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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel Anthony Riou, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/5308 ; B41J 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/5308 ; B41J 2/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for setting the writing instrument distance and orientation to an adjacent platen uses independently adjustable devices positioned such that both the gap between the writing instrument and platen and the pitch and roll angles of the printhead to the platen can be aligned to predetermined appropriate settings.