B41J 2/38
Preheating, i.e. heating to a temperature insufficient to cause printing
B41J2/38 (Preheating, i.e. heating to a temperature insufficient to cause printing) appears on 88 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 188
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Inkjet ink set and inkjet recording apparatus28 Jul 2026US 12,692,405 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Control device, printer apparatus, and control method14 Apr 2026US 12,600,146 B2Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Printing apparatus and print control method21 Jan 2025US 12,202,290 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Multi-station dye sublimation apparatus for pre-heating and for facilitating simultaneous sublimation cycles31 Dec 2024US 12,179,498 B2Sekisui Kydex, LLC
- Image-forming apparatus8 Oct 2024US 12,109,823 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Multi-station dye sublimation apparatus for pre-heating and for facilitating simultaneous sublimation cycles1 May 2025US 2025/0135789 A1Sekisui Kydex, LLC
- Image forming apparatus capable of shortening wait time of user before start of image formation, and operation control method9 Jan 2025US 2025/0010617 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inkjet ink set and inkjet recording apparatus2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002742 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Control device, printer apparatus, and control method19 Sep 2024US 2024/0308240 A1Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Printing apparatus15 Jun 2023US 2023/0182484 A1Hand Held Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling phase-change ink temperature during a transfer printing process89US 5,502,476 ATektronix, Inc. · 1996
- Intermediate transfer surface application system71US 5,805,191 ATektronix, Inc. · 1998
- Thermal printer69US 5,809,214 ASeiko Instruments Inc. · 1998
- Image recording apparatus for heat generation type40US 4,806,950 AKowa Company, Ltd. · 1989
- Thermal printer34US 4,039,065 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977