Inventor
OSBORNE WILLIAM S
US43 patents
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HEWLETT PACKARD CO
27 patentsUS5712668AJan 27, 1998
Rotary Multi-ridge capping system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO119 citations99
US5614930AMar 25, 1997
Orthogonal rotary wiping system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO142 citations99
US5896145AApr 20, 1999
Orthogonal rotary wiping system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO93 citations98
US6209983B1Apr 3, 2001
Multi-ridge capping system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO57 citations96
US5617124AApr 1, 1997
Self-cleaning service station for inkjet printing mechanisms
HEWLETT PACKARD CO84 citations96
US5534896AJul 9, 1996
Tubeless ink-jet printer priming cap system and method
HEWLETT PACKARD CO58 citations96
US5448270ASep 5, 1995
Ink-jet printhead cap having suspended lip
HEWLETT PACKARD CO76 citations96
US5635965AJun 3, 1997
Wet capping system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO63 citations95
US4922270AMay 1, 1990
Inter pen offset determination and compensation in multi-pen thermal ink jet pen printing systems
HEWLETT PACKARD CO60 citations95
US5621441AApr 15, 1997
Service station for inkjet printer having reduced noise, increased ease of assembly and variable wiping capability
HEWLETT PACKARD CO67 citations94
US6460964B2Oct 8, 2002
Thermal monitoring system for determining nozzle health
HEWLETT PACKARD CO39 citations92
US5984450ANov 16, 1999
Inkjet printer having multiple printheads and multiple independent printhead service stations for performing different wiping procedures
HEWLETT PACKARD CO40 citations92
US5898445AApr 27, 1999
Translational wiping technique for a stationary inkjet printhead
HEWLETT PACKARD CO30 citations92
US5714991AFeb 3, 1998
Rotary priming system for inkjet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO21 citations92
US5563638AOct 8, 1996
Ink-jet printhead capping and wiping method and apparatus
HEWLETT PACKARD CO50 citations92
US5434605AJul 18, 1995
Automatic failure recovery method and system for ink-jet printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO25 citations92
US5109239AApr 28, 1992
Inter pen offset determination and compensation in multi-pen ink jet printing systems
HEWLETT PACKARD CO40 citations92
US5036340AJul 30, 1991
Piezoelectric detector for drop position determination in multi-pen ink jet printing systems
HEWLETT PACKARD CO32 citations92
US4922268AMay 1, 1990
Piezoelectric detector for drop position determination in multi-pen thermal ink jet pen printing systems
HEWLETT PACKARD CO36 citations92
US6578943B2Jun 17, 2003
Printing techniques to hide swath boundary banding
HEWLETT PACKARD CO24 citations91
US6254217B1Jul 3, 2001
Apparatus and method for hue shift compensation in a bidirectional printer
HEWLETT PACKARD CO53 citations91
US5644347AJul 1, 1997
Inkjet printer with variable wiping capabilities for multiple printheads
HEWLETT PACKARD CO28 citations91
US6547354B1Apr 15, 2003
Printing system that utilizes print masks with resolutions that are non-integral multiples of each other
HEWLETT PACKARD CO37 citations90
US5793388AAug 11, 1998
Customized printhead servicing for different printer conditions
HEWLETT PACKARD CO43 citations89
US6435644B1Aug 20, 2002
Adaptive incremental print mode that maximizes throughput while maintaining interpen alignment by nozzle selection
HEWLETT PACKARD CO2 citations63
US6328396B1Dec 11, 2001
Combining multiple printmodes into a single carriage sweep
HEWLETT PACKARD CO2 citations63
US6481818B1Nov 19, 2002
Method and facility for preventing overheating of a thermal ink jet print head
HEWLETT PACKARD CO4 citations58
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
8 patentsUS7654635B2Feb 2, 2010
Media print system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO3 citations63
US7284821B2Oct 23, 2007
System and method for leveling printhead carriage usage
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO2 citations63
US11298944B2Apr 12, 2022
Tanks for print cartridge
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO0 citations61
US11220111B2Jan 11, 2022
Ink cartridge caps
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO0 citations58
US7510252B2Mar 31, 2009
Method of hiding inkjet printhead die boundaries
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO3 citations54
US6648525B2Nov 18, 2003
Adaptive incremental printing that maximizes throughput by data shift to print with physically unaligned nozzles
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO0 citations52
US11305548B2Apr 19, 2022
Cap seal and valve sequencing
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO0 citations48
US10112405B2Oct 30, 2018
Replaceable liquid supply having cut outs and latch
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO0 citations48