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| 20080232892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRINTER SEPARATOR PAGES - An arrangement is provided wherein a printer used with a host device is operated to generate print batch separator pages using the same blank sheets as are used to print respective pages of successive print jobs. The printer is directed to print a visually distinctive graphic indicator, such as a separator border, trim, header, visible banner or other visual indicator or markings. This eliminates the need for an additional printer separator page tray. Usefully, a host device is operated to generate a separator command in a specified PDL language. A printer control device receives the page separator PDL command, and software contained in the printer control converts the PDL command into a printer readable format (PRF). A printer component responsive to the PRF command then operates the printer to print the specified separator page. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080240832 | Printing device and method of controlling image printing device - An image printing device comprising a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media; a printing unit that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the load unit; a moving unit that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction; a printing medium detecting unit that is mounted to the moving unit and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium; a position detecting unit that detects a position of the moving unit; and a control unit that determines a change in the presence of the printing medium based on the detected signal from the printing medium detecting unit at a time when the moving unit is moved at a predetermined timing in the printing process, sets one or more measured position based on the position of the moving unit at a time when the presence of the printing medium changes, determines that duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy occurs when a width calculated based on the measured position is approximately the same as a theoretical width and a second width calculated based on a second measured position exceeds the theoretical width by a significant value, and performs a process corresponding to the duplicate transport with a horizontal discrepancy. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090003916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTING MULTI-LAYER DOCUMENTS - A system for printing a multi-layer document includes no less than two continuous feed simplex printing devices that each print on no more than one of a plurality of media webs. An in-line post-processing device merges the media webs into a multi-layer document. The system also may have a controller that controls the printing devices and the post-processing device from a single synchronized dataflow. A method prints a multi-layer document, including the steps of simultaneously printing on no less than two media webs by a plurality of roll fed printers that each print on only one of the media webs; and merging the media webs from the plurality of roll fed printers in an inline post-processing device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090010699 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MODIFYING A PLURALITY OF AREAS ON A SHEET - A system is described for simultaneously modifying a plurality of areas on a sheet. The system may include a plurality of print heads, a sheet, a conveyor, a memory, an interface, and a processor. The plurality of print heads may be operatively connected to the processor and may be configured to modify a plurality of areas on a sheet. The conveyor may be operatively connected to the processor and may pass the sheet beneath the plurality of print heads. The memory may be operatively connected to the processor and may store a set of data comprising a plurality of modifications to the plurality of areas on the sheet. The interface may be operatively connected to the processor and the memory and may receive the set of data. The processor may be operatively connected to the conveyor, the memory, the interface and the plurality of print heads. The processor may receive the set of data via the interface. The processor may associate each print head in the plurality of print heads to each area in the plurality of areas and to each modification in the plurality of modifications. The processor may instruct the conveyor to pass a sheet beneath the plurality of print heads. The processor may instruct the plurality of print heads to simultaneously modify the plurality of areas on the sheet based on the plurality of modifications. Each print head in the plurality of print heads may simultaneously perform the modification in the plurality of modifications associated with each print head on the area in the plurality of areas associated with each print head. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090067911 | Printing method, printing device, and method of producing printing material - There is provided a printing method using a printing device having a transport mechanism that transports a continuous medium in a transport direction, a head that prints an image on the continuous medium, and a sensor. The printing method includes transporting the continuous medium with one side face of two side faces of the continuous medium guided and printing a mark on the other side face of the continuous medium at a time when an image is printed on a front surface of the continuous medium, and transporting the continuous medium with the other side face of the continuous medium guided and printing an image based on a detection position acquired from detecting the mark by using the sensor at a time when an image is printed on a rear surface of the continuous medium. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090257808 | CLOSED LOOP SHEET CONTROL IN PRINT MEDIA PATHS - A method of controlling sheet flow in digital print engines in which the nip rollers are driven independently by individual variable speed motors and sheet position sensors are disposed at each path gate and bend. The sensors provide sheet position/velocity signals to a controller which varies the speed of the individual nip drive motors according to an algorithm to prevent mis-positioning of the sheets and jamming. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090297244 | Recording apparatus and method for controlling the rotation of rotating section in recording apparatus - A recording apparatus performs recording on a strip of a recording target medium that is fed from a roll object that is set in or on the recording apparatus. The roll object is formed as, or at least includes, a roll of the recording target medium. The recording apparatus includes: a rotating unit that rotates the roll object; a rotation controlling unit that controls the rotation of the rotating unit; and a roll object diameter measuring unit that measures the diameter of the roll object, wherein the rotation controlling unit sets the rotation speed of the rotating unit or the rotation amount of the rotating unit on the basis of the diameter of the roll object measured by the roll object diameter measuring unit so as to ensure that at least either one of the transportation speed of the recording target medium and the transportation distance of the recording target medium is set at a predetermined value. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100129129 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a recording medium, a recording unit that performs recording on the recording medium based on record data, a moving unit that moves the recording unit in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium, a control unit that controls the recording unit, the transport unit and the moving unit, a stop position obtaining unit that calculates a present stop position, which reaches a present recording end position during present deceleration of the recording unit and which reaches a next recording start position during next acceleration of the recording unit, based on present and next record data, a determining unit that determines whether a standby time of the recording unit in a stop state occurs until a transport position. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100189489 | Recording media transporting apparatus and a printer - A printer has a substantially linear transport path | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100247216 | PAGE TURNING APPARATUS, BOOKLET PAGE TURNING METHOD AND BOOKLET PRINTER INCLUDING THE PAGE TURNING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a page turning apparatus includes a conveying mechanism to convey a booklet to a page turning position, a page pickup mechanism to pick up a page of the booklet conveyed to the page turning position by the conveying mechanism, a drive mechanism to move the page pickup mechanism to pick up the page of the booklet at a predetermined angle in an opening direction around a bound edge, a shaft provided to come into contact with the page of the booklet picked up at the predetermined angle to bend the page, a contact roller portion to move and go under the page picked up at the predetermined angle, and a controller to make such a control as to convey the booklet after the contact roller portion goes under the page and open the page by bringing the page into contact with the contact roller portion. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247217 | PRINTER - A recording medium accommodating unit | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100254744 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a platen including a supporting surface that supports a sheet that is conveyed, a sensor unit including an image sensor that takes an image of the sheet so as to detect the movement of the sheet. The sensor unit is embedded in the supporting surface and takes an image of a back side of the sheet, the sheet being supported on the supporting surface. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100266324 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND ITS FEED STOPPAGE METHOD - This image recording device records images on a continuous recording medium conveyed by a conveyance unit and cuts the recording medium on which images are recorded to a predetermined size using a cutting roller which rotates in synchronization with a conveyance velocity of the recording medium. Then, when the conveyance unit is stopped, the image recording device detects the position of a cutting blade provided on the cutting roller and controls a stoppage timing for stopping the conveyance unit, using this detection timing as a starting point. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100278578 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTER DRIVER - A printing system includes a printing unit performing printing on a sheet, a conveyance mechanism, a control unit, and a selection unit causing a user to select any one of a plurality of methods whose maximum numbers of sheets existing in the conveyance mechanism at the same time are different from each other. The control unit controls the printing unit and the conveyance mechanism to perform double-side printing processing depending on any one of the methods. The control unit performs double-side printing processing in accordance with the method selected by the selection unit. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100296854 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A medium transporting device includes: a transporting path; a contacted member that is provided on the transporting path to be movable in a medium width direction orthogonal to a medium transporting direction; a line-up member on the transporting path that lines up a position of the medium by sending the medium transported on the transporting path to the contacted member to bring the end of the medium in the medium width direction into contact with the contacted member; a displacement amount calculation unit that sets on a downstream side of the line-up member in the medium transporting direction, and calculates a misregistration amount of the medium in the medium width direction; and a contacted position control unit that controls a position of the contacted member by moving the contacted member in a direction of reducing the misregistration amount. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100329765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRINTING TO A WEB SUBSTRATE - A printing device ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110013961 | CONVEYANCE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveyance mechanism includes a first conveyed material storage section and a second conveyed material storage section that respectively store a first conveyed material and a second conveyed material. When a position of the first conveyed material storage section is changed to a conveyed position where the first conveyed material is to be conveyed, a discharge destination of a discharge member is switched to a first conveyed material discharge section. When the position of the first conveyed material storage section is changed to an evacuation position evacuated from the conveyed position, the discharge destination of the discharge member is switched to a second conveyed material discharge section. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110058879 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing device may include first and second printers respectively having first and second controllers. The first and second printers may be configured to share a common paper path with each other. The first controller in the first printer may enable the first printer to operate if the common paper path is not in use by the second printer. In this case, the first controller may inform the second printer that the common paper path is in use by the first printer. On the other hand, the second controller in the second printer may enable the second printer to operate if the common paper path is not in use by the first printer. In this case, the second controller may inform the first printer that the common paper path is in use by the second printer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058880 | PRINTER - A printer includes a conveying path for conveying a printing medium therealong. The printer also includes a thickness detecting unit configured to detect change in thickness of the printing medium along the conveying direction, which is conveyed along the conveying path. The printer also includes a first print unit configured to print information on one surface of the printing medium whose thickness change is detected by the thickness detecting unit, and a second print unit configured to print information on another surface of the printing medium. The printer also includes a pressure mechanism configured to press the print head against the platen of each of the first and second print units, and a control unit configured to reduce pressure applied to the print head by the pressure mechanism if the thickness of the printing medium detected by the thickness detecting unit is greater than a predetermined threshold value. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058881 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus, an image reading apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can suppress curl of a sheet without obstructing sheet feeding are provided. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058882 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print processing apparatus processes a print job that includes print data corresponding to a plurality of pages and first paper information relating to papers used in printing of the print data. The microprocessor unit sets second paper information relating to a paper stacking order of a paper stack including a plurality of types of papers placed in a mixed state in one paper feeding tray. Then, the microprocessor unit compares the first paper information with the second paper information. The microprocessor unit controls the printer based on an obtained comparison result so that the print data can be printed on a target paper on which the print data should be printed, and controls the printer based on the obtained comparison result so that any surplus paper other than papers that are necessary and sufficient can be separated from papers on which the print data has been printed. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110064504 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a first mode for operation with predetermined power consumption and a second mode for operation with less power consumption than the power consumption in the first mode includes: a paper cassette capable of being attached to a predetermined section of the image forming apparatus, the paper cassette storing paper therein; a detection part detecting the attachment and detachment of the paper cassette to and from the predetermined section; and a shift part, upon the detection by the detection part that the paper cassette has been attached to the predetermined section during the operation in the second mode, shifting the image forming apparatus from the second mode to the first mode. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064505 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of medium storage portions, a medium feeding unit that feeds a medium from any one of the medium storage portions, an image forming unit that performs image formation to thereby form an image on the medium fed by the medium feeding unit, a storage unit that stores an image formation waiting time after the medium feeding unit starts feeding the medium from the medium storage portion and before the image forming unit starts the image formation, and a control unit that causes the image forming unit to wait for a time interval based on the image formation waiting time, after the medium feeding unit starts feeding the medium. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110076080 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a body, a tray, a moving member, an actuator, a sensor, a reference position moving mechanism and a control unit. The moving member is movable to a first position, a second position, a third position and a reference position. The actuator moves the moving member to the first position, the second position and the third position. The sensor outputs an ON signal or an OFF signal based on positions of the moving member, the positions including the first position, the second position, the third position and the reference position. The reference position moving mechanism moves the moving member to the reference position. The control unit determines a detection position to be detected based on a change of the ON signal and the OFF signal of the sensor when the moving member is moved between the detection position and the reference position by the reference position moving mechanism. The control unit further determines that a recording medium held on the tray is the first recording medium when the detection position is the first position and that a recording medium held on the tray is the second recording medium when the detection position is the second position. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110076081 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium on which the image is formed; a crease forming unit that performs a crease forming process on the conveyed recording medium; a determining unit that determines whether or not the recording medium is a predetermined recording medium; and a control unit that prohibits the crease forming process from being performed by the crease forming unit when the determining unit determines that the recording medium is the predetermined recording medium. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110097129 | Printer and Method for Controlling the Same - A printer is provided that includes a double-side feeding path on which a first sheet is conveyed in a double-side printing operation, a manual feeding path on which a manually-fed second sheet is conveyed to a junction where the manual feeding path joins the double-side feeding path, a detector detecting the second sheet fed via the manual feeding path, and a controller configured to continue the double-side printing operation when the detector detects the second sheet during a continued-execution period, during which feeding of the second sheet is unlikely to have an influence on feeding of the first sheet even though the second sheet is fed via the manual feeding path in execution of the double-side printing operation. When the detector detects the second sheet outside the continued-execution period, the controller stops the double-side printing operation. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110129274 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a tray loading a medium and detachably mounted to a main body; a transport roller rotated by driving of a transport motor to transport the medium while coming into contact with the medium supplied from the tray to a transport path; a print, condition setting unit setting a print mode among a plurality of print modes in which different transport speeds are different; a control unit controlling the driving of the transport motor based on the set print mode and a rotational amount of the transport roller; a threshold value setting unit setting a threshold value corresponding to at least the set print, mode; and a determination unit measuring a monitoring value indicating a load of the transport motor during a transport period of the medium and determining there is an abnormality when the monitoring value is larger than the set threshold value. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110150551 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming system includes a receiving unit configured to receive a job, an acquisition unit configured to acquire print setting information from the received job, a detection unit configured to detect, when there is a tab sheet print command included in the acquired print setting information, an image orientation and a binding position, a determination unit configured to determine an alignment order of tab sheets based on a relationship between the detected image orientation and binding position, a sheet feeding unit configured to feed a sheet from a tab sheet bundle of the alignment order determined by the determination unit, and a printing unit configured to perform printing on the fed sheet. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110164911 | Paper feed device and image formation apparatus using the same - Disclosed are a paper feed device and an image formation apparatus using the same. The device comprises a drive transmission unit disposed on one end of a rotation shaft, including a clutch gear, a control unit, and a spring; a control unit stopper fixedly disposed on the control unit; and an electromagnetic absorber including a detent. When the detent is located at a brake-off position, the detent and the control unit stopper are separated. When the detent is located at a braking position, the detent makes contact with the control unit stopper, and stops the rotation of the control unit. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164912 | PRINTING MACHINE - A printing machine includes: a reception unit configured to receive image data; a printing unit configured to print on a print medium based on the image data received by the reception unit; a first paper feeding unit configured to take out and convey a print medium on a paper feed tray one by one; a second paper feeding unit configured to convey a print medium conveyed by the first paper feeding unit to the printing unit; and a print control unit configured to drive the first paper feeding unit to start conveyance of a print medium upon start of reception of the image data by the reception unit. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164913 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printing apparatus | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110176851 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes first and second printing apparatuses that form images on first and second surfaces of a continuous recording sheet, respectively. The second printing apparatus includes a printing unit that forms a toner image on the sheet; a conveying unit that conveys the sheet at a reference speed in the printing unit; a fixing-conveying unit that conveys the sheet and fixes the toner image adhered to the sheet; a buffer unit that takes up slack in the sheet generated because of a difference in conveyance between the conveying unit and the fixing-conveying unit; a determining unit that determines a brake force for stopping conveyance of the fixing-conveying unit, based on a buffer amount of the buffer unit, which corresponds to the slack in the sheet; and a conveyance control unit that performs control to stop conveyance of the sheet by the determined brake force. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110200376 | PRINTER, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PRINTING PAPER - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a sensor adapted to detect the position of a paper in a paper conveying path, a receiver adapted to receive instructions, and a measurement unit adapted to measure an output value of the sensor based on the instructions, when the paper is conveyed along the paper conveying path. The printer further includes a display unit adapted to display a result indicating whether the output value of the sensor is sufficient to detect the position of the conveyed paper by comparing the output value of the sensor with a predetermined setup value. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200377 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a motor and a roller turned by the motor to discharge a backing sheet-attached label from a roll wound with the backing sheet-attached label, or a liner-less label from a roll wound with the liner-less label with an adhesive surface on one side of the liner-less label. The printer further includes a print unit to perform printing on the backing sheet-attached label or the liner-less label discharged from the roll, a switching unit to switch the printer to a standard mode in which the print unit performs printing on the backing sheet-attached label or a liner-less mode in which the print unit performs printing on the liner-less label, and a control unit to control the operation of the motor in response to the switching of the printer to the standard mode or the liner-less mode. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110211895 | Image forming apparatus and threshold setting method - A moving unit causes a relative movement of a web and a mark detecting unit for detecting a ground color of the web and a mark color in a predetermined direction. A measuring unit measures a measurement value corresponding to a moving amount of the mark detecting unit with respect to the web in a time from when a detected color is switched from the ground color to the mark color till when a detected color is back to the ground color. A setting unit sets a threshold used for determining whether the color detected is the ground color or the mark color on the basis of the mark color detected by the mark detecting unit at the time when the mark detecting unit is moved in a reverse direction for a distance of half the measurement value since the color detected is back to the ground color. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211896 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus may include a print head, multiple roller pairs to convey a sheet, a direct sensor, and a control unit. The print head prints on a conveyed sheet. The multiple roller pairs nip the sheet at an upstream side of the print head to convey the sheet, nip the sheet at a downstream side of the print head, and nip the sheet at an upstream side of a first roller pair to convey the sheet. The direct sensor measures a surface of the conveyed sheet at a measurement position between a nip position of the first roller pair and a nip position of a third roller pair to obtain information relating to a movement state of the sheet. The control unit controls to correct at least one of driving control of the print head and conveying control of the sheet, based on the information obtained by the direct sensor. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110217107 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPATIBILITY OF SHEET FEEDER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE FORM - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeder attaching unit, a communication unit, a connection determining unit, an acquiring unit, a storage unit, a compatibility determining unit and a forcible unconnected control unit. The connection determining unit causes the communication unit to communicate with a communication section of a sheet feeder, and determines whether the sheet feeder is connected based on a communication result. The acquiring unit acquires attribute information of the sheet feeder. The storage unit stores attribute information of sheet feeders being compatible, in terms of control, with the image forming apparatus. The compatibility determining unit determines whether the connected sheet feeder is compatible by comparing the acquired attribute information of the connected sheet feeder with the stored attribute information. The forcible unconnected control unit establishes a forcible unconnected state between the connected sheet feeder and the image forming apparatus if the compatibility determining unit determines not-compatible. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110236110 | TAPE PRINTER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TAPE PRINTER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A tape printer having a large-size printing function of printing an enlarged printing image which is larger than the tape width of a long tape into a plurality of tape parts, includes: a tape width detecting section detecting the tape width; a layout determination section determining enlargement layout information for forming the enlarged printing image; a margin determining section determining the widths of an upper margin and a lower margin of the enlarged printing image and determining whether or not the sum of the determined margin widths is equal to or greater than the tape width; an image data generating section generating image data of the enlarged printing image; and a printing section sequentially printing, on two or more tape parts respectively, the image data of the enlarged printing image other than part of the upper margin and part of the lower margin. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110243632 | Media position sensing - Media positioning sensing techniques are presented. A position on a substrate is detected based on adhesive or characteristics that enhance an adhesive applied to the substrate. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243633 | TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer includes: a printing section which performs printing on a tape-shaped material wound around a core to which an end portion of the tape-shaped material is affixed; a feeding section which feeds the tape-shaped material to the printing section; a feeding section driving motor which drives the feeding section; a motor monitoring device which monitors the operation condition of the feeding section driving motor; and a tape end detection device which detects a tape end corresponding to delivery of the end portion of the tape-shaped material based on a monitoring result obtained by the motor monitoring device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243634 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SHEET-PATH SWITCHING APPARATUS - In a printing system capable of selectively performing duplex printing and simplex printing, a switching unit switches a sheet travel path between a first path and a second path parallel to each other, and reverses the sides of a sheet that passes along the first path. In the duplex printing, a sheet is printed on a first side by a first printing apparatus, reversed by the switching unit, and printed on a second side reverse of the first side by a second printing apparatus. In the simplex printing, only one side of a sheet is printed by the first printing apparatus and/or second printing apparatus. First and second input units introduce sheets into the first and second paths, respectively; and first and second output units receive printed sheets that have traveled along the first and/or second paths. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243635 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SHEET DIRECTION CHANGINGAPPARATUS - In a printing system capable of selectively performing duplex printing and simplex printing, a first input unit and a second input unit are adjacent to each other. A first output unit and a second output unit are adjacent to each other. In duplex printing, a sheet supplied from the first input unit is printed on a first side thereof in a first printing apparatus and the traveling direction thereof is changed at a changing unit while the sheet is reversed, and then the sheet is printed on a second side thereof in a second printing apparatus and output to the second output unit. In simplex printing, a sheet supplied from the first or second input unit is printed on one side thereof and the traveling direction thereof is changed at the changing unit, and then the sheet is output to the first or second output unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110250001 | Inspection System for Inspecting the Quality of Printed Sheets - There is described an inspection system ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110280642 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A control unit includes a memory storing correction data obtained by associating information acquired by a first acquisition unit (rotary encoder) with information acquired by a second acquisition unit (direct sensor) with respect to, at least one rotation of a conveying roller. When a plurality of images are sequentially printed on a first surface and a second surface of a continuous sheet, the control unit reads the correction data corresponding to the rotation information acquired by the first acquisition unit from the memory and corrects at least one of driving control of a print head and driving control of the roller. The correction data used in printing on the first surface of the sheet is different from that used in printing on the second surface of the sheet. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN OPERABILITY FOR PRINT JOB INVOLVING SINGLE-SIDED PRINTING AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING - An image forming apparatus capable of improving productivity in a print job mixedly involving single-sided printing and double-sided printing. Sheets are fed one by one to an image forming section. When double-sided printing is to be performed, a sheet having an image formed on the first side thereof by the image forming section is re-fed thereto so as to have an image formed on the second side thereof. When a sheet for double-sided printing exists, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, an image forming order is changed such that the first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing. When it is predicted that a state will occur in which the sheet for single-sided printing cannot be fed, the image forming order is not changed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110293347 | PAPER DISCHARGE APPARATUS, PAPER DISCHARGE METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A paper discharge apparatus includes a conveying path configured to convey a paper from an upstream portion to a downstream portion, a feed roller provided on the conveying path, the feed roller configured to convey the paper from the upstream portion to the downstream portion, and a feed belt arranged downstream of the feed roller on the conveying path, the feed belt configured to convey the paper from the upstream portion to the downstream portion. A control unit controls the feed belt and the feed roller to bend the paper by keeping a speed of the feed belt slower than a speed of the feed roller for a period of time, and discharge the paper from the conveying path by keeping the speed of the feed belt to be at least the same speed as the feed roller. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293348 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: at least one roller pair which has a driving roller and a driven roller facing the driving roller and which rotates while interposing the recording medium therebetween to transport the recording medium in a first direction; a recording section which records an image on the recording medium transported by the roller pair; a position detecting section which detects a position of the recording medium with respect to the roller pair in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction before the recording section starts recording; a determining section which determines a rotation amount of the driving roller before the recording section starts the recording depending on the position in the second direction of the recording medium detected by the position detecting section; and a control unit which controls the driving roller based on the rotation amount determined by the determining section. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110311290 | MEDIA ADVANCE - Calibrating a media drive, comprising advancing media with a media drive while detecting media advances within the printer, determining an error in the media advances, and calibrating the media drive so as to at least partly compensate for the determined error. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311291 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a transport passage which has a curved portion; a first transport roller pair which is disposed at the curved portion; a second transport roller pair which is located downstream of the first transport roller pair; and a controller which selectively executes a first recording mode or a second recording mode, wherein: in the first recording mode, the controller stops driving of the first transport roller pair for a predetermined period in an interposed state in which a recording medium is interposed by both of the first and second transport roller pairs, the controller controls a second driving motor intermittently and controls a recording head to discharge ink during a stopping period in which the second transport roller pair is stopped; and in the second recording mode, the controller controls first and second driving motors in synchronization in the interposed state. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311292 | RECORDING MEDIUM DETECTION METHOD AND LABEL PRINTER - A recording medium detection method uses transmission and reflection photosensors to correctly detect if a recording medium having labels affixed to a liner is in the transportation path. The label printer has a reflection photosensor and a transmission photosensor disposed to the transportation path at positions separated the distance between the labels. Labels on the recording medium can always be detected by either or both the reflection photosensor and the transmission photosensor. Because the reflection photosensor is downstream from the transmission photosensor, a situation in which a black mark is at the detection position of the reflection photosensor and reflection is not detected and only the liner is at the detection position of the transmission photosensor and transmission of the detection beam is detected is avoided. Detecting transmission without detecting reflection of the detection beam therefore only occurs when the recording medium is not in the transportation path. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110318080 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a holder, a conveyor, a print head, and a conveyance controller. The holder is configured to hold a printing medium wound in a roll, the printing medium having an adhesive surface and a printing surface. The conveyor is configured to release a free end of the printing medium from the roll held by the holder to convey the printing medium. The print head is configured to print information on the printing surface of the printing medium when the printing medium is conveyed by the conveyor. The conveyance controller is configured to control the conveyance speed of the printing medium conveyed by the conveyor such that the printing medium is conveyed at a first acceleration from rest for a predetermined period of time and then a second acceleration to reach a target conveyance speed, wherein the first acceleration is less than the second acceleration. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120020716 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device is provided with a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet, a sheet discharge unit having a discharge tray and configured to discharge the sheet from the printing unit to the discharge tray, and a control unit configured to control the sheet discharge unit to execute a slow discharge process between two subsequent print jobs, the slow discharge process being a sheet discharge process in which sheet discharging ability of the sheet discharge unit is impaired. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120027490 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There are provided a plurality of paper feed units | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120057915 | CLEAR FLUID PATTERNING ON PAPER MEDIA - Methods and means for imaging on paper media are provided. A data file of an image to be printed is analyzed. A pattern for a clear fluid is determined according to the analysis. The pattern of clear fluid is applied to a paper media traveling in a particular direction, wherein the pattern is generally elongated along the direction of travel. The pattern of clear fluid is defined by a maximum width that is generally equal to the maximum width of the image to be formed. One or more colored inks are applied such that the image is formed and is supported by the paper media. The paper media exhibits reduced cockle as a result of the pattern of clear fluid. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120063833 | Image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus control method, and storage medium storing image forming apparatus control program - An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to print images on sheets using a printing operation and to initiate a discharge of printed sheets from a sheet discharge port onto the discharge tray disposed for the image forming apparatus; a counter operatively connected to the printing device to count the number of printed sheets based on content of a print job; a controller to determine whether the number of printed sheets counted by the counter reaches a maximum sheet stacking capacity of the discharge tray, the maximum sheet stacking capacity being determined by a distance between the sheet discharge port and the discharge tray; and a reporting device to report that the discharge tray is full when the controller determines that the number of printed sheets counted by the counter reaches the maximum sheet stacking capacity. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120076563 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM USABLE WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF - A media transport method includes transporting media along a media transport path by a plurality of rollers, for each of the rollers, determining a respective estimated length of advancement of the media based on at least an amount of rotation of the respective roller, and comparing the respective estimated length of advancement of the media determined for each of the rollers with each other. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PREREGISTRATION MECHANISM - A first conveyance path is a path for conveying paper from a paper feed unit to a registration roller. Passage of paper on the first conveyance path is detected by a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor detects passage of paper upstream from the second sensor. A second conveyance path is connected to the first conveyance path downstream from a detection position of the second sensor. In response to the first sensor detecting passage of paper, first preregistration correction is performed. In response to the second sensor detecting passage of paper, second preregistration correction is performed. If a first sheet of paper is supplied from the paper feed unit, the first preregistration correction is performed on a second sheet of paper conveyed following the first sheet. If the first sheet is conveyed from the second conveyance path, the second preregistration correction is performed on the second sheet. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120082499 | Recording Apparatus - A recording section is configured to record an image on a recording medium. An endless conveying belt has a surface disposed in confrontation with the recording section and is configured to move in a conveying direction with the recording medium supported by the surface, thereby conveying the recording medium in the conveying direction. A measuring section has a detecting region and configured to measure a position of the conveying belt with respect to a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the conveying direction. The measuring section includes an optical sensor that is configured to detect the position of the conveying belt with respect to the perpendicular direction. A sensor moving section is configured to move the sensor based on a measurement result of the measuring section, such that the conveying belt is detected in the detecting region. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082500 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer with a tractor unit driven by a DC motor and a printing control method that acquires accurate load information when continuous paper is loaded. The printer has a printhead | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120093557 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a heating section which is located further on the downstream side of a transport pathway than an image recording area, but further on the upstream side of the transport pathway than a transport roller which is rotated by a motor; and a control section which lowers the suction power of a suction section to a medium from a first suction power to a second suction power lower than the first suction power during a recording operation and makes a first torque which is generated at the motor in a period which is during the recording operation and in which the suction power of the suction section is a suction power lower than the first suction power, be lower than a second torque which is generated at the motor during a transport operation. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120099913 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GAUGING PAPER WORKFLOW - Systems and methods of monitoring a paper supply include a paper receptacle retains a supply of paper. The supply of paper includes at least one queue mark. A sensor detects the at least one queue mark. A processor receives a signal indicative of the at least one queue mark and calculates a value representative of a remaining amount of paper in the paper supply. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099914 | Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same - An image forming apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes an input unit receiving an input of print data, a print unit performing printing of the input print data, a feeder unit feeding a printing paper to the print unit, and a control unit controlling the feeder unit to feed the printing paper in a long-edge feed type or a short-edge feed type in accordance with a print mode set for the print data. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120107031 | JOB INDEX PRINTED ON A CONTINUOUS FEED ROLL - An apparatus and associated method move a web of “input continuous media” along at least one media path of a continuous printing device. The method prints markings on the input continuous media to create a web of “printed continuous media” using at least one printing engine of the continuous printing device. The method holds the printed continuous media on at least one output media roll of the continuous printing device after printing the markings on the input continuous media. The output media roll is supported by an output media roll support. The method also determines when the output media roll comprises a “completed printed roll” of printed continuous media and is ready to be cut by a cutter of the continuous printing device, and the output media roll is ready to be removed from the output media roll support. If the output media roll comprises a completed printed roll, the method prints an “index of items” that were printed on the completed printed roll using the printing engine as the last item printed on the completed printed roll before the cutter cuts the printed continuous media is supplied to the completed printed roll and before the completed printed roll is removed from the output media roll support. The index of items is visible from the exterior of the completed printed roll after the completed printed roll is removed from the output media roll support. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120134731 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus is provided. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a sheet feeder, a discharge unit, a sheet path including a feeding path, a discharge path, and a reversing path, a manual sheet inlet, through which a recording sheet is manually inserted, a manual sheet path merging into the sheet path at a merging point and guiding the manually-inserted recording sheet to the merging point, a detecting unit to detect the manually-inserted sheet fed through the manual sheet inlet whilst a double-face printing operation is conducted with a preceding recording sheet, a judging unit to judge whether the detecting unit detected the manually-inserted sheet, and a conveyer controller unit to reduce a speed to convey the preceding recording sheet in the sheet path when the judging unit judges that the detecting unit detected the manually-inserted sheet. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120148324 | DEVICE FOR SAMPLING A WEB MOVEMENT, PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESSING OPERATION - In a method or device to sample a web movement, an incremental encoder translates the web movement into two phase-offset output signals. A quadrature decoder generates first and second digital output signals with two respective signal levels. The first output signal is designated as a forward signal and the second output signal is designated as a backward signal. An evaluation circuit outputs a control signal and has a first counter that counts a signal change of the forward signal and subtracts from the count a signal change of the backward signal. A second counter counts a signal change of the control signal. A comparator compares values of the first and the second counters. A disabling device enables the forward signal if values of both the first and second counters are the same so that the forward signal is output, and disables the forward signal if values of the two counters are different. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120230747 | PRINTING DEVICE INTERNAL LIGHTING - A printing apparatus includes a media path within a body of the printing apparatus. The media path moves sheets of media through the body of the printing apparatus. A marking engine is also within the body of the printing apparatus. The media path supplies the printing media to the marking engine. A processor is within the body of the printing apparatus. The processor is operatively connected to the marking engine, and the processor controls actions of the marking engine. Sensors are within the body of the printing apparatus. The sensors are operatively connected to the processor, and the sensors are positioned along the media path. The sensors detect locations and conditions of the sheets of media as the sheets of media travel along the media path. The sensors have a first clip shape. Further, clip connectors are located within the body of the printing apparatus. The clip connectors are connected to the sensors. Additionally, light structures are connected to the clip connectors. The light structures have an identical shape as the sensors for connecting to the clip connectors. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120243927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF, PRINTING SYSTEM, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120269566 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM - Factory adjustment and repairs are simplified while assuring the accuracy of a multifeed prevention function. A main unit has a conveyance path that conveys sheets, and a processing unit that applies a specific process to the sheets conveyed through the conveyance path, and a multifeed detection unit is removably disposed to the main unit. The multifeed detection unit has a sheet-passing unit disposed contiguously to the conveyance path, an ultrasonic transmitter disposed facing the sheet-passing unit, and an ultrasonic receiver disposed opposite the ultrasonic transmitter with the sheet-passing unit therebetween. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120282005 | Method for Controlling a Control Variable for a Processing Machine - A method is disclosed for controlling a control variable for a processing machine, which has driven rollers for transporting and/or for processing a material web, of which rollers at least one is not part of a clamping point. A first control element is pilot-operated based on a second control member according to a control value in order to adjust the at least one driven roller that is not part of a clamping point. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120288314 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A printing device includes a paper tray for supporting paper, a paper delivering module, a control module connected to the paper delivering module, a printing module configured to print on one or more sheets of the paper, and a detecting module connected to the control module and the paper delivering module. The paper delivering module includes a paper delivering channel connected to the paper tray. The control module sends instructions to control the paper delivering module. The detecting module detects whether the paper pass through the channel one by one and the printing process may be halted if necessary. A printing method based upon the printing device is also disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130045038 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING PRINTING MEDIUM - When a size of a reversing unit is smaller than that of a printing medium, errors can be detected without adding any other mechanism, and if such errors are not caused by a paper jam, the printing can be continued. A printing apparatus is provided with: an reversing unit provided with an reversing roller; a sensor ; and a control unit configured to, if when the detecting unit detects a load equal to or more than a predetermined value, a conveyance amount of the printing medium after the sensor has detected the fore end is longer than a threshold value that is a distance from a position of the fore end at the time of being detected by the sensor to a position of the fore end at the time of exiting from the conveyance path of the reversing unit, perform control to continue conveyance. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130164069 | PRINTER WITH A PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY - A printer that images print media with an adhesive layer backing with an heat absorption substance. The printer contains control board with electronics and firmware to control the printer's various functions. It contains media storage to store the print media, and a platen mechanism to feed the print media. It contains a printhead to image the coloring layer of the media. The printer has a programmable array to activate the adhesive layer of the media once the imaging is complete and feed past the knife blades. If built with a cutter option, the printer contains a knife mechanism which cuts the media once the imaging and adhesive activation is complete. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130209153 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Whether a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of first print data and a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of second print data are the same or not is determined. If it is determined that they are the same, an image based on the first print data and an image based on the second print data are printed continuously on a continuous sheet. When an image based on the second print data is arranged at an end of a continuous sheet, the second print data is assigned to the beginning of print data to be printed on another continuous sheet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130279962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus arranged to produce groups of printed sheets. Each group includes a plurality of sequential sheets. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of storage units each configured to store the printed sheets produced by an image forming unit, a sorter unit configured to sort the printed sheets of a group into a plurality of portions, wherein the sheets in each portion are in sequential order, and to output each of the portions to a different storage unit, and a display unit configured to display an indication of the storage unit storing the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group such that a user is directed to collect the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group from the indicated storage unit first. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130322946 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus that enables printed products to be removed from a sheet processing apparatus at scheduled time. The printing apparatus is configured to discharge printed products to a stacking tray that is provided in the sheet processing apparatus so as to be movable upward and downward. The printing apparatus accepts a setting of scheduled time at which printed products are to be taken out of the stacking tray, and causes the stacking tray to move downward to a removal position when the setting time is reached. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140003853 | JOB CHANGE SCRAP REDUCTION | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140140749 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a receiving unit, a printing unit, a grouping unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives a job in which a sheet feeding source is designated. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet fed from one of a plurality of sheet storage units. The grouping unit groups some of the sheet storage units as one virtual sheet storage unit. The determining unit determines which of one of the sheet storage units or the virtual sheet storage unit is the sheet feeding source. The control unit controls sheet feeding to continue the printing. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be a sheet storage unit, a sheet is fed from the designated sheet storage unit. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be the virtual sheet storage unit, sheets are respectively fed from the grouped sheet storage units. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140169854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROLLING FEEDING OF LONG-EDGE AND SHORT EDGE PRINTING PAPER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a control unit controlling a feeder unit to feed a printing paper in a long-edge feed type or a short-edge feed type in accordance with a print mode set for print data. The control unit controls the feeder unit to feed the printing paper in the long-edge feed type upon a high resolution print mode being set and in the short-edge feed type upon a low resolution print mode being set. | 06-19-2014 |
