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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Sean Magirl, San Diego, CA (US);
Kerry N McKay, San Diego, CA (US);
Junji Yamamoto, San Diego, CA (US);
Kirkpatrick William Norton, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 22 ;
Abstract
An inkjet printer and method of printing to reduce printer footprint size using printhead service stations comprised of printhead wipers, priming and capping apparatus at each end of the path of travel of a printhead carriage having multiple printheads. Selected printheads are serviced in each service station and selected printheads may be used for printing in opposite directions to further reduce footprint size of the printer.