Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Company

Zamtec Limited

Memjet Technology Limited

Illumina Corporation

Hewlett-packard Development, L.p.

Antoni S Murcia

Paul Ian Mackey

Xavier Bruch

Xavier Girones

Christopher Taylor

David Alvin Tyvoll

John Christian Love

Ramon Vega

Biagio Agostinelli

David L Berardelli

Ted Tang Lee

Kurt E Thiessen

Eric Joseph Johnson

B Michael Eckard

Richard H Lewis

Raul Perez

Josep Maria Serra

Norman E Pawlowski

Kenneth E Trueba

Kenneth R Williams

David William Jensen

Hector Jose Lebron

Attila Bertok

Michael W Munro

Kenneth J Courian

Tod S Heiles

Mohammad M Samii

Xavier Alonso

Makomo Tsubono

Javier Escobedo

Adam J Livingston

Jeffrey D Lueschen

Jeffrey Johnson

Antonio Joao Ubach

Juan Carlos Vives

Paul Daniel Faucher

David Petersen

Scott W Hock

Cesar Fernandez Espasa

Kelvin J Hasseler

Victor T Escobedo

Mark A Hay

Josep-Maria Serra

Mark McGarry

Yinan Xu

Myron A Bezenek

Lidia Calvo

Albert Serra

Juan Carles Vives

Steve Steinfield

Thomas G Cocklin

Jose Jurjo

Srinivas Bhakthavatsalam

Ramon Borrell

Arnold Peregrino

Kenneth Westfield

Darryl Donovan

Lluis Vinals-Matas

Matthew W Scuri

Lee A Sutherland

Charles L Hayman

Kevin J Hasseler

Minh Chu

David Berardelli

Sample carrier includes a thermal-control block having an active surface and an outer surface that face in opposite directions. The active surface has a series of mounting areas that are distributed along a length of the thermal-control block. The sample carrier also includes chamber cells that are configured to be disposed over respective mounting areas of the series of mounting areas. The sample carrier also includes a removable cover body that is configured to be coupled to the thermal-control block with the chamber cells therebetween. The thermal-control block and the chamber cells are shaped to form corresponding reaction chambers therebetween. The cover body and the thermal-control block are in fixed positions with respect to each other to form a unitary structure. The reaction chambers have corresponding inlets that open in a common direction to an exterior of the sample carrier.

Sample carrier and assay system for conducting designated reactions

A method and apparatus service a print head by translating a first web support relative to a second web support to adjust a length of a web extending between the first support and the second support.

Translatable web support

A printer includes: an inkjet printhead assembly; a sled slidably arranged with respect to the printhead assembly, the sled supporting a platen module, a capper module and a wiper module; a sliding mechanism for sliding the sled relative to printhead assembly so as to selectively align one of the platen, capper and wiper modules with the printhead assembly; and a lift mechanism for lifting an aligned module linearly away from the sled and towards the printhead assembly. The platen module is positioned between the capper and wiper modules on the sled, such that the capper and wiper modules are positioned at opposite sides of the printhead assembly during printing.

Printer having sled providing wiping, capping and platen modules

A printing assistance apparatus for a media width printhead, the apparatus having: an elongate platen having a surface for supporting media across the media width during printing on the media by fluid ejection nozzles of the printhead; and a wick element positioned within the platen for wicking fluid ejected by the nozzles from the supporting surface, the wick element having an elongate body positioned within the platen and a plurality of pads projecting from the body along the longitudinal length body toward the printhead, the pads being separated by notches.

Apparatus for assisting printing having proximal wick

Method of shaping media for printing by a media width printhead, the method having transporting media into a print zone defined by a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles of the printhead with input rollers at an angle to a plane parallel with the print zone; transporting media out of the print zone with output rollers at an angle to said parallel plane; and supporting and shaping the media as the media is transported through the print zone with an elongate platen, the platen having a series of upstream ribs disposed upstream of the print zone with respect to the media transport direction and a series of downstream ribs disposed downstream of the print zone with respect to the media transport direction, wherein the ribs are configured so that the transported media is in contact with the ribs in the print zone and adopts a constrained curved path past the nozzles.

Method of shaping media at printhead

A system for shaping media for printing by a media width printhead is provided having a media width printhead of fluid ejection nozzles defining a media width print zone, input rollers disposed for transporting media into the print zone at an angle to a plane parallel with the print zone, output rollers for transporting media out of the print zone at an angle to a plane parallel with the print zone, and an elongate platen for supporting and shaping the media as the media is transported through the print zone. The platen has a series of ribs disposed upstream of the print zone and a series of ribs disposed downstream of the print zone. The ribs are configured so that the transported media adopts a constrained curved path past the nozzles through contact with the ribs in the print zone.

System for shaping media at printhead

A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a first porous member for contacting the printhead to absorb fluid from the printhead; and a second porous member for contacting the first porous member to absorb fluid from the first porous member.

Maintenance apparatus having multiple fluid absorbers for printhead

A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a rotatable shaft; a porous material about the shaft; and a mechanism for rotating the shaft so that the porous material rotates against the printhead, the porous material being configured to absorb fluid from the printhead during the rotation.

Maintenance apparatus having rotatable wiper for printhead

A printer having a media width printhead a sled slidably arranged with respect to the printhead a media platen module supported by the sled a capper module supported by the sled a wiper module supported by the sled and a selection mechanism for selectively sliding the sled to align one of the platen, capper and wiper modules with the printhead, and for moving the aligned module to a position in proximity of the printhead.

Printer having modular maintenance sled

A maintenance system for a printhead, the system having a sled slidably arranged with respect to the printhead a media platen module supported by the sled a capper module supported by the sled a wiper module supported by the sled; and a selection mechanism for selectively sliding the sled to align one of the platen, capper and wiper modules with the printhead, and for moving the aligned module to a position in proximity of the printhead.

Maintenance system having modular sled

Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for lifting an imaging head are disclosed.

Imaging head elevator

Various embodiments of an imaging head mount are disclosed.

Imaging head mount

A technique for servicing an inkjet printhead on an inkjet printer including a first service module. The technique includes identifying a printhead-related service condition not adequately addressed by servicing the printer with the first service module, providing a second service module different from the first service module and adapted to address the printhead-related service condition. A set of instructions can be provided for using the second service module with the inkjet printer. The technique can further include removing the first service module from the printer, installing the second service module in the printer, and using the set of instructions, conducting a special printer servicing operation. After completion of the special printer servicing operation, the second service module can be removed from the printer, and the first service module reinstalled in the printer in place of the second service module.

Special service station module for extra servicing

Imaging head

A fluid-delivery mechanism for a fluid-ejection device includes a fluid-supply station and a bracket that is fluidly and removably connectable between the fluid-supply station and one or more fluid-ejection printheads that are insertable into and controllable by the fluid-ejection device. The bracket supplies fluid from the fluid-supply station to the fluid-ejection printheads.

Fluid-delivery mechanism for fluid-ejection device

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Antoni S Murcia