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Inkjet printer comprising pagewidth printhead and reciprocally movable capping member
An inkjet printer is provided comprising a chassis, a pagewidth printhead operatively mounted on the chassis and a capping assembly. The capping assembly comprises a base structure mounted on the chassis, a static solenoid mounted on the base structure, a support member reciprocally movable between an operative position and an inoperative position, and a printhead capping member mounted directly on the support member. The support member is actuated by the solenoid and the capping member arranged such that when the support member is in the operative position, the capping member caps the printhead and when the support member is in the inoperative position, the capping member is disengaged from the printhead. The base structure and the solenoid areelongate and substantially coextensive with printhead.
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The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/729,150 filed Dec. 8, 2003 and 09/112,774 filed on Jul. 10, 1998, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates substantially to the concept of a disposable camera having instant printing capabilities and in particular, discloses a printhead re-capping assembly for a digital camera system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Recently, the concept of a "single use" disposable camera has become an increasingly popular consumer item. Disposable camera systems presently on the market normally include an internal film roll and a simplified gearing mechanism for traversing the film roll across an imaging system including a shutter and lensing system. The user, after utilizing a single film roll returns the camera system to a film development center for processing. The film roll is taken out of the camera system and processed and the prints returned to the user. The camera system can then be re-manufactured through the insertion of a new film roll into the camera system, the replacement of any worn or wearable parts and the re-packaging of the camera system in accordance with requirements. In this way, the concept of a single use "disposable" camera is provided to the consumer.
Recently, a camera system has been proposed by the present applicant which provides for a handheld camera device having an internal print head, image sensor and processing means such that images sense by the image sensing means, are processed by the processing means and adapted to be instantly printed out by the printing means on demand. The proposed camera system further discloses a system of internal "print rolls" carrying print media such as film on to which images are to be printed in addition to ink to supplying the printing means for the printing process. The print roll is further disclosed to be detachable and replaceable within the camera system.
Unfortunately, such a system is likely to only be constructed at a substantial cost and it would be desirable to provide for a more inexpensive form of instant camera system which maintains a substantial number of the quality aspects of the aforementioned arrangement.
It would be further advantageous to provide for the effective interconnection of the sub components of a camera system.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a printhead re-capping assembly for a printer having a chassis, a platen assembly and a pagewidth printhead operatively mounted on the chassis to carry out a printing operation on print media passing over the platen assembly, the re-capping assembly comprising
- a base structure that is mounted on the chassis;
- at least one static solenoid that is mounted on the base structure and that is connected to an electrical power supply of the printer;
- a support member that is actuable by the solenoid to be movable with respect to the chassis between an operative position and an inoperative position; and
- a printhead capping member that is mounted on the support member such that when the support member is in the operative position, the capping member engages the printhead to cap the printhead and when the support member is in the inoperative position, the capping member is disengaged from the printhead.
The support member may be configured to be normally in the operative position and to move into the inoperative position when the solenoid is energized by the electrical power supply.
A biasing mechanism may be engaged with the support member to bias the support member into the operative position when the solenoid is de-energized.
The base structure and the solenoid may both be elongate to correspond with a length of the printhead.
The support member may also be elongate and may correspond generally with the printhead.
The capping member may include a length of sponge that is dimensioned to cover the printhead when the support member is displaced into its operative position.
A sealing member may be positioned on the support member to bound the length of sponge such that, when the length of sponge caps the printhead, the sealing member serves to seal a region about the printhead.
In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided in a camera system comprising: an image sensor device for sensing an image; a processing means for processing the sensed image; a print media supply means for the supply of print media to a print head; a print head for printing the sensed image on the print media stored internally to the camera system; a portable power supply interconnected to the print head, the sensor and the processing means; and a guillotine mechanism located between the print media supply means and the print head and adapted to cut the print media into sheets of a predetermined size.
Further, preferably, the guillotine mechanism is detachable from the camera system. The guillotine mechanism can be attached to the print media supply means and is detachable from the camera system with the print media supply means. The guillotine mechanism can be mounted on a platen unit below the print head.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Notwithstanding any other forms which may fall within the scope of the present invention, preferred forms of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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The camera system 1 provides for a standard number of output prints after which the camera system 1 ceases to function. A prints left indicator slot 10 is provided to indicate the number of remaining prints. A refund scheme at the point of purchase is assumed to be operational for the return of used camera systems for recycling.
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A dial mechanism 44 is provided for indicating the number of "prints left". The dial mechanism 44 is snap fitted through a corresponding mating portion 46 so as to be freely rotatable.
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The ink supply mechanism 40 interacts with a platen unit 60 which guides print media under a printhead located in the ink supply mechanism.
The platen unit 60 includes an internal recapping mechanism 80 for recapping the print head when not in use. The recapping mechanism 80 includes a sponge portion 81 and is operated via a solenoid coil so as to provide for recapping of the print head. In the preferred embodiment, there is provided an inexpensive form of printhead re-capping mechanism provided for incorporation into a handheld camera system so as to provide for printhead re-capping of an inkjet printhead.
A second moveable arm 78 of the solenoid actuator is also provided. The arm 78 is moveable and is also made of ferrous material. Mounted on the arm is a sponge portion surrounded by an elastomer strip 79. The elastomer strip 79 is of a generally arcuate cross-section and act as a leaf spring against the surface of the printhead ink supply cartridge 42 (
When it is desired to operate the printhead unit, upon the insertion of paper, the solenoid coil 75 is activated so as to cause the arm 78 to move down to be adjacent to the end plate 76. The arm 78 is held against end plate 76 while the printhead is printing by means of a small "keeper current" in coil 75. Simulation results indicate that the keeper current can be significantly less than the actuation current. Subsequently, after photo printing, the paper is guillotined by the cutting mechanism 63 of
It can be seen that the preferred embodiment provides for a simple and inexpensive means of re-capping a printhead through the utilisation of a solenoid type device having a long rectangular form. Further, the preferred embodiment utilises minimal power in that currents are only required whilst the device is operational and additionally, only a low keeper current is required whilst the printhead is printing.
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Of course, many other inkjet technologies, as referred to the attached tables below, can also be utilised when constructing a printhead unit 102. The fundamental requirement of the ink supply cartridge 42 is the supply of ink to a series of colour channels etched through the back surface of the printhead 102. In the description of the preferred embodiment, it is assumed that a three colour printing process is to be utilised so as to provide full colour picture output. Hence, the print supply unit includes three ink supply reservoirs being a cyan reservoir 104, a magenta reservoir 105 and a yellow reservoir 106. Each of these reservoirs is required to store ink and includes a corresponding sponge type material 107-109 which assists in stabilising ink within the corresponding ink channel and inhibiting the ink from sloshing back and forth when the printhead is utilised in a handheld camera system. The reservoirs 104, 105, 106 are formed through the mating of first exterior plastic piece 110 and a second base piece 111.
At a first end 118 of the base piece 111 a series of air inlet 113-115 are provided. Each air inlet leads to a corresponding winding channel which is hydrophobically treated so as to act as an ink repellent and therefore repel any ink that may flow along the air inlet channel. The air inlet channel further takes a convoluted path assisting in resisting any ink flow out of the chambers 104-106. An adhesive tape portion 117 is provided for sealing the channels within end portion 118.
At the top end, there is included a series of refill holes (not shown) for refilling corresponding ink supply chambers 104, 105, 106. A plug 121 is provided for sealing the refill holes.
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The ink supply cartridge 42 includes two guide walls 124, 125 which separate the various ink chambers and are tapered into an end portion abutting the surface of the printhead 102. The guide walls 124, 125 are further mechanically supported by block portions eg. 126 which are placed at regular intervals along the length of the ink supply unit. The block portions 126 leave space at portions close to the back of printhead 102 for the flow of ink around the back surface thereof.
The ink supply unit is preferably formed from a multi-part plastic injection mould and the mould pieces eg. 110, 111 (
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The Image Capture and Processing integrated circuit 48 provides most of the electronic functionality of the camera with the exception of the print head integrated circuit. The integrated circuit 48 is a highly integrated system. It combines CMOS image sensing, analog to digital conversion, digital image processing, DRAM storage, ROM, and miscellaneous control functions in a single integrated circuit.
The integrated circuit is estimated to be around 32 mm2 using a leading edge 0.18 micron CMOS/DRAM/APS process. The integrated circuit size and cost can scale somewhat with Moore's law, but is dominated by a CMOS active pixel sensor array 201, so scaling is limited as the sensor pixels approach the diffraction limit.
The ICP 48 includes CMOS logic, a CMOS image sensor, DRAM, and analog circuitry. A very small amount of flash memory or other non-volatile memory is also preferably included for protection against reverse engineering.
Alternatively, the ICP can readily be divided into two integrated circuits: one for the CMOS imaging array, and the other for the remaining circuitry. The cost of this two integrated circuit solution should not be significantly different than the single integrated circuit ICP, as the extra cost of packaging and bond-pad area is somewhat cancelled by the reduced total wafer area requiring the color filter fabrication steps.
The ICP preferably contains the following functions:
The CPU, DRAM, Image sensor, ROM, Flash memory, Parallel interface, JTAG interface and ADC can be vendor supplied cores. The ICP is intended to run on 1.5V to minimize power consumption and allow convenient operation from two AA type battery cells.
The latest advances in the field of image sensing and CMOS image sensing in particular can be found in the October, 1997 issue of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and, in particular, pages 1689 to 1968. Further, a specific implementation similar to that disclosed in the present application is disclosed in Wong et. al, "CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensors Fabricated Using a 1.8V, 0.25 μm CMOS Technology", IEDM 1996, page 915.
The imaging array uses a 4 transistor active pixel design of a standard configuration. To minimize integrated circuit area and therefore cost, the image sensor pixels should be as small as feasible with the technology available. With a four transistor cell, the typical pixel size scales as 20 times the lithographic feature size. This allows a minimum pixel area of around 3.6 μm×3.6 μm. However, the photosite must be substantially above the diffraction limit of the lens. It is also advantageous to have a square photosite, to maximize the margin over the diffraction limit in both horizontal and vertical directions. In this case, the photosite can be specified as 2.5 μm×2.5 μm. The photosite can be a photogate, pinned photodiode, charge modulation device, or other sensor.
The four transistors are packed as an 'L' shape, rather than a rectangular region, to allow both the pixel and the photosite to be square. This reduces the transistor packing density slightly, increasing pixel size. However, the advantage in avoiding the diffraction limit is greater than the small decrease in packing density.
The transistors also have a gate length which is longer than the minimum for the process technology. These have been increased from a drawn length of 0.18 micron to a drawn length of 0.36 micron. This is to improve the transistor matching by making the variations in gate length represent a smaller proportion of the total gate length.
The extra gate length, and the 'L' shaped packing, mean that the transistors use more area than the minimum for the technology. Normally, around 8 μm2 would be required for rectangular packing. Preferably, 9.75 μm2 has been allowed for the transistors.
The total area for each pixel is 16 μm2, resulting from a pixel size of 4 μm×4 μm. With a resolution of 1,500×1,000, the area of the imaging array 101 is 6,000 μm×4,000 μm, or 24 mm2.
The presence of a color image sensor on the integrated circuit affects the process required in two major ways:
The CMOS fabrication process should be optimized to minimize dark current
Color filters are required. These can be fabricated using dyed photosensitive polyimides, resulting in an added process complexity of three spin coatings, three photolithographic steps, three development steps, and three hardbakes.
There are 15,000 analog signal processors (ASPS) 205, one for each of the columns of the sensor. The ASPs amplify the signal, provide a dark current reference, sample and hold the signal, and suppress the fixed pattern noise (FPN).
There are 375 analog to digital converters 206, one for each four columns of the sensor array. These may be delta-sigma or successive approximation type ADC's. A row of low column ADC's are used to reduce the conversion speed required, and the amount of analog signal degradation incurred before the signal is converted to digital. This also eliminates the hot spot (affecting local dark current) and the substrate coupled noise that would occur if a single high speed ADC was used. Each ADC also has two four bit DAC's which trim the offset and scale of the ADC to further reduce FPN variations between columns. These DAC's are controlled by data stored in flash memory during integrated circuit testing.
The column select logic 204 is a 1:1500 decoder which enables the appropriate digital output of the ADCs onto the output bus. As each ADC is shared by four columns, the least significant two bits of the row select control 4 input analog multiplexors.
A row decoder 207 is a 1:1000 decoder which enables the appropriate row of the active pixel sensor array. This selects which of the 1000 rows of the imaging array is connected to analog signal processors. As the rows are always accessed in sequence, the row select logic can be implemented as a shift register.
An auto exposure system 208 adjusts the reference voltage of the ADC 205 in response to the maximum intensity sensed during the previous frame period. Data from the green pixels is passed through a digital peak detector. The peak value of the image frame period before capture (the reference frame) is provided to a digital to analogue converter (DAC), which generates the global reference voltage for the column ADCs. The peak detector is reset at the beginning of the reference frame. The minimum and maximum values of the three RGB color components are also collected for color correction.
The second largest section of the integrated circuit is consumed by a DRAM 210 used to hold the image. To store the 1,500×1,000 image from the sensor without compression, 1.5 Mbytes of DRAM 210 are required. This equals 12 Mbits, or slightly less than 5% of a 256 Mbit DRAM. The DRAM technology assumed is of the 256 Mbit generation implemented using 0.18 μm CMOS.
Using a standard 8F cell, the area taken by the memory array is 3.11 mm2. When row decoders, column sensors, redundancy, and other factors are taken into account, the DRAM requires around 4 mm2.
This DRAM 210 can be mostly eliminated if analog storage of the image signal can be accurately maintained in the CMOS imaging array for the two seconds required to print the photo. However, digital storage of the image is preferable as it is maintained without degradation, is insensitive to noise, and allows copies of the photo to be printed considerably later.
A DRAM address generator 211 provides the write and read addresses to the DRAM 210. Under normal operation, the write address is determined by the order of the data read from the CMOS image sensor 201. This will typically be a simple raster format. However, the data can be read from the sensor 201 in any order, if matching write addresses to the DRAM are generated. The read order from the DRAM 210 will normally simply match the requirements of a color interpolator and the print head. As the cyan, magenta, and yellow rows of the print head are necessarily offset by a few pixels to allow space for nozzle actuators, the colors are not read from the DRAM simultaneously. However, there is plenty of time to read all of the data from the DRAM many times during the printing process. This capability is used to eliminate the need for FIFOs in the print head interface, thereby saving integrated circuit area. All three RGB image components can be read from the DRAM each time color data is required. This allows a color space converter to provide a more sophisticated conversion than a simple linear RGB to CMY conversion.
Also, to allow two dimensional filtering of the image data without requiring line buffers, data is re-read from the DRAM array.
The address generator may also implement image effects in certain models of camera. For example, passport photos are generated by a manipulation of the read addresses to the DRAM. Also, image framing effects (where the central image is reduced), image warps, and kaleidoscopic effects can all be generated by manipulating the read addresses of the DRAM.
While the address generator 211 may be implemented with substantial complexity if effects are built into the standard integrated circuit, the integrated circuit area required for the address generator is small, as it consists only of address counters and a moderate amount of random logic.
A color interpolator 214 converts the interleaved pattern of red, 2× green, and blue pixels into RGB pixels. It consists of three 8 bit adders and associated registers. The divisions are by either 2 (for green) or 4 (for red and blue) so they can be implemented as fixed shifts in the output connections of the adders.
A convolver 215 is provided as a sharpening filter which applies a small convolution kernel (5×5) to the red, green, and blue planes of the image. The convolution kernel for the green plane is different from that of the red and blue planes, as green has twice as many samples. The sharpening filter has five functions:
- To improve the color interpolation from the linear interpolation provided by the color interpolator, to a close approximation of a sinc interpolation.
- To compensate for the image 'softening' which occurs during digitization.
- To adjust the image sharpness to match average consumer preferences, which are typically for the image to be slightly sharper than reality. As the single use camera is intended as a consumer product, and not a professional photographic products, the processing can match the most popular settings, rather than the most accurate.
- To suppress the sharpening of high frequency (individual pixel) noise. The function is similar to the 'unsharp mask' process.
- To antialias Image Warping.
These functions are all combined into a single convolution matrix. As the pixel rate is low (less than 1 Mpixel per second) the total number of multiplies required for the three color channels is 56 million multiplies per second. This can be provided by a single multiplier. Fifty bytes of coefficient ROM are also required.
A color ALU 113 combines the functions of color compensation and color space conversion into the one matrix multiplication, which is applied to every pixel of the frame. As with sharpening, the color correction should match the most popular settings, rather than the most accurate.
A color compensation circuit of the color ALU provides compensation for the lighting of the photo. The vast majority of photographs are substantially improved by a simple color compensation, which independently normalizes the contrast and brightness of the three color components.
A color look-up table (CLUT) 212 is provided for each color component. These are three separate 256×8 SRAMs, requiring a total of 6,144 bits. The CLUTs are used as part of the color correction process. They are also used for color special effects, such as stochastically selected "wild color" effects.
A color space conversion system of the color ALU converts from the RGB color space of the image sensor to the CMY color space of the printer. The simplest conversion is a 1's complement of the RGB data. However, this simple conversion assumes perfect linearity of both color spaces, and perfect dye spectra for both the color filters of the image sensor, and the ink dyes. At the other extreme is a tri-linear interpolation of a sampled three dimensional arbitrary transform table. This can effectively match any non-linearity or differences in either color space. Such a system is usually necessary to obtain good color space conversion when the print engine is a color electrophotographic.
However, since the non-linearity of a halftoned ink jet output is very small, a simpler system can be used. A simple matrix multiply can provide excellent results. This requires nine multiplies and six additions per contone pixel. However, since the contone pixel rate is low (less than 1 Mpixel/sec) these operations can share a single multiplier and adder. The multiplier and adder are used in a color ALU which is shared with the color compensation function.
Digital halftoning can be performed as a dispersed dot ordered dither using a stochastic optimized dither cell. A halftone matrix ROM 216 is provided for storing dither cell coefficients. A dither cell size of 32×32 is adequate to ensure that the cell repeat cycle is not visible. The three colors—cyan, magenta, and yellow—are all dithered using the same cell, to ensure maximum co-positioning of the ink dots. This minimizes 'muddying' of the mid-tones which results from bleed of dyes from one dot to adjacent dots while still wet. The total ROM size required is 1 KByte, as the one ROM is shared by the halftoning units for each of the three colors.
The digital halftoning used is dispersed dot ordered dither with stochastic optimized dither matrix. While dithering does not produce an image quite as 'sharp' as error diffusion, it does produce a more accurate image with fewer artifacts. The image sharpening produced by error diffusion is artificial, and less controllable and accurate than 'unsharp mask' filtering performed in the contone domain. The high print resolution (1,600 dpi×1,600 dpi) results in excellent quality when using a well formed stochastic dither matrix.
Digital halftoning is performed by a digital halftoning unit 217 using a simple comparison between the contone information from the DRAM 210 and the contents of the dither matrix 216. During the halftone process, the resolution of the image is changed from the 250 dpi of the captured contone image to the 1,600 dpi of the printed image. Each contone pixel is converted to an average of 40.96 halftone dots.
The ICP incorporates a 16 bit microcontroller CPU core 219 to run the miscellaneous camera functions, such as reading the buttons, controlling the motor and solenoids, setting up the hardware, and authenticating the refill station. The processing power required by the CPU is very modest, and a wide variety of processor cores can be used. As the entire CPU program is run from a small ROM 220[.], program compatibility between camera versions is not important, as no external programs are run. A 2 Mbit (256 Kbyte) program and data ROM 220 is included on integrated circuit. Most of this ROM space is allocated to data for outline graphics and fonts for specialty cameras. The program requirements are minor. The single most complex task is the encrypted authentication of the refill station. The ROM requires a single transistor per bit.
A Flash memory 221 may be used to store a 128 bit authentication code. This provides higher security than storage of the authentication code in ROM, as reverse engineering can be made essentially impossible. The Flash memory is completely covered by third level metal, making the data impossible to extract using scanning probe microscopes or electron beams. The authentication code is stored in the integrated circuit when manufactured. At least two other Flash bits are required for the authentication process: a bit which locks out reprogramming of the authentication code, and a bit which indicates that the camera has been refilled by an authenticated refill station. The flash memory can also be used to store FPN correction data for the imaging array. Additionally, a phase locked loop rescaling parameter is stored for scaling the clocking cycle to an appropriate correct time. The clock frequency does not require crystal accuracy since no date functions are provided. To eliminate the cost of a crystal, an on integrated circuit oscillator with a phase locked loop 224 is used. As the frequency of an on-integrated circuit oscillator is highly variable from integrated circuit to integrated circuit, the frequency ratio of the oscillator to the PLL is digitally trimmed during initial testing. The value is stored in Flash memory 221. This allows the clock PLL to control the ink-jet heater pulse width with sufficient accuracy.
A scratchpad SRAM is a small static RAM 222 with a 6T cell. The scratchpad provided temporary memory for the 16 bit CPU. 1024 bytes is adequate.
A print head interface 223 formats the data correctly for the print head. The print head interface also provides all of the timing signals required by the print head. These timing signals may vary depending upon temperature, the number of dots printed simultaneously, the print medium in the print roll, and the dye density of the ink in the print roll.
The following is a table of external connections to the print head interface:
The print head utilized is composed of eight identical segments, each 1.25 cm long. There is no connection between the segments on the print head integrated circuit. Any connections required are made in the external TAB bonding film, which is double sided. The division into eight identical segments is to simplify lithography using wafer steppers. The segment width of 1.25 cm fits easily into a stepper field. As the print head integrated circuit is long and narrow (10 cm×0.3 mm), the stepper field contains a single segment of 32 print head integrated circuits. The stepper field is therefore 1.25 cm×1.6 cm. An average of four complete print heads are patterned in each wafer step.
A single BitClock output line connects to all 8 segments on the print head. The 8 DataBits lines lead one to each segment, and are clocked into the 8 segments on the print head simultaneously (on a BitClock pulse). For example, dot 0 is transferred to segment0, dot 750 is transferred to segment1, dot 1500 to segment2 etc simultaneously.
The ParallelXferClock is connected to each of the 8 segments on the print head, so that on a single pulse, all segments transfer their bits at the same time.
The NozzleSelect, BankEnable and ColorEnable lines are connected to each of the 8 segments, allowing the print head interface to independently control the duration of the cyan, magenta, and yellow nozzle energizing pulses. Registers in the Print Head Interface allow the accurate specification of the pulse duration between 0 and 6 ms, with a typical duration of 2 ms to 3 ms.
A parallel interface 125 connects the ICP to individual static electrical signals. The CPU is able to control each of these connections as memory mapped I/O via a low speed bus.
The following is a table of connections to the parallel interface:
Seven high current drive transistors eg. 227 are required. Four are for the four phases of the main stepper motor, two are for the guillotine motor, and the remaining transistor is to drive the capping solenoid. These transistors are allocated 20,000 square microns (600,000 F) each. As the transistors are driving highly inductive loads, they must either be turned off slowly, or be provided with a high level of back EMF protection. If adequate back EMF protection cannot be provided using the integrated circuit process chosen, then external discrete transistors should be used. The transistors are never driven at the same time as the image sensor is used. This is to avoid voltage fluctuations and hot spots affecting the image quality. Further, the transistors are located as far away from the sensor as possible.
A standard JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) interface 228 is included in the ICP for testing purposes and for interrogation by the refill station. Due to the complexity of the integrated circuit, a variety of testing techniques are required, including BIST (Built In Self Test) and functional block isolation. An overhead of 10% in integrated circuit area is assumed for integrated circuit testing circuitry for the random logic portions. The overhead for the large arrays the image sensor and the DRAM is smaller.
The JTAG interface is also used for authentication of the refill station. This is included to ensure that the cameras are only refilled with quality paper and ink at a properly constructed refill station, thus preventing inferior quality refills from occurring. The camera must authenticate the refill station, rather than vice versa. The secure protocol is communicated to the refill station during the automated test procedure. Contact is made to four gold plated spots on the ICP/print head TAB by the refill station as the new ink is injected into the print head.
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The solenoid coil is interconnected (not shown) to interconnects 97, 98 (
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An optical element 31 is provided for snapping into a top portion of the chassis 12. The optical element 31 includes portions defining an optical view finder 32, 33 which are slotted into mating portions 35, 36 in view finder channel 37. Also provided in the optical element 31 is a lensing system 38 for magnification of the prints left number in addition to an optical pipe element 39 for piping light from the LED 5 for external display.
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Subsequently, the preferred embodiment is ready for use as a one time use camera system that provides for instant output images on demand. It will be evident that the preferred embodiment further provides for a refillable camera system. A used camera can be collected and its outer plastic cases removed and recycled. A new paper roll and batteries can be added and the ink cartridge refilled. A series of automatic test routines can then be carried out to ensure that the printer is properly operational. Further, in order to ensure only authorised refills are conducted so as to enhance quality, routines in the on-integrated circuit program ROM can be executed such that the camera authenticates the refilling station using a secure protocol. Upon authentication, the camera can reset an internal paper count and an external case can be fitted on the camera system with a new outer label. Subsequent packing and shipping can then take place.
It will be further readily evident to those skilled in the art that the program ROM can be modified so as to allow for a variety of digital processing routines. In addition to the digitally enhanced photographs optimised for mainstream consumer preferences, various other models can readily be provided through mere re-programming of the program ROM. For example, a sepia classic old fashion style output can be provided through a remapping of the colour mapping function. A further alternative is to provide for black and white outputs again through a suitable colour remapping algorithm. Minimum colour can also be provided to add a touch of colour to black and white prints to produce the effect that was traditionally used to colourize black and white photos. Further, passport photo output can be provided through suitable address remappings within the address generators. Further, edge filters can be utilised as is known in the field of image processing to produce sketched art styles. Further, classic wedding borders and designs can be placed around an output image in addition to the provision of relevant clip arts. For example, a wedding style camera might be provided. Further, a panoramic mode can be provided so as to output the well known panoramic format of images. Further, a postcard style output can be provided through the printing of postcards including postage on the back of a print roll surface. Further, cliparts can be provided for special events such as Halloween, Christmas etc. Further, kaleidoscopic effects can be provided through address remappings and wild colour effects can be provided through remapping of the colour lookup table. Many other forms of special event cameras can be provided for example, cameras dedicated to the Olympics, movie tie-ins, advertising and other special events.
The operational mode of the camera can be programmed so that upon the depressing of the take photo a first image is sampled by the sensor array to determine irrelevant parameters. Next a second image is again captured which is utilised for the output. The captured image is then manipulated in accordance with any special requirements before being initially output on the paper roll. The LED light is then activated for a predetermined time during which the DRAM is refreshed so as to retain the image. If the print copy button is depressed during this predetermined time interval, a further copy of the photo is output. After the predetermined time interval where no use of the camera has occurred, the onboard CPU shuts down all power to the camera system until such time as the take button is again activated. In this way, substantial power savings can be realized.
Ink Jet Technologies
The embodiments of the invention use an ink jet printer type device. Of course many different devices could be used. However presently popular ink jet printing technologies are unlikely to be suitable.
The most significant problem with thermal inkjet is power consumption. This is approximately 100 times that required for high speed, and stems from the energy-inefficient means of drop ejection. This involves the rapid boiling of water to produce a vapor bubble which expels the ink. Water has a very high heat capacity, and must be superheated in thermal inkjet applications. This leads to an efficiency of around 0.02%, from electricity input to drop momentum (and increased surface area) out.
The most significant problem with piezoelectric inkjet is size and cost. Piezoelectric crystals have a very small deflection at reasonable drive voltages, and therefore require a large area for each nozzle. Also, each piezoelectric actuator must be connected to its drive circuit on a separate substrate. This is not a significant problem at the current limit of around 300 nozzles per print head, but is a major impediment to the fabrication of pagewide print heads with 19,200 nozzles.
Ideally, the inkjet technologies used meet the stringent requirements of in-camera digital color printing and other high quality, high speed, low cost printing applications. To meet the requirements of digital photography, new inkjet technologies have been created. The target features include:
- low power (less than 10 Watts)
- high resolution capability (1,600 dpi or more)
- photographic quality output
- low manufacturing cost
- small size (pagewidth times minimum cross section)
- high speed (<2 seconds per page).
All of these features can be met or exceeded by the inkjet systems described below with differing levels of difficulty. 45 different inkjet technologies have been developed by the Assignee to give a wide range of choices for high volume manufacture. These technologies form part of separate applications assigned to the present Assignee as set out in the table below.
The inkjet designs shown here are suitable for a wide range of digital printing systems, from battery powered one-time use digital cameras, through to desktop and network printers, and through to commercial printing systems.
For ease of manufacture using standard process equipment, the print head is designed to be a monolithic 0.5 micron CMOS integrated circuit with MEMS post processing. For color photographic applications, the print head is 100 mm long, with a width which depends upon the inkjet type. The smallest print head designed is IJ38, which is 0.35 mm wide, giving a integrated circuit area of 35 square mm. The print heads each contain 19,200 nozzles plus data and control circuitry.
Ink is supplied to the back of the print head by injection molded plastic ink channels. The molding requires 50 micron features, which can be created using a lithographically micromachined insert in a standard injection molding tool. Ink flows through holes etched through the wafer to the nozzle chambers fabricated on the front surface of the wafer. The print head is connected to the camera circuitry by tape automated bonding.CROSS-REFERENCED APPLICATIONS
The following table is a guide to cross-referenced patent applications filed concurrently herewith and discussed hereinafter with the reference being utilized in subsequent tables when referring to a particular case:
Tables of Drop-on-Demand Inkjets
Eleven important characteristics of the fundamental operation of individual inkjet nozzles have been identified. These characteristics are largely orthogonal, and so can be elucidated as an eleven dimensional matrix. Most of the eleven axes of this matrix include entries developed by the present assignee.
The following tables form the axes of an eleven dimensional table of inkjet types.
- Actuator mechanism (18 types)
- Basic operation mode (7 types)
- Auxiliary mechanism (8 types)
- Actuator amplification or modification method (17 types)
- Actuator motion (19 types)
- Nozzle refill method (4 types)
- Method of restricting back-flow through inlet (10 types)
- Nozzle clearing method (9 types)
- Nozzle plate construction (9 types)
- Drop ejection direction (5 types)
- Ink type (7 types)
The complete eleven dimensional table represented by these axes contains 36.9 billion possible configurations of inkjet nozzle. While not all of the possible combinations result in a viable inkjet technology, many million configurations are viable. It is clearly impractical to elucidate all of the possible configurations. Instead, certain inkjet types have been investigated in detail. These are designated IJ01 to IJ45 above.
Other inkjet configurations can readily be derived from these 45 examples by substituting alternative configurations along one or more of the 11 axes. Most of the IJ01 to IJ45 examples can be made into inkjet print heads with characteristics superior to any currently available inkjet technology.
Where there are prior art examples known to the inventor, one or more of these examples are listed in the examples column of the tables below. The IJ01 to IJ45 series are also listed in the examples column. In some cases, a printer may be listed more than once in a table, where it shares characteristics with more than one entry.
Suitable applications include: Home printers, Office network printers, Short run digital printers, Commercial print systems, Fabric printers, Pocket printers, Internet WWW printers, Video printers, Medical imaging, Wide format printers, Notebook PC printers, Fax machines, Industrial printing systems, Photocopiers, Photographic minilabs etc.
The information associated with the aforementioned 11 dimensional matrix are set out in the following tables.
Actuator Mechanism (Applied only to Selected Ink Drops)
Basic Operation Mode
Auxiliary Mechanism (Applied to all Nozzles)
Actuator Amplification or Modification Method
Actuator Motion
Nozzle Refill Method
Method of Restricting Back-Flow Through Inlet
Nozzle Clearing Method
Nozzle Plate Construction
Drop Ejection Direction
Ink Type
Ink Jet Printing
A large number of new forms of ink jet printers have been developed to facilitate alternative ink jet technologies for the image processing and data distribution system. Various combinations of ink jet devices can be included in printer devices incorporated as part of the present invention. Australian Provisional Patent Applications relating to these ink jets which are specifically incorporated by cross reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
Ink Jet Manufacturing
Further, the present application may utilize advanced semiconductor fabrication techniques in the construction of large arrays of ink jet printers. Suitable manufacturing techniques are described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications incorporated here by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
Fluid Supply
Further, the present application may utilize an ink delivery system to the ink jet head. Delivery systems relating to the supply of ink to a series of ink jet nozzles are described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications, the disclosure of which are hereby incorporated by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
MEMS Technology
Further, the present application may utilize advanced semiconductor microelectromechanical techniques in the construction of large arrays of ink jet printers. Suitable microelectromechanical techniques are described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications incorporated here by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
IR Technologies
Further, the present application may include the utilization of a disposable camera system such as those described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications incorporated here by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
DotCard Technologies
Further, the present application may include the utilization of a data distribution system such as that described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications incorporated here by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
Artcam Technologies
Further, the present application may include the utilization of camera and data processing techniques such as an Artcam type device as described in the following Australian provisional patent specifications incorporated here by cross-reference. The serial numbers of respective corresponding US patent applications are also provided for the sake of convenience.
1. An inkjet printer comprising:
- a chassis;
- a pagewidth printhead operatively mounted on the chassis for carrying out a printing operation on print media moving past the printhead; and
- a capping assembly comprising:
- a base structure mounted on the chassis, the base structure being elongate and substantially coextensive with the printhead;
- at least one static solenoid mounted on the base structure, the at least one solenoid being elongate and substantially coextensive with printhead;
- a support member reciprocally movable, with respect to the chassis, between an operative position and an inoperative position, said support member being actuated by the at least one solenoid; and
- a printhead capping member mounted directly on the support member and arranged such that when the support member is in the operative position, the capping member caps the printhead and when the support member is in the inoperative position, the capping member is disengaged from the printhead.
2. The printer of claim 1, wherein the support member is biased towards the operative position.
3. The printer of claim 1, wherein the solenoid is configured to move the support member into its inoperative position when the solenoid is actuated.
4. The printer of claim 1, wherein the capping member further comprises a length of sponge dimensioned to cover the printhead when the support member is displaced into its operative position.
5. The printer of claim 4, wherein a sealing member is positioned on the support member for sealing engagement with the sponge.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 11, 2005
Publication Date: Aug 18, 2005
Patent Grant number: 7258418
Inventor: Kia Silverbrook (Balmain)
Application Number: 11/102,847


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LOS ANGELES – A $1 million reward is now offered for information leading to the conviction of accused cop-killer Christopher Jordan Dorner, as 50 Los Angeles police officers and their families are being watched and guarded against attack by an ex-cop on a murderous campaign of revenge.
Police Sunday for the first time revealed that Richard Crain, 34, was the Riverside police officer killed Thursday, apparently by Dorner. Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said his name had been been withheld until today because of fears that Dorner might harm his surviving family, Diaz said.
LAPD chief Charlie Beck said search efforts today were still focussed on the snowy mountains of Big Bear, where Dorner apparently abandoned his pickup truck and set it afire Thursday. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the reward money is being put up by "business, unions, government, law enforcement and community groups."
The LA police chief called it "the largest award every offered locally. Some have asked why such a large reward. "This is an act of domestic terrorism," Beck said. "This is a man who has targeted those that we entrust to protect the public. "This is not about capturing a suspect, this is about preventing a future attack, maybe a murder, the chief said.
LAPD resources were stretched today, as the department not only searched for Dorner but grappled with logistics of providing security for 50 LAPD officers' homes and families. At the news conference in Los Angeles, the Riverside chief said it was time to identify the slain officer publicly, with a funeral pending Wednesday. "There are several news outlets that have had that information (the name) because they have figured it out on their own, we are very, very grateful to you that you have embargoed that," Diaz said. "This individual has already shown and stated that the families of police officers are fair game."
Dorner, nursing a grudge about his dismissal from the force, on Sunday apparently killed the daughter of a policeman and her fiancee in Irvine. On Thursday, he apparently was involved in shootouts with Los Angeles police guarding an officer's home in Corona, where police were shot at but not hit. Crane and his partner were ambushed by a gunman later that morning in Riverside. The partner was wounded, his name is still withheld.
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FY 2020 Request for Proposal | Frequently Asked Questions
Effective July 1, 2019, the solicitation for Fiscal Year 2020 blanket purchase agreements for treatment services in the Western District of Missouri is OPEN!
All documents necessary for submission of an Offer on a Request for Proposal (RFP) must be OBTAINED AND PRINTED from the links below.
Go to the heading FY2020 Request for Proposal (below) to locate the required documents specific to each individual catchment area and service type. Section A provides your specific solicitation number and the corresponding/attached Section B provides the service project codes on which to bid. Click on the catchment area and service type to complete and print the required Section A & B documents you MUST submit with your offer. Please be sure to select the correct catchment area and service type for which you wish to make an offer. If the catchment area and service type includes a link for DOL Wage Determination, please be sure to download a copy of that document for your records.
Please remember to read all sections of the RFP.
PLEASE NOTE: Offerors are no longer required to submit copies of Sections C, D, E, F, G, H, and I with their offer (See Page L-2, Proposal Submission). Section L outlines the instructions and conditions for submission of proposals.
If you have questions regarding submission of your Offer, please e-mail Contracting Officer Stephanie Wiley at email@example.com. All questions and answers will be posted on this web site (see below).
For all offers, one (1) original hard copy must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 23, 2019, at 400 E. 9th St., Suite 4510, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. Offers received after the deadline will not be considered. All copies must be originally signed. A copy of the BPA Clauses and Terms of Agreement, should be retained by the offeror for their files.
Please do not submit proposals in binders or notebooks.
If you would prefer a hard copy of the RFP, please call or e-mail Stephanie Wiley at 816-512-1329, email@example.com. Please provide your agency name, address, telephone number, and the catchment area and service type for which you wish to make an offer. Please allow ample mailing time in order to meet the deadline for submission of the offer.
The RFP contains the full text of all applicable Government regulations, and all offerors are subject to the provisions contained in the RFP. In responding to the RFP, you should answer fully each item and supply all information requested. Section L provides specific directions for potential vendors in completing their proposals. The minimum standards for the services listed are contained in the Clauses and Terms of Agreement, and all proposals will be evaluated by the criterion laid out in Section M.
Proposals will be awarded on the basis of initial offers submitted, and each initial offer should contain your organization's best terms from a cost and technical standpoint. There will be no additional opportunity to modify your proposal.
Please read the RFP carefully; do not rely on knowledge of previous RFPs or knowledge of previous Federal procurement procedures.
The estimated monthly quantity (EMQ) listed in Section B of the RFP is the estimate of the services to be provided during the term of this agreement. These are only estimates.
Although the Government may choose to enter into a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with multiple vendors, the Government reserves the right to award to a single vendor.
The term for this BPA is twelve (12) months, with a provision that shall allow the Government to unilaterally extend the agreement for an additional two (2) years, at two (2) twelve (12)-month intervals, at the Government's discretion.
A vendor must be capable of providing all services identified in Section B, and within the geographic area identified in Section B. **Please indicate the address where services will be provided in the Background Statement of your proposal.** In addition, the vendor must be capable of submitting the monthly invoice for services in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format. The Government will provide a copy of the invoice format to the vendor.
These are very large PDF documents and may take a few minutes to download.
- 0866-2020-03DR – Columbia | Substance Abuse Treatment/Testing | DOL Wage Determination
- 0866-2020-04MH – Columbia | Mental Health Treatment
- 0866-2020-14MH – Joplin | Mental Health Treatment
- 0866-2020-25SO – Springfield | Sex Offender Treatment
- 0866-2020-35IN – Joplin | Short Term Substance Abuse Residential Treatment
- 0866-2020-37MH – West Plains | Mental Health Treatment
- 0866-2020-38DR – West Plains | Substance Abuse Treatment/Testing | DOL Wage Determination
- 0866-2020-54IN – Trenton | Short Term Substance Abuse Residential Treatment Substance Abuse
- 0866-2020-55IN – Jefferson City | Short Term Substance Abuse Residential Treatment Substance Abuse
- 0866-2020-56SO - Neosho | Sex Offender | This Request for Proposal has a separate deadline of September 19, 2019.
- 0866-2020-32MH - Jefferson City | Mental Health | This Request for Proposal has a separate deadline of September 27, 2019
- 0866-2020-36IN - Clinton-Warrensburg | Short Term Substance Abuse Residential Treatment | This Request for Proposal has a separate deadline of September 27, 2019
- 0866-2020-53IN - Linn Creek | Short Term Substance Abuse Residential Treatment | This Request for Proposal has a separate deadline of September 27, 2019
Do substance abuse counselors need to be state certified or can they be in the process of acquiring certification at the time the RFP is submitted?
Response: According to the Statement of Work, Section C: Counselors shall be certified and or have credentials to engage in substance abuse treatment intervention as established by his/her state's regulatory board and/or accrediting agency.
Are the Co-occurring codes under the Substance abuse BPA?
Response: The co- occurring project codes, 6015- Individual, 6026-group and 6036-family are now under the Mental Health BPA.
In the solicitation for St. Joseph, the estimated monthly quantity for residential placement (2001) is listed as 30. Does this represent 30 consumers that will receive short term residential treatment each day of the month; or are you requesting services for one consumer in a 30 day period?
Response: This number represents one consumer receiving residential treatment in a 30-day period.
Narrative responses are for all items that have an asterisk? So, for example on page B-2, number 2011, does not require a response, correct?
Response: Narrative responses are required for each service (project code) ordered in the RFP. Instructions regarding the completion of the narrative section can be found in Section L.1 of the proposal. An asterisk appears next to a project code to indicate a local need has been attached to such code. So, yes, 2011 code would require a narrative response. Also note that an offer must be made on each listed project code in the RFP. Failing to do so will result in a vendor being found technically unacceptable.
On a typical day, how many offenders are enrolled in services?
Response: Estimated monthly quantities are meant to provide the vendor with the approximate number of units a vendor can anticipate providing per month for each project code. As of the month of July, we had approximately 325 defendants/offenders receiving services under this BPA. Please note, this number represents individuals receiving a variety of services, not specifically counseling services. Please refer to the EMQ's listed for each project code for an approximate number.
Does the probation office dictate treatment services or does the professional staff decide how much treatment an offender receives?
Response: Yes, the probation office dictates treatment services and orders the services to be provided utilizing the form 45. Only those services listed on the form 45 can be provided by the vendor. Having said that, we hope to work in collaboration with the vendor and involve counselors in the development of an appropriate treatment plan.
Do the offer's need to be in the Probation/Pretrial Office by 8/31 at 4:00 pm or can they be post marked for that day?
Response: The offers are to be received in the office by 8/31 at 4:00pm.
Can the offers be walked in or hand delivered?
Response: Yes, please make the recipient aware the item delivered is an offer so it is not opened and Tammy Lawrence is notified.
The offeror is not required to submit solicitation sections C,D, E, F, G, H, and I as part of its proposal". What does solicitation mean exactly?
Response: Solicitation means a request for proposals. This statement is saying you do not have to print out these sections and submit them with your proposal. Each offeror shall prepare and submit as part of its offer a Narrative Statement in which the offeror describes how it will provide the mandatory requirements stated in Sections C, E,F and G. Please see Section K, Paragraph 1.
If the codes are now under the Mental health BPA, why are they listed in this contract in Section C?
Response: Please note, section C contains all project codes. Section B outlines the one specific to your catchment area/BPA.
Is it necessary to type Section H and I in the proposal or can we just copy the pages and put in our bid?
Response: As outlined in Section L under Proposal Submission "Note: The offeror is not required to submit solicitation sections C, D, E, F, G, H, and I as part of its proposal."
Is the service delivered in a residential setting or in my office?
Response: Service needs to be delivered within the catchment area. A site visit will be conducted to ensure all local, state and federal rules are followed.
Do you have this solicitation, or at least the forms to be completed in Word?
Response: No- we do not create these forms. They are generated by a national program which utilizes PDF only.
In reviewing the solicitations for RFPs I am in need of clarification regarding the solicitation # and the service descriptions included in the letters.
Branson/Simmering: Solicitation #0866-2014-19MH The letter mentions substance abuse treatment yet the solicitation # indicates MH?
Springfield Battlefield: Solicitation #0866-2014-25SO The letter mentions substance abuse treatment yet the solicitation # indicates sex offender treatment?
Response: The solicitation numbers, project codes and catchment areas are correct.
What is the Total Evaluated Price (all project codes totaled across the Base and both option years) for the sex offender contract in Springfield for solicitation year FY2017?
Response: Total for Base and both options years was calculated at $308,448.00


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Would it be necessary to use the refined geoid of Gravity Probe B?
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The fifth Retriever to ever reach the NCAA championships, Rentzsch recorded his best toss of the day, a heave of 62.17m (204'00"), in his second throw during flight one of the competition. His distance placed him tenth in the preliminary round.
Ohio State's Bill Stanley paced the opening group with a toss of 72.79m (238'10) while Sam Humphreys from Texas A&M led all throwers with his launch of 77.31 (253'07") during flight two. Humphreys then recorded the top distance of the day in the finals (77.95m; 255'09") to take home the gold medal.
In his first season with the Black and Gold, Renztsch was on a record-setting pace from the onset. In his first-ever outdoor meet, the Florida State Relays, the rookie broke the 14-year old school record in the javelin. He set a new mark the next weekend at the Big Dawg Invitational at UMBC Stadium, and then went on to do so two more times during the invitational season. At the America East Championships, Rentzsch won the event, along with garnering the decathlon title, to earn Most Outstanding Rookie accolades.
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2. MSM projects the images to the masses of the arabic dictatorships to copy-cat, to bring down the regimes one-by-one(with a bit of help from agent provocateurs from a certain Middle-Eastern country) and have more "democratic revolutions"
warriorhun wrote:I think, the images on international TV-s in this case are not simply about informing the world on what is happening (well, that is not the task of the media in general, that is my personal opinion by the way). I think the images are used to incite the wish to copy in the other arabic dictatorships. If images of what is happening on the ground will not fit that criteria, it is logical that they will alter and fake images to incite the necessary mass reactions in the other arabic countries. (The message: do it, riot, easy, you will win. Real aim: give a pretext and alibi to carry out political changes).
That would explain the second video I posted, in which I think the riot scenes are outright fakery with CGI sims. In the first video, the sound effect of the shooting, plus the people's behaviour (staying bravely to help, daring the police to shoot again, instead of getting the hell out of the area), for me, is suspicious again of fakery. It is possible that all other videos are legit, but the existence of this two I think gives us reason to pay attention.
"Tea party" photo shows huge crowd — at different event
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Bloggers said this photo showed a gargantuan crowd at Saturday's "tea party" protest. But it apparently was taken in 1997 at a Promise Keepers rally.
In the competitive world of Washington protests, crowd size is often a matter of dispute. Organizers usually boast of huge crowds, while police and the news media offer much smaller estimates.
So supporters of Saturday's "tea party" protests against President Barack Obama were quick to highlight their big turnout. To bolster countless claims on blogs and Facebook, many posted a photograph that showed a gargantuan crowd sprawling from Capitol Hill down the National Mall to the Washington Monument.
But it turns out the photo is more than 10 years old, apparently taken during a 1997 Promise Keepers rally.
On Saturday, estimates about the crowd spread quickly through the conservative blogosphere. Many writers, including author Michelle Malkin, pegged the number of people between 1 million and 2 million. Those reports were largely based on information from people in the crowd.
Pete Piringer, public affairs officer for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Department, said the local government no longer provides official crowd estimates because they can become politicized. But the day of the rally, Piringer unofficially told one reporter that he thought between 60,000 and 75,000 people had shown up.
There's another problem with the photograph: It doesn't include the National Museum of the American Indian, a building located at the corner of Fourth Street and Independence Avenue that opened on Sept. 14, 2004. (Looking at the photograph, the building should be in the upper right hand corner of the National Mall, next to the Air and Space Museum.) That means the picture was taken before the museum opened exactly five years ago. So clearly the photo doesn't show the "tea party" crowd from the Sept. 12 protest.
Also worth noting are the cranes in front of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. According to Randall Kremer, the museum's director of public affairs, "The last time cranes were in front was in the 1990s when the IMAX theater was being built."
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yes the protesters really look brave and in control of the streets...
But it is equally possible that these images are real: here and there protesters have been in control, and these young people here and there have been very brave (not being soft as the western northern folks yet
Keep in mind that this always happens during protests. It is the "black-bloc" strategy that serves so well within the EU, and that wants every march to always "degenerate" into clashes, pillaging and outright destruction, making the point of the peaceful protesters muuch weaker. This just happened two days ago in Italy, when a bunch of protesters went in front of Berlusconi's villa out of Milan, and after a while "anarchists" started rioting and destroying everything, so that the media could sell a story of isolated unreasonable violence rather than mass protest and political opposition.
You would not only have to have faked imagery, you would also need Egyptian authorities to react publicly to that fake imagery. To comment it and explain it. Why would they play along, if their purpose is to show that Mubarak is in fact holding?
It all seems too convenient that such a crazy event should begin in 2011 in the Middle East and then the media acts helplessly paralyzed when they are perfectly contented to tell us what to think the rest of the goddamned time they have their talking heads yapping at us. Why now so suspiciously slow?
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 15 (UPI) -- Henrik Sedin converted a penalty shot with 2:34 left to give Vancouver some breathing room Thursday and the Canucks went on to down Nashville 7-4.
Vancouver won its second straight and opened a four-point lead over Minnesota at the top of the Northwest Division.
The Canucks built a 5-2 lead heading into the third period, but Mike Fisher and Gabriel Bourque scored for the Predators to bring them within one.
That was when Sedin was awarded a penalty shot, which he converted for his seventh goal of the season. David Booth added an empty-net goal a minute later.
Mason Raymond and Jannik Hansen both scored their seventh goal of the season for the Canucks.
Roberto Luongo allowed four goals on 33 shots, but still came out the winner. Pekka Rinne was removed from the game after giving up four goals on just 12 shots. Nashville lost for the fifth time in seven outings.


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I just bought a Lenovo G50 Notebook. And as you might guess it's also "infected" with PUP (a SuperFish Software (that's the one which displays ads on webpages)).
So, now i try to clean up a brand new device. Sounds a bit absurd. What do you think?
PUP's = Potentially Unwanted Programs
btw. PUPs is in german just another word for FART.
01-07-2015 07:28 PM - last edited on 01-08-2015 01:16 PM by Bugbatter
Brand new Y40 here, and the same crappy experience.
Just received my laptop, booted up, started browsing and this annoying Superfish VisualDiscovery bull**bleep** started popping up on me... **bleep**??!!
So Lenovo, a supposedly renowned hardware maker, is pushing crapware into its customers??
I'm stunned. Completely.
And please, don't give me that PUP ("Potentially Unwanted Program") nonsense. This is adware, plain and simple.
Also, yes; I could wipe the whole thing out and get a fresh OS install (which I'll probably end up doing anyway), but that would require me to obtain a new OS license (i.e.: pay for it, if I want Windows).
Yet... wait! I have already paid for a Windows license here!!! (because Lenovo forced me to, as they won't sell the machine OS-less). However, I only got a bloated, spammy version, which I cannot change, beacuse all is embedded into the recovery image...
I feel scammed.
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you ALL can feel as scammed and crappy as you want..
BUT you ALL chose to buy with a company called Lenovo. so who is at fault here? you or lenovo??
i'm not saying lenovo should be able to do this.. but how you fight it is not buying from companies who do do this..
or you just not even worry about any of it and do a wipe and fresh install.. is that annoying? a little.. but it should only take 30minutes-1 hour .. and then you are done..
now, either buy from a company that promotes something else.. or fresh install windows 8.1..
you guys think lenovo is bad.. did you read about intel?? and they make all the processors/chips..
when you fresh install windows, do not install "intel management engine" "intel license" "intel anything" ha..
that is for remote management of your computer.. think about that from intel..
Me too, I had no idea Lenovo was doing this!
I had prior experience with a couple of ThinkPads I had used at work, and they were good (of course, they had company-customized images installed on them). In fact, that experience was a significant factor in my decision of buying a Lenovo for personal use.
That is why I felt so surprised.
Now, I run into this, do some Google searching and find out that I was not the only one. Maybe I should have done some better investigation beforehand...
Anyway, it's a shame, cause I still think their hardware is good.
BTW, regarding wipe and fresh install... the annoyance is not about the time it takes, but rather with the fact that I need to go purchase (or in some other way, obtain) a new license.
Particularly infuriating, considering that I have just paid Lenovo for a license I won't be using.
01-23-2015 10:12 AM - edited 02-20-2015 12:27 PM
Admin Edit - The original information is retained below. Lenovo's understanding of the situation has evolved since time of this orignal posting. Please review Lenovo's advisory regarding VisualDiscovery / Superfish on our support site here -> http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish
Instructions for the removal including both the application and certificates are available here
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Due to some issues (browser pop up behavior for example), with the Superfish Visual Discovery browser add-on, we have temporarily removed Superfish from our consumer systems until such time as Superfish is able to provide a software build that addresses these issues. As for units already in market, we have requested that Superfish auto-update a fix that addresses these issues.
To be clear, Superfish comes with Lenovo consumer products only and is a technology that helps users find and discover products visually. The technology instantly analyzes images on the web and presents identical and similar product offers that may have lower prices, helping users search for images without knowing exactly what an item is called or how to describe it in a typical text-based search engine.
The Superfish Visual Discovery engine analyzes an image 100% algorithmically, providing similar and near identical images in real time without the need for text tags or human intervention. When a user is interested in a product, Superfish will search instantly among more than 70,000 stores to find similar items and compare prices so the user can make the best decision on product and price.
Superfish technology is purely based on contextual/image and not behavioral. It does not profile nor monitor user behavior. It does not record user information. It does not know who the user is. Users are not tracked nor re-targeted. Every session is independent. When using Superfish for the first time, the user is presented the Terms of User and Privacy Policy, and has option not to accept these terms, i.e., Superfish is then disabled.
I guess this is a partial success.
Either way the damage to Lenovos reputation is done.
I failed to see any part of where its mentioned what the agreement was between lenovo and Visualsearch.
Lenovo were porbably paid to install this software on laptops, then visual search may have used it to get commissioning from visual search links....
Thank you Mark_Lenovo. I came to this forum specifically because of this software. I spent a week off and on trying to figure out why the Flowdock web app would not load on my Y50 laptop. Turned out the best-deals-products script was messing with Flowdock's code. I figured out that it was related to Superfish. I uninstalled Superfish and now the site is loading correctly.
It's good to see that Lenovo is acknowledging that something is amiss with software in their pre-installed bundle and is taking action to address it.
Hi, just bought a lenovo z50-70 and surprise the same program runs...
I notice it as soon as I turn it on...
And now I want to move it but it's not easy...
It's really weird that they install this kind of programme on a new laptop !!
And I'm going to call them cause I can't find a mail to join them from France !!
Really annoying !
(and by the way I only launch the notebook, installed winsows 8, and firefox from mozilla site, and a little addon lightbeam who tells me something wrong with my internet pages... So it must be there at the beginning !! )


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Youth Evangelist Matt Pitt Will Spend 10 Months in Jail for Violating Probation; Parents Say It's 'Test of Faith'
Popular youth evangelist Matt Pitt, 30, who founded one of America's largest Christian youth ministries known as The Basement will spend the next 10 months in jail after an Alabama judge revoked his probation for a 2012 crime on Tuesday.
The evangelist made headlines in August after he jumped off a 45-foot cliff in an unsuccessful attempt to elude Alabama police for allegedly impersonating a police officer for the second time since 2012.
Shelby County District attorney Robby Owens told AL.COM on Tuesday after Pitt's revocation hearing that Pitt should have pleaded to a felony for impersonating a police officer in 2012, but he had offered him a chance to plea to a misdemeanor thinking that the youth pastor would stay out of trouble with his work at The Basement. He expressed regret at the turn of events and said he felt betrayed.
"In this job sometimes you just take risks on people, give people a chance," said Owens. "Everybody makes mistakes and you can't judge what might happen in the future," he noted.
"His (Pitt's) past has a color to it but his recent past has been doing some good things," said Owens of The Basement. "So I gave him a chance to continue those things and he chose to ignore it."
He said law enforcement officers had advised him that they felt Pitt would impersonate a police officer again but "I had sincerely hoped that wouldn't be the case," said Owens.
On May 12, 2012, Pitt was charged with a felony for impersonating a peace officer in Calera, Ala., as police alleged that he flashed blue lights and pulled over cars on Interstate 65 in that state.
An August arrest warrant from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office charged that on June 15, Pitt again falsely pretended to be a deputy sheriff by showing a badge and "making an assertion of right in that capacity." And it upended the lenience Pitt had received from the district attorney.
Owens noted that he avoided presenting a number of witnesses and other evidence such as the presence of prescription drugs in Pitt's system on Tuesday because a clear case for the revocation of his probation was already apparent.
"He had violated terms of probation in so many different ways that I didn't need to get into something that I didn't need to get into" said Owens.
In commenting on the judge's decision the youth pastor's father told AL.COM that what his son was experiencing was a test of faith.
"It's just a test of faith, to stay strong and believe that God's going to do the right thing, which I know He will," said Pitt's father, Larry Pitt.
Fans of the youth pastor also flocked to his Facebook page to show their support.
"You are still my hero Matt Pitt! There's got to be a reason for all this and one day we will know!!! I know there's someone lost inside the place you are at and I pray you find them!" wrote Jamie Rhodes.
"The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. In the Gap praying from Kentucky for you Brother!" wrote Chris Barnes. "No matter what the news or others may say! I have sat with you face to face on many occasions… You are a mighty man of God… Today I stand arm in arm in faith and prayer believing that He that starts a great work in you will see it to completion! We rally with you and your family this morning here in the Bluegrass!"
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
We are a game ranking site (a toplist). Game owners send their users to our site to vote for their site and then we rank and display the top sites on our homepage. This particular site will only be ranking virtual pet games, so the design should be geared towards a younger, and usually female, demographic.
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Please see the linked websites in the page description for content. As for design, we're looking for a light-hearted and cutesie style. The site will be ranking virtual pet games.
==Main Page==
This is the main page where the sites are listed. Basically, the games should be listed with rank, title, description and votes (can show either just the votes in, or sometimes show in/out -- we're open to whichever is more aesthetically pleasing). Listings CAN contain banners (upgraded packages for users) so please keep that in mind (that some will have banners, others won't -- the design should flow either way)
For examples, check these three URLS: http://apexwebgaming.com/browse/RPG and http://mmorpg.top100arena.com/ and http://mgpoll.com/
Please work at least one ad spot into the site. We'll need to derive revenue from either game upgrades or banner ads from other companies.
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This page will be where the user goes if they want to see more details about the game. It should have their title, extended description, stats and screenshots if the game owner provided it. Additionally, there should be a list of user reviews on the page as well, along with a section for users to add a review
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We made the contest a 3 page contest so that we could get another page with common UI elements. If we could have the page be the voting landing page (when players come to vote, they basically see the game they're voting for, a captcha [we'll be using solve media] and a vote button -- sometimes also a 300x250 ad if it fits) that would be great. Then we'd like you to include a form with common form elements so that we can use them through out the site (for user registration, adding/deleting/maintaining their sites etc). This should keep us covered so that we don't have to improvise elements.
Lastly, along with keeping ad spaces in mind, please keep common UI in mind. We'll need links somewhere for users to register/login, return to home (can just be the "logo") and other misc tasks. We'd also like links in the footer alongside copyright info to point them to the sign up links, link back to our company site etc.
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Wyoming's 1st regulated wolf hunt begins Monday
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's first regulated wolf hunt is set to begin Monday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last month it would entrust Wyoming with managing wolf numbers and endorsed a plan that allows for the animals to be shot on sight in most of the state, while keeping them permanently protected in designated areas like Yellowstone National Park.
Wyoming Game and Fish spokesman Eric Keszler tells the Jackson Hole News and Guide (http://bit.ly/Qoo0FX ) that through Friday afternoon, Wyoming had sold 2,236 wolf licenses. Park County led sales with 562. Hunters in Fremont County bought 327, while Teton County followed with 324, Sublette with 228 and Natrona with 117.
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