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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Carles Flotats Vilagrasa, Barcelona, ES;
Francesc Melia Sune, Palma de Mallorca, ES;
David Toussaint, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, a printer having a removably-installable platen. The platen has a platen type. A surface of the platen has a feature that is indicative of the platen type. The printer includes a single platen-type-discriminating sensor. The sensor detects a distinguishing characteristic of the feature. A controller determines the platen type from the distinguishing characteristic.