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Printing apparatus and custom color ink container

US9535363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. · NL

Inventors

Doron Schlumm · Gan Yavne, IL
Zvi Shemer · Kiryat Gat, IL
Mark Sandler · Rehovot, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/104
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A printing apparatus comprising a plurality of base color ink containers, each for containing a different base color ink, and a custom color ink container for containing a custom color ink, the printing apparatus being configured to print any of the custom color ink and the different base color inks, from the custom color ink container and the plurality of base color ink containers, respectively, to a print medium. The printing apparatus is configured to mix a custom color ink for the custom color ink container using a combination of any of the base color inks.

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