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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gianni Cessel, Rubi, ES;
Jose Luis Valero Navazo, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Jeff Allen Wagner, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/15 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2/15 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1657 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16591 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing system includes a print bar, a plurality of printheads installed on the print bar and an auxiliary printhead moveable parallel to the print bar. A number of first nozzles of the auxiliary printhead substitute for a number of second nozzles of the printheads during a nozzle servicing operation performed on the second nozzles.