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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:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Hp Indigo B.v., Amstelveen, NL;
Inventors:
Eran Shiran, Ness Ziona, IL;
Dima Libster, Ness Ziona, IL;
Ido Finkelman, Ness Ziona, IL;
Raia Slivniak, Ness Ziona, IL;
Assignee:
HP Indigo B.V., Amstelveen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 15/104 (2013.01); G03G 15/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid electro-photographic, LEP, printing system, comprising a photo imaging plate, PIP, an intermediate transfer member, ITM, and a control unit. The control unit causes the system to initiate a maintenance program, wherein the maintenance program comprises driving the PIP and the ITM while disabling particle transfer to the PIP and applying a voltage difference between the PIP and surface portions of the ITM.