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Printer controller for causing expulsion of ink from nozzles in groups, starting at outside nozzles of groups

US7549715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Simon Robert Walmsley · Sydney, AU
Mark Jackson Pulver · Sydney, AU
Richard Thomas Plunkett · Sydney, AU
John Robert Sheahan · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
Michael John Webb · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 2004
Grant date	Jun 23, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2202/20
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer controller for supplying one or more control signals to a printhead module, the printhead module including at least one row that comprises a plurality of sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, such that:

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