Abrégé

Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 33/36 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans comportant des moyens pour régler le régime de l'avance
• B41J 32/00 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs
• B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin
• B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans
• B41J 33/22 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans avec entraînement actionnant la bobine ou l'axe de la bobine par engrenages ou poulies
• B41J 33/34 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans entraînés par des moteurs indépendants de la machine elle-même
• B41J 35/36 - Dispositifs avertisseurs, indicateurs ou arrêtant l'avance mis en action par la rupture ou l'épuisement du ruban encreur
• G06K 15/10 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par imprimantes en matrices de points

Abrégé

Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 33/36 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans comportant des moyens pour régler le régime de l'avance
• B41J 32/00 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs
• B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin
• B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans
• B41J 33/22 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans avec entraînement actionnant la bobine ou l'axe de la bobine par engrenages ou poulies
• B41J 33/34 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans entraînés par des moteurs indépendants de la machine elle-même
• B41J 35/36 - Dispositifs avertisseurs, indicateurs ou arrêtant l'avance mis en action par la rupture ou l'épuisement du ruban encreur
• G06K 15/10 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par imprimantes en matrices de points

Abrégé

Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 33/36 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans comportant des moyens pour régler le régime de l'avance
• B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin
• B41J 35/36 - Dispositifs avertisseurs, indicateurs ou arrêtant l'avance mis en action par la rupture ou l'épuisement du ruban encreur
• B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans
• B41J 31/00 - Rubans encreursRemise en état ou test des rubans encreurs
• B41J 35/28 - Supports amovibles pour mécanismes de ruban encreur
• B41J 32/00 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs
• B41J 33/34 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans entraînés par des moteurs indépendants de la machine elle-même

Abrégé

Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 33/36 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans comportant des moyens pour régler le régime de l'avance
• B41J 32/00 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs
• B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin
• B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans
• B41J 33/22 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans avec entraînement actionnant la bobine ou l'axe de la bobine par engrenages ou poulies
• B41J 33/34 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans entraînés par des moteurs indépendants de la machine elle-même
• B41J 35/36 - Dispositifs avertisseurs, indicateurs ou arrêtant l'avance mis en action par la rupture ou l'épuisement du ruban encreur
• G06K 15/10 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par imprimantes en matrices de points

Produits et services

Line matrix printers; electronic printer controllers; recorded software in a machine readable format for controlling line printers

Produits et services

Inking ribbons for computer printers

Abrégé

In one embodiment, a hammer bank for a line printer includes a back plate having a front surface, a back surface and a uniform thickness between the front and back surfaces. At least one hammer is disposed in front of the back plate. The at least one hammer is spring-biased for forward movement and away from the back plate and is releasably retained against such forward movement by a magnetic force acting rearwardly thereon. An elongated pole piece that is associated with the at least one hammer extends forwardly from the front surface of the back plate and is selectively operable to interrupt the magnetic force acting thereon.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/155 - Leur agencement pour l'impression ligne par ligne

Abrégé

In one embodiment, a hammer bank for a line printer includes a back plate and a plurality of elongated pole pieces extending forwardly from a front surface thereof. Each of the pole pieces has an electrical coil disposed about a circumfery thereof. A permanent magnet has a back surface coupled to the front surface of the back plate, and a shunt fret defining a plurality of elongated, downwardly extending shunts has a back surface coupled to a font surface of the permanent magnet. A hammer fret defining a plurality of elongated, upwardly extending hammers has a back surface coupled to the front surface of the back plate. Each of the hammers is interdigitated between a pair of adjacent shunts. Each hammer includes an elongated spring portion having a hammer head disposed at an upper end thereof, and each hammer head has a forwardly projecting printing tip thereon.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/155 - Leur agencement pour l'impression ligne par ligne

Produits et services

Thermal printers, laser printers, dot matrix line printers, printer controllers, and software in a machine readable format for controlling line printers, laser printers and thermal printers.

Abrégé

In one embodiment, an intelligent printer ribbon cartridge includes a microcontroller that monitors sensors related to the ribbon cartridge for use in a line matrix printer. The ribbon cartridge contains an impact printing ribbon in the form of either a simple loop, a mobius loop, or a long strip of ribbon connected to two spools, with one spool at each end of the cartridge. The ribbon cartridge is able to monitor at least one motion sensor, process the information, and perform a suitable action or communicate an action or information to the printer. This allows the ribbon cartridge to adapt or instruct the printer to adapt with any new types of ribbons, ribbon cartridges, formats, etc. so that the printing may occur with virtually any type of ribbon/cartridge.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 35/28 - Supports amovibles pour mécanismes de ruban encreur

Abrégé

In one embodiment, a ribbon cassette includes two rows of spherical bumps extending between sidewalls of the cassette on both a floor and ceiling of the cassette and a pair of concentric arched retaining walls on both the floor and ceiling between an exit gate and the rows of bumps. In another embodiment, there is only one row of bumps and one retaining wall on the floor and ceiling. In another embodiment, the retaining walls are straight. The two rows and retaining walls, along with cassette sidewalls, form three distinct zones for densely packing the ribbon, unpacking the ribbon, and isolating the ribbon, resulting in less jamming with longer lengths of ribbon.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 32/02 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs pour rubans sans fin

Produits et services

(1) Filled ink cartridges for printers, namely nozzle, head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. (2) Computer peripheral equipment, namely printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders; accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of duplexers, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forms bursters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers; printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs; printer parts, consumables, and supplies namely, toner kits including toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers; print heads for inkjet printers; and unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. (3) Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; specialty papers for ink jet printers; ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material, namely nylon and carbon-based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers. (1) Business management, business administration, and on-line retail and wholesale store services featuring office products and supplies such as computer, fax machine, and printer spare parts, computer, fax machine, and printer consumables, and computer, fax machine, and printer accessories.

Produits et services

Filled ink cartridges for printers, namely nozzle, head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. Computer peripheral equipment, namely printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders; accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of duplexers, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forms bursters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers; printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs; printer parts, consumables, and supplies namely, toner kits including toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers; print heads for inkjet printers; and unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; specialty papers for ink jet printers; ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material, namely nylon and carbon based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers. Advertising, business management, business administration, office functions, and on-line retail and wholesale store services featuring office products and supplies such as computer, fax machine, and printer spare parts, computer, fax machine, and printer consumables, and computer, fax machine, and printer accessories.

Produits et services

Computer peripheral equipment, namely printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers, accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders, accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of duplexers, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forms bursters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers, printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs, printer parts, consumables, and printer supplies namely, toner kits (included in this class), including toner cartridges (empty), waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges (empty), developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers, print heads for inkjet printers, unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges, and computer printer software.

Produits et services

Computer printer ribbons, namely ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; paper, transparencies, and material, namely nylon and carbon based papers for fabric, ceramic and thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers; specialty papers for ink jet printers.

Produits et services

Toner for printers, filled toner cartridges for printers, filled ink cartridges for printers, namely nozzle, head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges.

Produits et services

On-line retail and wholesale store services featuring office products and supplies such as printers; computer, fax machine, and printer spare parts; computer, fax machine, and printer consumables; computer, fax machine, and printer accessories.

Produits et services

Filled ink cartridges for printers, namely nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. Computer peripheral equipment, namely printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders; accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely paper handling devices in the nature of duplexers, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forms bursters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers; printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs; printer parts, consumables, and supplies namely toner kits including toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers; print heads for inkjet printers; and unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges. Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; specialty paper for ink jet printers; ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material, namely nylon and carbon based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers.

Produits et services

(1) Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; printing paper for ink jet printers; computer printer ribbons, printing paper, transparencies, and material, namely nylon and carbon based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers.

Produits et services

[ Filled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle, head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges ] Computer peripheral equipment, namely, printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders; accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of duplexes, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forequarters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers; printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely, serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs; printer parts, consumables, and supplies namely, toner kits including toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers [ ; print heads for ink jet printers; and unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges ] Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers [ ; specialty papers for ink jet printers; ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material, namely, nylon and carbon based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers]

Produits et services

[ Filled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle, head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges ] Computer peripheral equipment, namely, printers, including serial and line dot matrix printers, monochrome and color laser printers, other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, and thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; accessories for serial and line matrix printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of cut sheet feeders, tractors, paper guides, forms tractors, print stands, stackers, paper trays and baskets, cut sheet inserters, paper tear guides, forms cutters, forms motion sensors, and multi-purpose feeders; accessories for monochrome, color laser, inkjet, thermal and dye sublimation printers, namely, paper handling devices in the nature of duplexers, envelope feeders, label feeders, paper trays, forms bursters and collators, bypass trays, stackers, feeders, and staplers; printer interfaces and network communication devices, namely, serial and parallel cables, ethernet cards, cables, adapters and switches, infrared, wireless, and line of sight hubs; printer parts, consumables, and supplies namely, toner kits including toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads, drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers; [ print heads for inkjet printers; and unfilled ink cartridges for printers, namely, nozzle head, droplet, spray, and piezo ink cartridges ] Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers [ ; specialty papers for ink jet printers; ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material, namely, nylon and carbon based papers for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers ]

Produits et services

Printer software, namely software that enables modification of data streams in order to resolve compatibility issues between existing data streams and target printers, and that enables printing of background and variable data

Produits et services

Inks; toners; printing compositions, printing foils, printing inks, printing pastes, printing powders; toner inks; all products of class 2 exclusively for use with laser printers, thermal printers and line printers. Printers; printing machines; printing presses; parts and fittings for all of the aforesaid goods. Computers, computer software, computer peripheral devices; printers; plotters; thermal printers, laser printers, dot matrix printers, line printers; apparatus for controlling, driving and operating printers and plotters; computer software for use with printers and plotters; software for controlling printers and plotters; parts and fittings for all of the aforesaid goods. Paper; labels; printed matter; stationery; office requisites; films, media and substrates for printers and printing purposes; printing media of paper, plastics and combinations of paper and plastics; ink; inking ribbons; printer ribbons; instructional and teaching materials; instructional and user manuals; printing blocks, printing type.

Produits et services

Data processing equipment; computer printers, matrix printers, dot matrix printers, ink jet printers, laser printers, electrothermal printers, computer software, printer software; parts and assemblies for all the aforesaid goods. Inking ribbons and inking ribbon cartridges for data processing apparatus; ink containers for printers, containing ink or empty; receptacles for used ink; ink reservoir cartridges; ink sachet cartridges; ink; toner containers, containing toner or empty.

Produits et services

[ thermal printers, ] laser printers, dot matrix line printers, printer controllers, and software in a machine readable format for controlling line printers [, ] * and * laser printers [ and thermal printers ]

Produits et services

[ Laser printer toner ] Computer printer ribbon

Produits et services

A printer interface circuit control card for interfacing controllers and printers, and controlling electronic circuitry with related printers

Produits et services

printing graphics software to print bar codes and forms

Produits et services

(1) Printers namely dot matrix printers, line printers, thermal printers, laser printers; computer programs for utilization with printers as well as computer programs in firmware and software format for printers, printer peripherals, emulation of host computer and printer functions, bit mapping, variable fonts, bar code printing, data base printouts, spread sheets, word processing, and related functions for printers and printer peripherals; and controllers namely central processing units and data processing units for the interconnection and control of printers. (2) Computer printer ribbon and laser printer toner. (3) Printer ribbons. (4) Toners, namely inks, and related powder and liquid inks for use with a printer. (5) Thermal printer film; media for printing upon, namely plastic, paper, and combinations of plastic and paper. (1) Consulting services with respect to programming computers, printers, and repair and maintenance of printers and computers.

Produits et services

(1) Computer peripheral equipment, namely printers. (2) Computer peripheral equipment, namely, printers, tape readers, tape perforators and tape transports. (3) Computer printers, namely, impact dot matrix, laser and other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; sheet feeders, interfaces and disk drives; and parts and supplies therefor, namely, toner kits comprising toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads; drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers. (4) Ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; ink cartridges, printheads and specialty papers for ink jet printers; and ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers. (5) Computer printers, namely, impact dot matrix, laser and other non-impact cut-sheet and continuous form page printers, monochrome and color ink jet printers, thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers; sheet feeders, interfaces and disk drives; and parts and supplies therefor, namely, toner kits comprising toner cartridges, waste toner bottles, and fuser cleaning pads; drum cartridges, developer units, transfer units, and fuser units for non-impact page printers; and ribbons for impact dot matrix printers; ink cartridges, printheads and specialty papers for ink jet printers; and ribbons, paper, transparencies, and material for fabric and ceramic transfer for thermal transfer and dye sublimation printers.

Produits et services

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT-NAMELY, LINE PRINTERS AND PLOTTERS