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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:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Arend Toles, Escondido, CA (US);
Joan Albert Jorba Closa, Sant Cugat de Valles, ES;
Ronald Albert Askeland, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print pre-treatment module is provided for printing an ink on a PVC print medium from a printer. The PVC print medium may have exudates on the surface. The pre-treatment module includes an impermeable material in rubbing contact with the PVC print medium, which is supported on a media roller conveying the print medium. Also disclosed herein are a printer incorporating the module and a method for reducing print defects on the PVC print medium.