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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. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
David B. Novak, Philomath, OR (US);
Brian Woods, Leixlip, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for tuning ink usage includes storing an ink usage adjustment value in a memory of an ink cartridge; and with a printing system utilizing the ink cartridge, adjusting an ink usage of the ink cartridge based on the ink usage adjustment value. An ink cartridge includes a memory for storing an ink usage adjustment value, the ink usage adjustment value based on ink usage properties of the cartridge. A printing system utilizing the ink cartridge adjusts an ink usage of the ink cartridge based on the ink usage adjustment value.