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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:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Howard G Wong, Vancouver, WA (US);

Wesley Schalk, Vancouver, WA (US);

Kris Randall Livingston, Boise, ID (US);

Kenneth Russell Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B29C 64/259 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B29C 64/259 (2017.08); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example, a system to fill or drain a reservoir in a printer includes a controller to set a unit to a total capacity of a container divided by an integer greater than 1, a container sensor to sense the container connected to the printer, and a pump to pump, in set unit increments, at least one unit of a printing agent from the container to the reservoir or from the reservoir to the container. In one example, a memory having processor executable instructions to generate a graphical user interface displaying, during the transfer of a printing agent from a container to a reservoir in a printer or from the reservoir to the container, an animation showing a changing volume of the printing agent in the reservoir and a corresponding changing volume of the printing agent in the container.


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