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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Aviv Yehezkel Hassidov Pleser, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Borja Navas-Sanchez, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ramón Viedma Ponce, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Anna Margareta Hjort, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A self-propelled printer is provided having communication circuitry to receive print data for an image to be formed. A drive mechanism of the printer to provides locomotion of the entire self-propelled printer and a print head is arranged to transfer a print material on to a print medium. Processing circuitry to generates an image formation path to be traversed by the print head via locomotion of the self-propelled printer. The image formation path is based at least in part on the received print data. The processing circuitry controls the drive mechanism to autonomously drive the self-propelled printer along the image formation path. A corresponding method and computer program for generating a 2D image using a self-propelled printer are provided.