132 patents
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Utility
Replication alignment of components for use in inkjet printing applications
13 Apr 21
Techniques for more accurately and efficiently replicating the alignment of one or more printer components with respect to another printer component are described herein.
John A. Weismantel
Filed: 3 Dec 19
Utility
Step Compensating Carriage Printer
1 Apr 21
Disclosed herein is a technique that enables a carriage printer to reduce precision in a media conveyor by improving mobility of the carriage.
Peter HEATH, Paul DUNCANSON
Filed: 1 Oct 19
Utility
Modifying image data to compensate for defective printer nozzles
23 Mar 21
The disclosed embodiments include a method to compensate for defective printer nozzles.
Steven Billow
Filed: 10 Dec 19
Utility
Printer band edge hold down systems
2 Mar 21
Edge hold down (EHD) systems are described herein that enable high print quality to be achieved more consistently, particularly when using substrates that are rigid or include one or more defects.
Keith Vaillancourt, Christopher Andrew Porter
Filed: 18 Apr 19
Utility
Method and composition for ink jet printing on a nonabsorbent substrate
23 Feb 21
Ink jet printing on a non-absorbent substrate involves a wet primer having a primer viscosity.
Michael Vincent Oberski, Paul Andrew Edwards
Filed: 4 Apr 16
Utility
Printing non-user patterns with a print job
23 Feb 21
The systems and methods presented here completely separate a non-user pattern from the user jobs being printed.
Scott Crosby, Haresh Joshi
Filed: 10 Jul 19
Utility
Inkjet Process for Three-dimensional Relief on Tiles
18 Feb 21
A technique is described for the application of three-dimensional (3D) relief to a substrate such as a ceramic tile using digital inkjet technology.
Mark ZAVADA, Matthew Tennis, David Weber, Alexander Meranto, Carlos CARRATALÁ, Fernando Tomás Badenes, Louis Justus Fage, Ursula Good, Paul Andrew Edwards, Robert Roggers, John Hansen
Filed: 30 Oct 20
Utility
Multi-color multi-speed printing apparatus with circulation
9 Feb 21
Methods, systems, and devices related to a printer system that includes a first primary ink tank holding a dark-colored ink, a second primary ink tank holding a light-colored ink, a first selector valve configured to change a state, a first secondary ink tank connected to the first primary ink tank via the first selector valve, a second secondary ink tank connected to the first and second primary ink tanks via the first selector valve, a second selector valve connected to the first primary ink tank configured to return the dark-colored ink from the print heads to the first primary ink tank, and a third selector valve connected to the second selector valve and the second primary ink tank configured to either return the light-colored ink from the print heads to the second primary ink tank or to direct the dark-colored ink to the second selector valve.
Christopher Andrew Porter
Filed: 2 Jul 19
Utility
Printing systems and associated structures and methods having ink drop deflection compensation
9 Feb 21
A printing system having a vacuum transfer belt conveyor includes a fixed or movable perforated platen that supports workpieces, e.g., substrates, boards or other parts, to be printed.
Juan Escudero Gonzalez, Eduardo Bueno Espinal
Filed: 14 May 19
Utility
Variable Smoothing In Printing
28 Jan 21
Methods, apparatus and systems for printing an image using an array of nozzles are described.
Peter HEATH
Filed: 14 Oct 20
Utility
Systems and methods for minimizing a total number of cuts to separate media instances imaged onto a media sheet
19 Jan 21
A system and method utilizes strategies, priority rules, specifications, and comparisons to calculate the fewest number of cuts to separate individual instances from an imaged media sheet.
Rohan John Holt, James Michael McBride
Filed: 4 Dec 17
Utility
Printing Non-user Patterns with a Print Job
14 Jan 21
The systems and methods presented here completely separate a non-user pattern from the user jobs being printed.
Scott CROSBY, Haresh JOSHI
Filed: 10 Jul 19
Utility
Multi-color Multi-speed Printing Apparatus with Circulation
6 Jan 21
Methods, systems, and devices related to a printer system that includes a first primary ink tank holding a dark-colored ink, a second primary ink tank holding a light-colored ink, a first selector valve configured to change a state, a first secondary ink tank connected to the first primary ink tank via the first selector valve, a second secondary ink tank connected to the first and second primary ink tanks via the first selector valve, a second selector valve connected to the first primary ink tank configured to return the dark-colored ink from the print heads to the first primary ink tank, and a third selector valve connected to the second selector valve and the second primary ink tank configured to either return the light-colored ink from the print heads to the second primary ink tank or to direct the dark-colored ink to the second selector valve.
Christopher Andrew Porter
Filed: 1 Jul 19
Utility
UV dye sublimation decoration of complex-shaped objects
28 Dec 20
Various of the disclosed embodiments concern printing systems configured to deposit flexible dye sublimation inks onto flexible transfer materials.
Paul Andrew Edwards
Filed: 17 Dec 17
Utility
Single Pass Printing of White on Corrugated Board
23 Dec 20
The present invention is directed to a method for single pass printing on an absorbent non-white substrate.
Joshua Samuel, Steven A. Billow, Frank J. Bruck, III, Huilei Zhang
Filed: 2 Sep 20
Utility
Adaptive Magnetic Field Cancellation
23 Dec 20
A valve with permanent magnet(s) and electro-magnet coils magnetically coupled to the permanent magnet(s).
Jack M. Champaigne, Mark A. Ingram
Filed: 21 Jun 20
Utility
Visual Ink Savings
25 Nov 20
When a job does not exactly match the purpose of a printing profile but would benefit from some of the characteristics of a different printing profile, dynamically making the tradeoffs between the printing profiles is desirable.
Leon Calvin WILLIAMS, Theodore A. OLSON
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Variable smoothing in printing
23 Nov 20
Methods, apparatus and systems for printing an image using an array of nozzles are described.
Peter Heath
Filed: 11 Jul 19
Utility
Printing Systems and Associated Structures and Methods Having Ink Drop Deflection Compensation
18 Nov 20
A printing system having a vacuum transfer belt conveyor includes a fixed or movable perforated platen that supports workpieces, e.g., substrates, boards or other parts, to be printed.
Juan Escudero Gonzalez, Eduardo Bueno Espinal
Filed: 13 May 19
Utility
Inkjet process for three-dimensional relief on tiles
16 Nov 20
A technique is described for the application of three-dimensional (3D) relief to a substrate such as a ceramic tile using digital inkjet technology.
Mark Zavada, Matthew Tennis, David Weber, Alexander Meranto, Carlos Carratalá, Fernando Tomás Badenes, Louis Justus Fage, Ursula Good, Paul Andrew Edwards, Robert Roggers, John Hansen
Filed: 7 Oct 18