Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
400055000 | INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT FOR OPTIMUM PRINTING PLANE | 8 |
20100232858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL PRINTER BASED ON FEEDING DIRECTION OF PAPER - A method and a printer device capable of correctly processing a printing operation even when a user feeds particular paper, of which a front/back surface (printing surface) and a top/bottom direction (printing direction) are fixed, in a incorrect direction, by determining whether a current feeding direction of the paper is correct and rotating a printing direction by 180° before performing the printing operation if the feeding direction is incorrect. | 09-16-2010 |
20110217105 | GAP CONTROL METHOD FOR A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media processing device moves a first printhead in a direction away from a first platen and sets the gap L therebetween to a wide second gap until the magnetic ink character printing area of the recording medium passes the reading position. When this printing area on the recording medium passes the reading position A, the first printhead moves in the direction approaching the first platen, and the gap L therebetween is reset to a first gap that is narrower than the second gap. Because the gap L is wide during the magnetic ink character reading operation, the leading end of the recording medium when conveyed to a position passed the first printhead will not catch on the second printhead | 09-08-2011 |
400056000 | Responsive to thickness of record-medium | 1 |
20080240825 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention supplied an excellent printer which can print on a thick print medium without deformation of character. In the printer, a tension spring is respectively furnished on both ends of a carriage shaft which slidably supports a carriage carrying a print head, and pulls the carriage shaft upward; a carriage shaft gear is respectively fixed the both ends of the carriage shaft and engages with rack furnished on a side frame; the carriage shaft only moves up and down; and when a print medium P whose thickness is a predetermined thickness or over is fed, the carriage does not incline, but evenly moves upward through rotation of the carriage shaft gear. | 10-02-2008 |
400058000 | By adjustment of platen relative to carriage | 2 |
20080219735 | Printhead Assembly for a Credential Production Device - A credential production device is disclosed. The credential production device includes a frame and a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a support member, a pivotable coupling, a printhead and an actuation mechanism. The support member has a first end and a second end. The pivotable coupling attaches the first end of the support member to the frame. The printhead is coupled to the second end of the support member. The actuation mechanism is coupled to the support member between the first end and the second end. The actuation mechanism is configured to pivot the support member about the frame to move the printhead form an idle position to a print position. | 09-11-2008 |
20080304889 | Holding member and unit using the holding member - A holding member is provided in a gap between a plurality of elements of a unit in a non-usage state to maintain a relative position between the plurality of elements, and is removed from the gap to put the unit into a usage state. The holding member includes an attaching portion, a filament, a panel, and a block. The attaching portion is inserted in the gap between the plurality of elements. The attaching portion includes a first parallel portion, a second parallel portion, and a connecting portion to connect one end of the first parallel portion with one end of the second parallel portion. One end of the filament is attached to the attaching portion. The panel is attached to another end of the filament. The block connects another end of the first parallel portion with another end of the second parallel portion. | 12-11-2008 |
400059000 | By adjustment of carriage (e.g, carriage-guide rollers) | 3 |
20090154977 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting a Gap in a Printer - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for adjusting a gap in a printer. The apparatus includes the printer that has a print head transport shaft. The print head is slidably coupled to the transport shaft. The apparatus includes an adjusting plate comprising a groove. The adjusting plate is located at a first side of the printer. The adjusting plate is slidably coupled to the transport shaft via the groove. Moving the adjusting plate along a first axis changes a first position of the print head on the first side of the printer to form the gap. The first axis is perpendicular to the transport shaft. The apparatus also includes a spring. The spring biases the adjusting plate such that the groove is biased toward the transport shaft. | 06-18-2009 |
20090257803 | GAP ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A gap adjusting device includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a first object so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the first object in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis according to the movement of the first member in one direction along the first axis relative to the first object, thereby adjusting a gap between the first object and a second object. | 10-15-2009 |
20140119801 | PLATEN GAP ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND PRINTER - A platen gap adjustment mechanism includes a carriage guide shaft, a carriage drive unit and a main carriage. The carriage guide shaft is configured to extend perpendicularly to a media conveyance direction that passes over a platen. The carriage drive unit is supported on the carriage guide shaft and pivotable around an axis of the carriage guide shaft. The main carriage is supported on the carriage drive unit, pivotable around a parallel axis that is parallel to the axis of the carriage guide shaft, and configured to carry a printhead for printing on a print medium conveyed along the media conveyance path past the platen. The main carriage is moveable toward and away from the platen according to a thickness of the print medium while being slidable in sliding contact with the print medium conveyed over the platen to maintain a constant gap between the printhead and the print medium. | 05-01-2014 |