Print Medium Having A Ribbed Structure

• US 20080068433A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Application Number:
  US11/927,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20080068433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/105
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/706 Anisotropic
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2559/00 Photographic equipment or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/10 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/30 characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14427 Structure of ink jet print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1623 bonding and adhesion
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1626 etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1628 dry etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1629 wet etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1631 photolithography
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1632 machining
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1635 dividing the wafer into individual chips
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1637 molding
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1639 sacrificial molding
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1642 thin film formation by CVD [chemical vapor deposition]
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1643 thin film formation by plating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1645 thin film formation by spincoating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1646 thin film formation by sputtering
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1648 Production of print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16585 for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17503 : Ink cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 : Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17596 : Ink pumps, ink valves
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/041 : Electromagnetic transducer
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/21 : Line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 2205/12 : Preparation of material for subsequent imaging, e.g. corona treatment, simultaneous coating, pre-treatments
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/0035 : Uncoated paper paper making D21
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/0064 : on plastics, horn, rubber, or other organic polymers
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 : Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 27/14 : Paper having stable form or dimension; Curl-resistant paper anticoil photographic support G03C1/81
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 27/34 : Continuous materials, e.g. filaments, sheets, nets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 : in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/86 : Secure or tamper-resistant housings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 : Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 : by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 : multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 : using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 : 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/56 : using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 : using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2154 : the still video camera incorporating a hardcopy reproducing device, e.g. a printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 : Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 : Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 : Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24132 : including grain, strips, or filamentary elements in different layers or components parallel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24479 : including variation in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2457 : Parallel ribs and/or grooves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24628 : Nonplanar uniform thickness material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24636 : Embodying mechanically interengaged strand[s], strand-portion[s] or strand-like strip[s] [e.g., weave, knit, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24694 : Parallel corrugations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 : Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249926 : Including paper layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249929 : Fibers are aligned substantially parallel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249934 : Fibers are aligned substantially parallel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249942 : Fibers are aligned substantially parallel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249947 : Polymeric fiber

Abstract

A print medium comprising a planar film including a printing surface and a ribbed structure defining a plurality of ribs which extend from a first end of the planar film to an opposing end of the planar film. The plurality of ribs restrict curling in a first direction of the print medium and facilitate rolling of the print medium in an orthogonal direction.

Claims

15-1. A method of manufacturing the print medium according to claim 1, wherein the method includes:

heat treating a polymer material to form a viscous material;

compressing a fibrous material into the viscous material, wherein the viscous material subsequently cools, the fibrous material is integral with the polymer material to form the print medium.

16-2. The method according to claim 15, wherein the method includes using a roller to compress the fibrous material into the viscous material.

19. The method according to claim 19, wherein the method includes rolling the print media according to the orthogonal direction into a print media roll.