Inventor · Rochester, NY, US

Peter A. Torpey

21Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 24, 1981 → May 1, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4638337A Thermal ink jet printhead Performing Operations; Transporting 145 Expired
US4384296A Linear ink jet deflection method and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 74 Expired
US5568169A Method and apparatus using two different black inks to reduce intercolor bleeding and provide high quality edge definition with thermal ink jet systems Physics 73 Expired
US5801727A Apparatus and method for printing device Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6757071B1 Intelligent printer driver and user interface and method to recommend and/or automatically modify a document for printing, and a method therefore Electricity 30 Expired
US6753976B1 Adaptive pixel management using object type identification Electricity 26 Expired
US6290330A Maintaining black edge quality in liquid ink printing Physics 26 Expired
US6183062A Maintaining black edge quality in liquid ink printing Physics 18 Expired
US5731827A Liquid ink printer having apparent 1XN addressability Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US6361144B1 Reduction of intercolor or bleeding in liquid ink printing Physics 16 Expired
US6270186A Reduction of intercolor bleeding in liquid ink printing Physics 15 Expired
US4835553A Thermal ink jet printhead with increased drop generation rate Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6938977B2 Method for improved characterization of single-pass bi-directional printers Physics 11 Expired
US6179403A Document dependent maintenance procedure for ink jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US5933166A Ink-jet printhead allowing selectable droplet size Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6343847B1 Identification of interfaces between black and color regions Physics 7 Expired
US6039436A Thermal ink-jet printhead with lateral thermal insulation for the heating elements Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US7524006B2 Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid ejector, and an image forming device including a marking fluid ejector with a drop size symbol Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US7427115B2 Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid ejector, and an image forming device including a marking fluid ejector with a drop size symbol Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US7669948B2 Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid ejector, and an image forming device including a marking fluid ejector with a drop size symbol Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7258410B2 Method and apparatus for reducing intercolor bleed to improve print quality Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Expired

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