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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:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve O. Rasmussen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Clay C. Higgins, Corvallis, OR (US);
Donald B. Ouchida, Corvallis, OR (US);
Robert Sesek, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a printing system having a plurality of print heads for printing an image on a print receiving medium, print head actuators operable for individually repositioning the print heads to optimal locations for each print job, and software operable while a current print job is active for determining the optimal print head locations for a next anticipated print job.