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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Peter G Hwang, Vancouver, WA (US);

David B Novak, Corvallis, OR (US);

Melissa S Gedraitis, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/46 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17569 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example, method includes displaying an estimate of the number of pages that can be printed from a total amount of printing fluid including a printing fluid supply and a printing fluid reserve. The estimate is decremented in amounts of a first interval, in response to a first sensor signal indicating that the printing fluid supply is not empty. The estimate is decremented in amounts of a second interval that is smaller than the first interval, in response to a second sensor signal indicating that the printing fluid supply is empty.


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