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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jason M. Quintana, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Inventors:
Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jason M. Quintana, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17503 (2013.01); B41J 2/04551 (2013.01); B41J 2/04543 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/2125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing system configured for multi-mode printing, the printing system including a print head, the print head including a number of nozzle pairs, each nozzle pair including a primary ink nozzle and a secondary ink nozzle; and switching circuitry for selectively firing either or both of the nozzles in a selected pair within one of a number of time slots based on a current print mode.