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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:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank J Horlander, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A voltage mode printhead drive for a resistive ribbon 20 employs sensing electrodes 7a contiguous to drive electrodes 1a through 1n. Electrodes 7a sense the return voltage, Vc, from the drive electrodes to ground. Electrodes 7a are mounted in and are a part of the printhead.