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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:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Omer Gila, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronald Albert Askeland, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Yossi Rosen, Nes Ziona, IL;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hard imaging methods and devices are described. In at least some examples, a method includes ejecting a plurality of droplets of a liquid marking agent corresponding to the image to be formed, wherein the droplets of the liquid marking agent individually comprise a plurality of ink particles. The droplets are received upon a transfer member, and after the receiving, at least the ink particles are transferred from the transfer member to media to form a hard version of the image using the media.