| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 347221000 | With recording medium | 14 |
| 20090303307 | THERMAL TRANSFER LAMINATE FILM, THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A thermal transfer laminate film includes a base film, a non-transferable release layer made of a rubber-elastic resin and disposed on one side of the base film, and an image-protecting layer disposed on the non-transferable release layer. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100245524 | Reveal Substrates and Methods of Using Same - A reveal substrate includes a sensitive substrate having an opaque polymer sensitive to application of one of heat and pressure which upon one of being heated to a predetermined temperature and subjected to a predetermined pressure causes the opaque polymer to become transparent and a color material disposed in relation to the substrate in a manner to be obscured by the opaque polymer prior to one of the application of the predetermined heat and the predetermined pressure and is revealed subsequent thereto. A method of printing employing the reveal substrate is also provided. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110012980 | LATENT RESISTIVE IMAGE LAYER FOR HIGH SPEED THERMAL PRINTING APPLICATIONS - An imaging system including an image receiving structure including a tunable-resistivity material; and an energy source to emit an energy beam at the image receiving structure to pattern-wise program the tunable-resistivity material. A resistivity can be pattern-wise changed. Marking material can be pattern-wise adhered in response to the pattern-wise changed resistivity. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20120038737 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention presents a thermosensitive recording medium having a sufficient water resistance against water or moisture when the thermosensitive recording medium is used in outdoor and also having a superior printing run-ability when printing at high speed (sticking resistance), color developing sensitivity, scratching resistance, plasticizer resistance and solvent resistance. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120056966 | THERMAL PAPER ROLL, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A thermal paper roll includes a paper core, a thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and a contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect or identify a state of the thermal paper roll. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120224017 | DETECTING DEVICE AND PRINTER THAT DETECTS A RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF PAPER IN A PAPER ROLL - A paper roll residual amount detecting device includes a paper roll receiving unit including a rest portion to support an outer circumferential surface of a paper roll, and first and second recesses located in the rest portion to receive the paper roll when the paper roll is consumed, an attachment frame provided near the paper roll receiving unit, an arm supported on the attachment frame and provided with first and second projections, such that, when the residual amount of the paper roll becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount, the first and second projections become out of contact with the end surface of the paper roll, and a detecting unit to detect, based on the operation of the arm, whether the residual amount of the paper roll is equal to or smaller than the predetermined amount. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130328991 | THERMAL IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS PREPARED USING AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS - A thermal image receiver element dry image receiving layer has a T | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140204170 | Tape Cassette - A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path to the tape feed exit, a recess formed on the front wall extending from a bottom surface of the housing towards a top surface of the housing, and a first tape type indicator aperture on a bottom edge of the front wall. The first tape type indicator aperture is positioned downstream, in a tape feed direction, of the recess. The tape feed direction is a direction in which the tape is configured to be fed along a portion of the tape feed path proximate to the front wall. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140232808 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a heat-sensitive transfer recording medium having a base material, and an undercoating layer and a dye layer sequentially laminated and formed on the base material. The undercoating layer is formed by applying and then drying an undercoating layer-forming application liquid containing polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol whose tensile strength measured based on JIS K 7113 is not lower than 8 kg/mm | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140307039 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING SET - A recording medium includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and an image recording layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the image recording layer has insulating properties and multiple cells or microcapsules, each of which encapsulates at least one of electrophoresis particles or magnetophoresis particles, a dispersion medium, and a thermoreversible gelling agent, wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate contains fillers. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140320583 | SELF-CLEANING THERMAL MEDIA AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Thermal media comprises a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The thermal media also comprises a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate. The thermal media further comprises a cleaner material disposed on a portion of the thermally-sensitive coating. The cleaner material is integrated into the thermally-sensitive coating to perform cleaning of a thermal print head when the cleaner coating moves past the thermal print head. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140362158 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING SET - A recording medium includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an image recording layer with insulating properties provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the image recording layer containing cells each encapsulating at least one of electrophoretic particles or magnetophoretic particles, a dispersion medium, and at least two kinds of thermoreversible gelling agents. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150029291 | PRINTER AND MARK DETECTION METHOD - A printer includes: a sensor; a calculation unit that calculates an average value of mark levels and a permissible range in accordance with the average value, the mark levels being output levels of the sensor that has read a mark on a sheet a given number of times; a setting unit that, when the mark levels read the given number of times fall within the permissible range, sets a middle value between a white level and the average value as a determination value of existence or nonexistence of a next mark, the white level being an output level of the sensor when a non-marking domain of the sheet is read; and a determination unit that determines that the next mark has been detected when a mark level at the time of reading of the next mark is less than the determination value of existence or nonexistence of the next mark. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150049152 | THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED INITIAL CONTRAST - The present invention provides a thermal recording material having a thermosensitive layer comprising single phase diffuser polymer particles. Each of the diffuser polymer particles has a refractive index at the center thereof (RI | 02-19-2015 |
