Inventor
TANAKA RICK M
US14 patents
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HEWLETT PACKARD CO
9 patentsUS6234602B1May 22, 2001
Automated ink-jet printhead alignment system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO84 citations95
US6580244B2Jun 17, 2003
Active damping and backlash control for servo systems
HEWLETT PACKARD CO43 citations91
US6267466B1Jul 31, 2001
Optical encoder system and method for use in printing devices
HEWLETT PACKARD CO31 citations91
US6345876B1Feb 12, 2002
Peak-valley finder process for scanned optical relative displacement measurements
HEWLETT PACKARD CO26 citations89
US6409305B1Jun 25, 2002
Full bleed printmode to minimize overspray
HEWLETT PACKARD CO15 citations84
US6447089B1Sep 10, 2002
Techniques for using a linear array to detect media top/bottom edges for full bleed printing
HEWLETT PACKARD CO16 citations83
US5890821AApr 6, 1999
Print media ejection kicking after paper drop
HEWLETT PACKARD CO14 citations73
US5758981AJun 2, 1998
Print media ejection kicking after paper drop
HEWLETT PACKARD CO13 citations73
US6345877B2Feb 12, 2002
Automated ink-jet printhead alignment system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO4 citations60