Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Mark A Hay

Michael J Klausbruckner

Kerry Neal McKay

Christopher S Magirl

Robert Warren Beauchamp

David S Hunt

Junji Yamamoto

David L Berardelli

Andrew R Robinson

Jayson L Monroe

Michelle A Mann

Warren S Catchpole

Daniel Steven Kline

Antoni S Murcia

Kirkpatrick W Norton

Raul Perez

Josep Maria Serra

Kelvin J Hasseler

James M Osmus

Victor T Escobedo

Andrew Nolan Smith

Adam J Livingston

Srinivas Bhakthavatsalam

Caroline Zepeda

Kenneth Westfield

Charles L Hayman

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

Imaging head elevator

The present invention is a set-top box integrated with a low-height printer. The printer includes an input tray for storing input media sheets and an output area for holding output media sheets. The printer further includes a printhead that scans and prints on the media sheets from the front to the back of the printer. The media sheets are stored in the input tray in a landscape orientation and are held in the output area in a semi-curled position. Alternatively, the media sheets are stored in the input tray in a portrait orientation.

Hybrid set-top box and printing device

In accordance with one embodiment, a system comprises a print head assembly comprising a plurality of ink-ejecting nozzles and a drying station downstream of the print head assembly and configured to produce and emit air proximate a print media. A deflector is mounted between the print head assembly and the drying station and is configured to deflect an amount of the air that is produced by the drying station.

Ink jet printing systems and related methods

A recyclable ink container, ink container base assembly, and a method of attaching an ink container to a recyclable ink container base are disclosed. The container and ink container base assembly may be formed of recyclable material. A locking nut and needle assembly are part of the base fixture that hold the ink container assembly in place. The needle assembly is independent of the locking nut such that the ink needle and airline properly align when the locking nut is turned.

Ink container assembly

The present invention provides a low profile stackable Internet appliance printer for use with a television receiver and monitor and responsive to commands from a remote device for printing user desired information. The printer has a box like rectangular shaped housing conforming in size to that of conventional electronic audio video components such as cable boxes, DVD players, amplifiers, video tapes and the like to facilitate the stacking of the printer with such other components. A base member supports in a front portion of the printer a printbar and associated printheads to provide the user with easy printhead head access. The base member has an open bottom for receiving a removable combination input/output tray cassette. Upon removal of the combination input/output tray cassette, front user access is made available for the purposes of removing a paper jam should one occur. A channel member mounted to the base member helps define a paper path from the cassette to a print zone disposed beneath the printbar. A U-shape cutout in the channel member further provides user access to the paper path for facilitating the removal of paper jams while the printer is in a stacked configuration with other electronic devices.

Media channel and method of clearing media jams

A displaceable print cartridge chute for an inkjet printer. The chute holding the print cartridges is displaceable from the carriage that sweeps the cartridges relative to the media during printing. The chute can be moved from a printing position engaged with the carriage to a service position adjacent a side of the printer so as to facilitate installation and removal of the cartridges through the side rather than the top of the printer. Because cartridges are serviced through the side, a printer incorporating the displaceable print cartridge chute can be stacked with other electronic equipment.

Displaceable print cartridge chute

A print cartridge receptacle assembly including a first modular print cartridge receptacle for removably receiving and supporting a single first print cartridge, a second modular print cartridge receptacle for removably receiving and supporting a single second print cartridge, a separate locking mechanism on the first and second modular print cartridge receptacles for individually locking the first and second print cartridges in the modular print receptacles, and alignment surfaces on the first and second modular print cartridge receptacles for aligning and interlocking the first modular print cartridge with the second modular print cartridge. First and second print cartridge driver circuits are mounted on the first and second modular print cartridge receptacles and electrically connected with first and second electrical interconnects. The print cartridge receptacle assembly is usable in a printing system in conjunction with a mechanism for traversing the modular print cartridge receptacle assembly over a print zone and a media moving mechanism for passing media through the print zone. The invention provides for a modular printing system which allows for flexibility in the design of printers for particular or unique applications. The invention allows for modular print cartridge receptacles to be assembled together to quickly produce a functional specialized printing system.

Inkjet printing systems using a modular print cartridge assembly

A low-profile printer includes a main housing portion, a front portion, a media transport mechanism, a print mechanism and a media tray. The front portion is pivotally or detachably secured to the main housing portion. The media tray is positioned inside the main housing portion. In a preferred embodiment, the media transport mechanism and print mechanism are mechanically coupled to the front portion. The media transport mechanism, the print mechanism and the media tray are accessible when the front portion is in an opened position.

Printer with front portion providing access to print mechanism

Disclosed is a modular print cartridge receptacle including a housing for removably receiving and supporting a single print cartridge; a locking mechanism on the housing for locking the print cartridge in the housing; and alignment surfaces on the housing for aligning and interlocking the housing with a second housing, the housing being used separately or in conjunction with a second housing. Also disclosed is a modular print cartridge receptacle including a housing for removably receiving and supporting a single print cartridge; a locking mechanism on the housing for locking the print cartridge in the housing; and a print cartridge driver circuit mounted on the housing and electrically connected with electrical interconnects on the housing for receiving signals from a printer and also electrically interconnected with electrodes on the housing for transmitting signals to the print cartridge when the print cartridge is installed in the housing, the housing being used separately or in conjunction with a second housing. The disclosed is a modular print cartridge receptacle for providing a flexible modular printing system which allows for flexibility in the design of printers for particular or unique applications. The invention allows for multiple modular print cartridge receptacles to be assembled together to quickly produce a functional specialized printing system.

Modular print cartridge receptacle for use in inkjet printing systems

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Poway, CA, United States of America

Mark A Hay