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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. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
M. Lynn Cheney, Vancouver, WA (US);
Thomas E Mccue, Jr., Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey Dylan Frame, Los Altos, CA (US);
Teressa L Roth, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Rowdy Kelvin Webb, Portland, OR (US);
M. Lynn Cheney, Vancouver, WA (US);
Thomas E McCue, Jr., Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey Dylan Frame, Los Altos, CA (US);
Teressa L Roth, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Rowdy Kelvin Webb, Portland, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An inkjet printing system includes a platen adapted to support a print media, a printhead adapted to eject ink into a print zone between the printhead and the platen toward the print media and beyond a first edge of the print media to generate waste ink, a first absorber formed in the platen within the print zone such that the first absorber is adapted to extend beyond the first edge of the print media and absorb the waste ink ejected beyond the first edge of the print media, and a second absorber adapted to contact and absorb the waste ink from the first absorber, wherein the first absorber has a first capillary head and the second absorber has a second capillary head greater than the first capillary head.