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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:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Zachary Ballard, Avda Graells, ES;
Pere Esterri, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ramon Vega, Sabadell, ES;
Xavier Bruch, Sant Cugat, ES;
Alejandro Campillo, Barcelona, ES;
Zachary Ballard, Avda Graells, ES;
Pere Esterri, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ramon Vega, Sabadell, ES;
Xavier Bruch, Sant Cugat, ES;
Alejandro Campillo, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The printing apparatus comprises at least one printhead provided with nozzles for ejecting droplets of ink in a firing direction towards a printing media, and at least one priming device for performing a priming operation by which an amount of ink is caused to flow through the nozzles for maintenance thereof, wherein the priming device is actuated for said priming operation by a relative movement between the printhead being primed and the priming device, said movement being substantially in said firing direction.