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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. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Gonzalo Gaston, Barcelona, ES;
Ramon Vega, Sabadell, ES;
Jose Luis Valero, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Inventors:
Gonzalo Gaston, Barcelona, ES;
Ramon Vega, Sabadell, ES;
Jose Luis Valero, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An incremental printer comprising a plurality of printing elements arranged to print different portions of an image, the printer being arranged, prior to printing an image, to identify elements that are not required for printing the image and to implement an element servicing routine, the printer being arranged to exclude one or more of the identified elements from the servicing routine.