimation parameters in a retail environment. A dye sublimation transfer printing system is configured to print one or more images onto transfer media, then position the media onto a substrate. A selected product is positioned on top of the media. The system is configured to automatically determine, by a processor, one or more of a temperature and duration of a single thermal cycle to sublimate the one or more images onto the selected product. The determination may be based on properties of the product, characteristics of the images, or both. One or more heating platens engage the transfer media to sublimate the product in a single thermal cycle, wherein at least one of the cycle's temperature and duration match the determined values. The disclosed process improves the quality of the sublimation technique, yet requires no substantive operator training. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150042741 | Printer, Printing Processing Method, and Recording Medium - The disclosure discloses a printer including a first memory, a color detecting portion, a color identification information determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The first memory stores color correlations between a plurality of color types and a plurality of color identification information. The color detecting portion detects first color information of a print-receiving tape and second color information of an ink ribbon, of a tape cartridge mounted to a cartridge holder. The color identification information determining portion determines first color identification information of a color type corresponding to the first color information, and second color identification information of a color type corresponding to the second color information, by referring to color correlations. The transmitting portion transmits the first color identification information and the second color identification information to an operation terminal comprising substantially the same color correlations as the color correlations. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150085053 | Color Printer and Method for Controlling Heat Pulse of Color Printer - When a color development heat pulse set for each one dot of an intended image is applied to a coloring heat element associated with the one dot of the intended image in a thermal head, an auxiliary heat pulse set for development of the intended image at a thermosensitive medium is applied to a non-printing heat element that adjoins to the coloring heat element associated with the one dot of the intended image with reference to a scanning direction of the thermal head, the auxiliary heat pulse being not so hot for color development at the color thermo sensitive medium. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150343825 | MULTICOLOR THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR COLOR FORMATION OF SAID MULTICOLOR THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a multicolor thermal recording material that allows multicolor printing in at least four colors, depending on differences in the conditions of applying heat from a thermal head, and that is inexpensive and has excellent material selectivity, as well as providing a method for developing color of the multicolor thermal recording material. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160023474 | COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A color image processing device uses a dither pattern of blocks, each including a plurality of dots representing the gradations of each pixel of an image in a prescribed region. The dither pattern includes a plurality of dot groups stacked, each dot group including dots arranged in a direction where a printing element moves relative to a recording medium, and the beginning of each group is set off by one or more dots in the movement direction, and a halftone image including the pixels is recorded, using variations in density, with the growth order going either from the first dot of the uppermost row of the dither pattern to the last dot of the lowermost row, or from the first dot of the lowermost row to the last dot of the uppermost row. | 01-28-2016 |
| 347173000 | Single pass | 1 |
| 20110018950 | MULTICOLOR THERMAL IMAGING METHOD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A multicolor direct thermal imaging method wherein a multicolor image is formed in a thermal imaging member comprising at least first and second different image-forming compositions and a thermal printer for use in practicing the method. Heat is applied to at least the second image-forming composition while the first image-forming composition is at a first baseline temperature (T | 01-27-2011 |
| 347174000 | Single-head type (e.g., multipass) | 3 |
| 20180022111 | PHOTO PRINTER | 01-25-2018 |
| 347175000 | Having multilayers colored transfer material | 1 |
| 20160052293 | Device and Method for the Selective Carbonization of Paper - A device for the selective carbonization of at least a part of a surface of a paper object, including receiving means for receiving the paper object, at least one laser for selectively heating one or more parts of the surface of said paper object to a level wherein the heated part of said surface at least partly carbonizes and thereby changes color, and control means for controlling the laser. | 02-25-2016 |
| 347176000 | Having single layer colored transfer material | 1 |
| 20140198170 | DIGITAL THERMAL BINDER AND POWDER PRINTING - A method of forming a digital print on a surface ( | 07-17-2014 |
