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Circuitry for printer

US7575302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Dan Leo Massopust · Menomonie, US
Curtis Douglass Keller · West Linn, US
Steven R. Slotto · Camas, US
Peter J. Nystrom · Webster, US
John R. Andrews · Fairport, US
Steven Van Cleve Korol · Newberg, US
Scott Taylor Treece · Portland, US
Britton T. Pinson · Vancouver, US
Chad J. Slenes · Sherwood, US
Samuel Schultz · Wilsonville, US
Lee M. Oien · Wilsonville, US
Jonathan Robert Brick · Tualatin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2005
Grant date	Aug 18, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49126
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing system includes a print head to deliver ink to an image receptor and at least one ink reservoir to deliver ink to the print head. Driving circuitry provides signals to the print head to control delivery of the ink and a flexible circuit interposed between the print head and the ink reservoirs connects the driving circuitry to the print head. The flexible circuit may include a heater to provide heat to the ink reservoirs. Alternatively, the flexible circuit may be replaced with a rigid substrate having a heater within its layers.

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