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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2009
Blair M. Kent, Vancouver, WA (US);
James P. Axtell, Vancouver, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Vancouver, WA (US);
David Lowe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Preston Seu, Sammish, WA (US);
Blair M. Kent, Vancouver, WA (US);
James P. Axtell, Vancouver, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Vancouver, WA (US);
David Lowe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Preston Seu, Sammish, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device is filled with fluid. The fluid may be introduced into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body. The body of the tip has a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the fluid as controlled by the fluid-ejection device. The fluid may be introduced into the substantially hollow body of the tip through of the fluid-ejection mechanism disposed at the second end of the body of the tip. The tip may further be identified and/or serviced, and the tip and/or the fluid-ejection device may further be validated.