Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100309523 | PRINT SYSTEM MOTION SENSOR WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL - A print system has a print engine, a presence detector and a controller. The controller receives the signal from the detector, accesses past usage data, and combines the signal and the usage data to adjust operations of the print engine. | 12-09-2010 |
20110193336 | Method and system of printing a scratch-off document - A scratch-off document may include a substrate bearing a toner image and a scratch-off layer covering the printed content. The scratch-off layer may include a mass of a first solid ink and a mass of a second solid ink printed over the first solid ink in a distraction pattern. The toner image is formed of a toner that adheres to the substrate, while the scratch-off layer is made of a wax-based or other solid ink that may be removed from the substrate by scratching without removing the toner image. The distraction pattern includes varying pile heights that distract a viewer from any pile height variations that may exist in the toner image. | 08-11-2011 |
20130182029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DETECTION OF WEAK AND MISSING INKJETS IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A method increases the ability of a controller in a printer to detect weak or missing inkjets in the printer. The method includes generating a test pattern having at least twice as much ink as a typical test pattern used to detect weak or missing inkjets. The increased ink appropriately stresses inkjets to facilitate detection of weak or missing inkjets and the test pattern is transferred to media and removed from the printer to preserve the capacity of a drum maintenance unit to store residual ink removed from an imaging drum or belt. | 07-18-2013 |
20130321540 | Ink Waste Tray Configured with One Way Filter - A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a heater for heating the waste phase change ink in the collector to at least a phase change ink melting temperature. A waste phase change ink conveyor is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to an ink reservoir for the printhead. | 12-05-2013 |
20130336697 | PRINTING ON ALTERNATIVE PRINT MEDIA WHEN PREFERRED MEDIA IS UNAVAILABLE - When an insufficient quantity of a preferred print media is installed in a selected printing device, methods and systems automatically output an insufficient-print-media notice and one or more reconfiguration options for proceeding with printing the print data on one of the installed print media types. In response, a selected reconfiguration option is received that identifies an alternative print media to be used in place of the preferred print media when executing the print request. Additional processing is performed to print the print data on the alternative print media including: automatically resizing the print data to fit on the alternative print media; automatically printing a cutline on the alternative print media to indicate where the alternative print media should be cut to be reduced to the preferred print media; and automatically formatting multiple pages of the print data to print on one page of the alternative print media. | 12-19-2013 |
20140055511 | Method and Apparatus for Control of Gloss Level in Printed Images - An inkjet printer is configured to process print media having an ink image differently to alter a gloss level of the ink image on the print media. In one mode of operation, the printer moves print media bearing an ink image on one side only through a transfix nip a second time to reduce a gloss level of the printed image. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055519 | System and Method for Analyzing Images Deposited on an Image Receiving Member of a Printer - A method and apparatus for analyzing images deposited on an image receiving member of a printer, and more particularly analyzing images deposited on a surface of an imaging drum in an inkjet printer. A photoelectric sensor supported by a sled in contact with the surface of the imaging drum can be used to detect missing jets in the printhead, to align the printhead, to reduce the amount of purged ink, and to determine run out of the imaging drum. | 02-27-2014 |
20140071198 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LOW-COST TRANSFIX DRUMS FOR SOLID INK TRANSFER - A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate. | 03-13-2014 |
20140111911 | PRINTER ARCHITECTURE ENABLING NARROW OR WIDE FRONT FACING ORIENTATION - A printer architecture that enables a printer (or other media processing device) with an elongate foot print to be configured with media input and operator controls oriented at either a narrow end or a wide side thereof, that surface becoming the “front” of the unit. Controls and/or display(s) are mounted such that either the end or side orientation can be accommodated. The media input tray includes a separate assembly so that selection of the tray with access to end or side complements the user control panel in establishing the front of the machine. The combination of control/display mounting and oriented media tray structure integration with the print engine to establish which of the printer surfaces is considered the front allows for multiple orientations of the printer and greater flexibility to the customer. | 04-24-2014 |
20140307286 | DRIVER-BASED PRINT PREVIEW, REDUCED SIZE PROOFING, AND VIRTUAL PRINTING OF DOCUMENTS - The disclosed virtual printing and print preview systems and methods allow users to preview and proof a specialty print job on their in-house printers or computers. The printing systems and methods can be in the form of software, such as a printer driver, installed on a user's in-house printer or computer. The software allows the user to virtually print to other remote printing devices while preparing, previewing, and customizing the specialty print job on the user's in-house device. | 10-16-2014 |