EP0013296A3 - Multiple speed ink jet printer - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0013296A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: ink jet; jet printer; multiple speed; speed ink; printer
Prior art date: 1978-11-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP79103926A

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French (fr)

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EP0013296A2 (en

EP0013296B1 (en

Inventor

William Louis Buehner

James David Hill

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International Business Machines Corp

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International Business Machines Corp

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1978-11-13

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1979-10-12

Publication date

1981-01-07

1979-10-12 Application filed by International Business Machines Corp filed Critical International Business Machines Corp

1980-07-23 Publication of EP0013296A2 publication Critical patent/EP0013296A2/en

1981-01-07 Publication of EP0013296A3 publication Critical patent/EP0013296A3/en

1984-04-04 Application granted granted Critical

1984-04-04 Publication of EP0013296B1 publication Critical patent/EP0013296B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
- B41J2/505—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
- B41J2/5056—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements using dot arrays providing selective dot disposition modes, e.g. different dot densities for high speed and high-quality printing, array line selections for multi-pass printing, or dot shifts for character inclination
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
- B41J2/18—Ink recirculation systems
- B41J2/185—Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers

EP79103926A 1978-11-13 1979-10-12 Multiple speed ink jet printer Expired EP0013296B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/960,417 US4216480A (en)	1978-11-13	1978-11-13	Multiple speed ink jet printer
US960417		1978-11-13

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0013296A2 EP0013296A2 (en)	1980-07-23
EP0013296A3 true EP0013296A3 (en)	1981-01-07
EP0013296B1 EP0013296B1 (en)	1984-04-04

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP79103926A Expired EP0013296B1 (en)	1978-11-13	1979-10-12	Multiple speed ink jet printer

Country Status (9)

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US (1)	US4216480A (en)
EP (1)	EP0013296B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS5567878A (en)
AU (1)	AU526048B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR7907325A (en)
CA (1)	CA1115326A (en)
DE (1)	DE2966871D1 (en)
ES (1)	ES485757A1 (en)
IT (1)	IT1165367B (en)

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1979
- 1979-09-18 CA CA335,821A patent/CA1115326A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-10-12 EP EP79103926A patent/EP0013296B1/en not_active Expired
- 1979-10-12 DE DE7979103926T patent/DE2966871D1/en not_active Expired
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DE2966871D1 (en)	1984-05-10
BR7907325A (en)	1980-07-15
IT1165367B (en)	1987-04-22
AU526048B2 (en)	1982-12-16
IT7927152A0 (en)	1979-11-09
AU5210279A (en)	1980-05-22
CA1115326A (en)	1981-12-29
EP0013296A2 (en)	1980-07-23
US4216480A (en)	1980-08-05
JPS5567878A (en)	1980-05-22
ES485757A1 (en)	1980-07-01
EP0013296B1 (en)	1984-04-04

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