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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:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2008
Applicants:
David Donovan, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen W Bauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Donovan, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen W Bauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink-jet printing system includes an ink set having only cyan, magenta, yellow black and gray inks, and a medium having a substantially neutral color. A ratio of printed lightness of the gray ink to a lightness of the medium ranges from 0.3 to 0.7.