US Patent Issued to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING on May 13 for "Printer with high productivity media scanning" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,579, issued on May 13, was assigned to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC. (Londonderry, N.H.).

"Printer with high productivity media scanning" was invented by Jorge las Murria de las Heras (Almazora, Spain), Ruben Gallen (Almazora, Spain) and Juan Escudero Gonzalez (Almazora, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media thickness detection system for inkjet printing applications monitors the thickness of media entering the printer to ensure correct printing performance by adjusting the position of the printheads on-the-fly to assure printing quality. Media that do have an acceptable printing thickness are passed through the printer without...