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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:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Dan L Collier, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Jeremy Bunn, Kelso, WA (US);
Charles Newby, Camas, WA (US);
Andrew Levy, West Linn, OR (US);
Inventors:
Dan L Collier, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Jeremy Bunn, Kelso, WA (US);
Charles Newby, Camas, WA (US);
Andrew Levy, West Linn, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, an imaging device includes an ink density information gathering procedure. An ink use calculation procedure receives input from the ink density information gathering procedure, allowing the amount of ink used to be calculated. A job cost procedure calculates a print job value based on the amount of ink used.