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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Patrick A. Mckinley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. Mcclelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
J. Daren Bledsoe, Albany, OR (US);
Asher Simmons, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Patrick A. McKinley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
J. Daren Bledsoe, Albany, OR (US);
Asher Simmons, Corvallis, OR (US);
Abstract
A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer.