US Patent No: 6,318,833

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State and sequence control in ink jet printing systems

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Abstract

A method and self-configuring structure are provided for optimizing state and state sequencing in ink jet printing system operation. A plurality of operating states are defined and assembled into at least one operating sequence. A conditional test is applied to the defined operating state. Execution flow can then be changed based on results of the conditional test. Finally, the defined operating states and assembled sequences are organized into an interpretable document.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYROCHESTER, NY16263

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blum, John N Somerset, NJ 8 43
Lyman, Dan C Cincinnati, OH 9 44

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (1)
6,155,664 Off-carrier inkjet print supply with memory 106 1998
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (1)
6,132,021 Dynamic adjustment of under and over printing levels in a printer 22 1999
 
OKI DATA CORPORATION (1)
5,930,551 Printing system alleviating timing problems due to warm-up and paper outage 14 1997
 
PITNEY BOWES INC. (1)
4,813,912 Secured printer for a value printing system 83 1986
 
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (1)
5,889,537 Dot recording method and apparatus therefor 15 1997
 
THERMO INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS INC. (1)
4,970,527 Priming method for inkjet printers 28 1988

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (2)
8,035,836 Fast job halt in a high speed press 0 2007
7,911,636 Multi-head press data delivery rate control 1 2007
 
OCE DISPLAY GRAPHICS SYSTEMS, INC. (2)
6,705,711 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling ink delivery to one or more print heads 6 2002
7,040,729 Systems, methods, and devices for controlling ink delivery to print heads 8 2004
 
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. (1)
6,735,484 Printer with a process diagnostics system for detecting events 9 2000
 
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (1)
7,162,166 Image-forming apparatus having an automatic self-test reporting function and method thereof 0 2005

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