ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,127, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (Venlo, Netherlands).
"Ink jet maintenance spit pattern" was invented by Albertine P. Wijnheijmer (Venlo, Netherlands), Bart Teussink (Venlo, Netherlands), Johannes A.T. Gollatz (Venlo, Netherlands), Jacques J.M. Geraets (Venlo, Netherlands) and Gerhardus R.B. Leus (Venlo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of ink jet printing using an ink jet imaging device including a plurality of nozzles arranged for expelling droplets of an ink by actuation of an ink channel includes the steps of: a) providing a bit map of a spit pattern comprising an ...