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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Kenji Hatada, Shiojiri, JP;
Toru Hayashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Hatada, Shiojiri, JP;
Toru Hayashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer for performing a printing operation on a printing medium, includes an optical sensor, operable to detect the printing medium; an emission intensity adjuster, operable to adjust emission intensity of a light-emitting element included in the optical sensor; and an output monitor, operable to monitor an output voltage of the optical sensor so as to control the emission intensity adjuster to adjust the emission intensity.