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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Richard A. Murray, San Diego, CA (US);
James J. Haflinger, San Diego, CA (US);
Gary A. Kneezel, Webster, NY (US);
Juan M. Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
Richard A. Murray, San Diego, CA (US);
James J. Haflinger, San Diego, CA (US);
Gary A. Kneezel, Webster, NY (US);
Juan M. Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An inkjet printing system includes a roller for advancing a recording medium along a recording medium advance direction; an inkjet printhead that ejects drops of ink; a carriage for moving the printhead along a carriage scan direction that is substantially perpendicular or perpendicular to the recording medium advance direction; one or more motors for driving the roller and moving the carriage; a two-dimensional sensor mounted on the carriage which two-dimensional sensor is configured to sense either: a) the recording medium; b) the roller and the recording medium; or c) the roller; and a controller for receiving electrical signals from the two-dimensional sensor and for controlling the one or more motors.