Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Isabel Borrell

Antonio Monclus

Carles Flotats

Marcos Casaldaliga

Gonzalo Gaston

Leticia Rubio

Marti Rius

Jordi Sender

Montserrat Solano

A method of controlling a printer to print a pattern using a number of print head dies, each print head die including a number of nozzle trenches wherein each one of the number of nozzle trenches is associated with a different color, wherein the nozzles of neighboring dies overlap in respective overlap zones, the method comprising applying masks to the nozzles of neighboring dies in the respective overlap zones to distribute, in the overlap zones, the pattern to be printed between the nozzles of the respective neighboring dies, wherein the masks, in the overlap zones, retain the order in which the nozzles of selected nozzle trenches associated with a selected one of the colors are fired.

Printers and methods of controlling same

The printheads of an inkjet printer have a service station movable in a direction transversely of a printhead scanning direction and comprising servicing modules for undertaking different functions, one of the modules being detachable from the rest. The detachable connection comprises a rotating hook and a fixed hook which automatically interengage and disengage.

Printhead service station

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Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain

Isabel Borrell