William C Manchester, 34708 Revere St, Aurora, CO 80011

2012006, Mar 15, 2012

Sep 10, 2010

12/879184

Tania Wolanski - Boulder CO, US
William E. Manchester - Erie CO, US

B41J 29/38
B25B 11/00
B41J 2/01

347 16, 347104, 269 21

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first print engine to print content on a web of paper and a vacuum unit to provide stabilization and cooling of the web. The vacuum unit operates in a first mode upon receiving an activation signal from the first print engine and operates in a second mode upon de-assertion of the activation signal.

2022028, Sep 15, 2022

Mar 5, 2021

17/193995

Walter F. Kailey - Boulder CO, US
Nikita Gurudath - Boulder CO, US
Mikel Stanich - Boulder CO, US
William Manchester - Boulder CO, US
Ziling Zhang - Boulder CO, US

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

B41J 2/21
B41J 29/393
B41J 2/045
H04N 1/405
H04N 1/00

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store nozzle correction logic and one or more processors coupled with at least one physical memory device to execute the nozzle correction logic to receive a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, receive an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function, receive a defective nozzles list including one or more of the plurality of pel forming elements indicated as defective during print production and perform missing neighbor processing by applying the average missing neighbor threshold lowering function associated with a pel forming element determined to be a neighbor of a defective pel forming element.

2022028, Sep 8, 2022

Mar 5, 2021

17/193935

Walter F. Kailey - Boulder CO, US
Nikita Gurudath - Boulder CO, US
Mikel Stanich - Boulder CO, US
William Manchester - Boulder CO, US
Ziling Zhang - Boulder CO, US

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

H04N 1/405
H04N 1/401
B41J 2/21
H04N 1/407

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to generate a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor corrected halftone design for each of the pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor threshold lowering function for each of the pel forming elements based on the uniformity compensated halftone designs and the missing neighbor corrected halftone design and compute an average of the missing neighbor threshold lowering functions to generate an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function.

2016033, Nov 17, 2016

May 15, 2015

14/714087

Carlton E. Begeal - Golden CO, US
Dilan Nirushan Fernando - Thornton CO, US
Sean K. Fitzsimons - Thornton CO, US
William E. Manchester - Erie CO, US

RICOH COMPANY, LTD. - Tokyo

B41J 2/175

Systems and methods for connector for supplying fluid to a print system. One system is an apparatus that includes a fluid supply station of a printer with a connector to couple with a fluid source for supplying fluid to at least one printhead of the printer. The connector includes an interface having a body with an end surface that corresponds with a face of a nozzle of the fluid source. The connector also includes an inlet protruding from the end surface and configured to enter an opening of the nozzle for receiving the fluid from the fluid source. The connector further includes communication circuitry disposed on the end surface and configured to establish a connection with corresponding communication circuitry disposed on the face of the nozzle of the fluid source when the inlet enters the opening of the nozzle and the end surface and the nozzle face align.

2015023, Aug 20, 2015

Feb 14, 2014

14/181001

Sean K. Fitzsimons - Thornton CO, US
William Edward Manchester - Erie CO, US
Spencer Robert Wasilewski - Highstown NJ, US

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

B41J 2/165

Systems and methods are provided for cleaning wipers for printheads of a printing system. The system includes a cleaning mechanism for a wiper of a printing system. The cleaning mechanism includes a scraper able to scrape ink off of the wiper, and a suction device that is proximate to the scraper and is able to remove the ink from the scraper.

2015002, Jan 29, 2015

Jul 23, 2013

13/948333

Stuart J. Boland - Denver CO, US
Sean K. Fitzsimons - Thornton CO, US
Scott R. Johnson - Erie CO, US
William Edward Manchester - Erie CO, US
Casey E. Walker - Boulder CO, US

RICOH COMPANY, LTD - Tokyo

B41J 11/00

347102

Systems and methods are provided for filtering wavelengths of energy in a dryer of a printing system. The system comprises a dryer of a printing system that includes a heating element and an optical filter. The heating element is within an interior of the dryer and is able to radiate broad spectrum energy onto a web of printed media as the web travels through the interior. The optical filter is located within the interior between the heating element and the web, and the optical filter is able to prevent specific wavelengths of the energy from reaching the web while allowing other wavelengths of the energy to pass through.

2014036, Dec 18, 2014

Jun 18, 2013

13/920654

Stuart J. Boland - Denver CO, US
Sean K. Fitzsimons - Thornton CO, US
Scott R. Johnson - Erie CO, US
William Edward Manchester - Erie CO, US
Casey E. Walker - Boulder CO, US

B41J 11/00

1014241, 101488

Systems and methods are provided for dispersing a liquid coolant in a radiant dryer. The system comprises a dryer of a printing system. The dryer includes a heating element within an interior of the dryer that is able to heat a web of printed media as the web travels through the interior. The dryer also includes a liquid dispersal unit within the interior that is able to project liquid droplets of coolant onto the web as the web travels through the interior, in order to control the temperature of the web.

2014036, Dec 18, 2014

Jun 18, 2013

13/920572

Stuart J. Boland - Denver CO, US
Sean K. Fitzsimons - Thornton CO, US
Scott R. Johnson - Erie CO, US
William Edward Manchester - Erie CO, US
Casey E. Walker - Boulder CO, US

B41J 2/21

347 19

Systems and methods for improving the quality analysis of printheads that apply transparent or hard-to-detect fluids to a media. The system includes a printhead operable to apply a clear fluid to a print media. The system also includes a controller operable to enter a diagnostic mode for quality analysis of the printhead. The controller initiates a supply of diagnostic fluid to the printhead that includes a colorant. The controller then directs the printhead to apply the diagnostic fluid to the print media. Because the diagnostic fluid includes a colorant, the output of the printhead will be more visible on the media.