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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. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jaime H Bohorquez, Escondido, CA (US);
Clayton Holstun, Escondido, CA (US);
Brian P Canfield, Barcelona, ES;
Susan Tousi, Barcelona, ES;
Kenneth J Courian, San Diego, CA (US);
Frank Drogo, San Marcos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 15 ; 347 19 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a thermal inkjet printer having a thermal inkjet printhead that includes the steps of selecting an ink drop volume, selecting a pulse width that will cause the thermal inkjet printhead to deposit an ink drop having the selected drop volume, and operating the thermal inkjet printhead with the selected pulse width and at an operating energy that is greater than a turn-on energy of the printhead for the selected pulse width.