The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Robert Fogarty, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Thiessen, Escondido, CA (US);
Ronald D. Stephens, Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Fogarty, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Thiessen, Escondido, CA (US);
Ronald D. Stephens, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for printing a bar in a bar code includes computing a print resolution for printing the bar using Bar Width, Dot Size and Number of Dots where Bar Width is a desired width of the bar, Dot Size is a nominal dimension of each dot measured in a direction across the width of the bar and Number of Dots is a number of dots to be printed across the width of the bar, and adjusting a spacing between dots based on the computed print resolution.