The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 25, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1974
Donald F Jensen, Endicott, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printer prints dot matrix characters by removing unwanted drops from a sequence of uniformly spaced drops in an ink jet stream and subjecting the remaining print drops to a vertical raster deflection in timed relation with relative horizontal motion of the jet stream and a record medium. Selected print drops are individually deflected fractional amounts in either the horizontal or vertical direction prior to the vertical raster deflection to cause the selected print drops to be deposited at positions intermediate the coordinate intercepts of a rectilinear matrix pattern to cause dot matrix characters to be printed with arcuate line segments and various angles corresponding with conventional character shapes.