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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:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jaime H Bohorquez, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 15 ; 347 11 ;
Abstract
A simple and inexpensive method for halftone printing by an inkjet printer is disclosed. Improved halftone printing in an inkjet printer is provided by varying the ink drop volume of an thermal inkjet printhead by controlling the pulse width of the delivered firing pulses.