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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Douglas Laurence Robertson, Lexington, KY (US);
Barry Baxter Stout, Lexington, KY (US);
Randal Scott Williamson, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Laurence Robertson, Lexington, KY (US);
Barry Baxter Stout, Lexington, KY (US);
Randal Scott Williamson, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method of printing from a printer, where the printer includes one or more maintenance firings from a printhead nozzle. Formatting a print job to be printed in determining which nozzles on a printhead require maintenance during printing of the print job. Modifying the formatted print job to include one or more maintenance firings for the nozzles requiring maintenance.