Oki Data Corporation

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Kureha Corporation

Kazuhiko Nagaoka

Nobuo Wakasugi

Jiro Tanuma

Katsuyuki Ito

Shinichi Katakura

Toshikazu Ito

Mikio Yamamoto

Kazuyoshi Yoshida

Takao Mizutani

Takashi Itaya

Hirokazu Ando

Kuniharu Hayashi

Toru Ishihara

Masanori Maekawa

Yoshitatsu Okiyama

Takehiko Okajima

Hiroyuki Yajima

Syuichiro Ogata

Hiroshi Kikuchi

Hiroshi Okada

Akira Nagumo

Toyokazu Shiraishi

Koji Ida

Nobutoshi Chigira

Mitimasa Ootake

Toshikaru Ito

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Lenticular lens medium

A lenticular lens medium forms a lenticular lens which comprises a plurality of semicylindrical-shaped or arc-shaped elongated convex parts. The lenticular lens medium has a volume resistivity of 1&#xd7;10-1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm and a surface resistivity of 1&#xd7;10-1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;/&#x25a1;. The lenticular lens medium including the convex parts has a thickness of 0.3-3 mm.

An image-recording apparatus has a plurality of image-forming sections. Each image forming section has a transfer point where a corresponding toner image is transferred from a photoconductive drum onto a print medium when the print medium passes through the transfer point. Each of the image-forming sections includes a surface that opposes the print medium and an electrically conductive film to which a high concentration of carbon black is contained and which is provided on the surface. The surface is downstream of the photoconductive drum with respect to a direction of travel of the print medium. The surface and print medium are spaced apart by a distance in the range of 1 to 3 mm and the electrically conductive member has a sheet resistance value of 15 k&OHgr;/&square; to 10 M&OHgr;/&square;.

Image recording apparatus having electrically conductive members for preventing charge migration

Bit data of a received video signal is partially converted into a first signal representing a data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The first signal is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on a basic raster line in synchronism with a line timing signal. The remaining bit data of the received video signal, which are not converted into the first signal, are converted into a second signal representing another data sequence, and then stored in a line buffer. The second signal stored in the line buffer is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on an additional raster line in synchronism with an additional line timing signal. The LED head drive energy with which the basic raster lines are printed and another LED head drive energy with which the additional raster lines are printed are set independently of each other. The LED head may be provided with such a resolution function.

Printer having circuit for providing improved printing quality

An electrophotographic printer includes a transfer roller which rotates in contact with a cylindrical photoconductive drum. When print paper passes through a transfer point where the transfer roller is in contact with the photoconductive drum, a toner image on the photoconductive drum is transferred from the photoconductive drum to the print paper. A paper guide is disposed upstream of the transfer point with respect to a transport path of the print paper. The paper guide changes the direction of travel of the print paper so that the leading end portion of the print paper enters the transfer point in a direction substantially tangent to a circumferential surface of the photoconductive drum.

Print medium guide for electrophotographic printer

A method of forming an electrostatic latent image includes printing operation and toner recovering operation. The printing operation includes charging, forming an electrostatic latent image, developing, and transferring operations. The toner recovering operation includes the step of charging the photosensitive drum in timed relation to the rotation of the photosensitive drum after printing operation so that reversely charged toner deposited on the charging roller migrates from the charging roller to the photosensitive drum. The toner migrated from the charging roller to the photosensitive drum is recovered into a developer. An apparatus for forming an image includes a charging roller, photosensitive drum, developing roller, and transfer roller. The apparatus further includes a reversely-charged-toner recovering device which causes the photosensitive drum to be charged in timed relation to the rotation of the photosensitive drum after printing operation so that the reversely charged toner deposited on the charging roller migrates to the photosensitive drum. The developer recovers the toner which has migrated to the photosensitive drum from the charging roller.

Method and apparatus for forming an electrostatic latent image with

When an electrophotographic printer is manufactured, the initial electrical resistance of its transfer roller is measured and a corresponding value is stored in a memory device in the printer. During operation, the printer's control program estimates the resistance of the transfer roller from the stored value, taking aging into account, then measures the actual resistance of the transfer roller, and infers ambient conditions from the difference between the estimated and actual resistance values. The electrophotographic printer is controlled according to the inferred ambient conditions.

Electrophotographic printer sensing ambient conditions without sensors

Bit data of a received video signal is partially converted into a first signal representing a data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The remaining bit data of the received video signal, which are not converted into the first signal are converted into a second signal representing another data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The LED head includes a resolution conversion circuit which converts the video data into the first signal and the second signal. The signals are stored in a shift register having a plurality of line buffers. The first signal is printed on a basic raster line and the second signal is printed on an additional raster line. An LED head drive energy with which basic raster lines are printed and another LED head drive energy with which additional raster lines are printed are set independently of each other.

A method of forming an electrostatic latent image includes printing operation and toner recovering operation. the printing operation includes charging, forming an electrostatic latent image, developing, and transferring operations. The toner recovering operation includes the step of charging the photosensitive drum in timed relation to the rotation of the photosensitive drum after printing operation so that reversely charged toner deposited on the charging roller migrates from the charging roller to the photosensitive drum. The toner migrated from the charging roller to the photosensitive drum is recovered into a developer. An apparatus for forming an image includes a charging roller, photosensitive drum, developing roller, and transfer roller. The apparatus further includes a reversely-charged-toner recovering device which causes the photosensitive drum to be charged in timed relation to the rotation of the photosensitive drum after printing operation so that the reversely charged toner deposited on the charging roller migrates to the photosensitive drum. The developer recovers the toner which has migrated to the photosensitive drum from the charging roller.

Bit data of a received video signal is partially converted into a first signal representing a data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The first signal is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on a basic raster line in synchronism with a line timing signal. The remaining bit data of the received video signal, which are not converted into the first signal, are converted into a second signal representing another data sequence, and then stored in a line buffer. The second signal stored in the line buffer is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on an additional raster line in synchronism with an additional line timing signal. The LED head drive energy with which the basic raster lines are printed and another LED head drive energy with which the additional raster lines are printed are set independently of each other.

Printer which prints with a resolution exceeding led head resolution

A printer includes a controller for providing a sequence control for the printer in its entirety in response to a control signal and a video signal from another controller. A printer head is adapted for latching and printing a printing data signal transmitted from the controller. Print data arithmetic and logic circuitry provides a logical operation processing for video data signals, counting video clock signals transmitted from the controller, and includes storage for storing the video data signals transmitted from the controller, a selector responsive to reference line timing signals for selectively alternately outputting the video data signals, an additional line signal generator for generating from video signals received from the controller, a video data signal representing an additional line destined for between reference lines during an interval of timing, and logical operation circuitry for performing a logical operation for the video data signals read out from the storage and supplying to the printer head the video data signals subjected to the logical operation in the form of the printing data signal.

Printer having print data arithmetic logic

In an electrophotographic printer, a thermal conductive member interposed between, a heat fusing means and a cleaning means for levelling the temperature distribution of the heat to be transmitted to the cleaning means in order to prevent the heat from being one-sided. The toner can be prevented from being melted.

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