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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Xavier Gasso Puchal, Barcelona, ES;
Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Barcelona, ES;
Marian Dinares Argemi, Terrassa, ES;
Jeffrey Allen Wagner, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A printer may comprise a printhead comprising a number of nozzles, an immiscible fluid applicator, and a processor to instruct the immiscible fluid applicator to apply immiscible fluid onto the surface of the printhead to cap the number of nozzles. A printer subassembly may comprise an immiscible fluid applicator to wipe a layer of immiscible fluid onto a surface of a printhead. A printer may comprise a page wide array printhead, an immiscible fluid applicator to wipe a layer of immiscible fluid over a printhead to cap nozzles over the width of the printhead, and a controller to instruct the printhead to print after the layer of immiscible fluid has been applied over the printhead so that ink ejects through the immiscible fluid while non-used nozzles remain capped by the immiscible fluid layer.