The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey Allen Wagner, Vancouver, WA (US);
Thomas M Sabo, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald A Askeland, San Diego, CA (US);
Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Barcelona, ES;
Alyssa Michelle Siegman, San Diego, CA (US);
Lawrence H White, Corvallis, OR (US);
Alex Andrea Tallada, Barcelona, ES;
Brian J Keefe, La Jolla, CA (US);
Maria Magdalena Martinez Ferrandiz, San Cugat del Valles, ES;
Daniel Vincent Keane, San Diego, CA (US);
Yi Hong Tor, San Diego, CA (US);
Marian Dinares Argemi, Terrassa, ES;
Francisco Lopez Moral, Castellbisbal, ES;
Xavier Bruch, San Cugat del Valles, ES;
Chandrasekhar Nadimpalli, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A printer is disclosed herein. The printer has a printhead having a plurality of ink nozzles for ejecting ink, a servicing mechanism for capturing the ejected ink from the ink nozzles, to service the printhead, and a control device coupled to the printhead and the servicing mechanism for regulating the servicing. As part of the regulation, the control device continues feeding a substrate towards the printhead during an idle period. The idle period of the printhead can be a duration when printing on the substrate is suspended. Further, the control device regulates ejection of ink from the ink nozzles towards the substrate during the idle period and operates the servicing mechanism during the idle period. In an example, the servicing mechanism captures the ink before the ink reaches the substrate.