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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kenneth Hickey, Dublin, IE;
Jason M. Quintana, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Huston W. Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kenneth Hickey, Dublin, IE;
Jason M. Quintana, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A printing system comprising an electrical interface for ink pens of an inkjet printer, the electrical interface including a first group of electrical contacts; a second group of electrical contacts, the second group of electrical contacts being arranged in an identical configuration as the first group of electrical contacts; and a number of electrical interconnects, in which each electrical contact from the first and second groups of electrical contacts is connected to one of the electrical interconnects via a conductive trace; in which at least one electrical contact from the first group of electrical contacts is connected to a same electrical interconnect as at least one electrical contact from the second group of electrical contacts.