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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:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noam Rabin, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Fuerstneau, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/48 (2006.01); B41J 15/22 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 3/62 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/48 (2013.01); B41J 2/04508 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 3/543 (2013.01); B41J 3/62 (2013.01); B41J 15/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a printer having a printing area configured to receive distinct mediums, and printer heads arranged relative to the printing area. The printer heads are collectively configured to print independent images onto the distinct mediums. The printer heads include at least one shared printer head configured to simultaneously print portions of the independent images onto each of two adjacent mediums.