US Patent Issued to Linx Printing Techologies on July 29 for "Ink jet printer and method of monitoring an ink jet printer" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,794, issued on July 29, was assigned to Linx Printing Techologies Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Ink jet printer and method of monitoring an ink jet printer" was invented by Stephen Eric Baldwin (St Ives, Great Britain), Bryn Jones (St Ives, Great Britain) and Thomas Michael Wake (St Ives, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current at a deflection electrode 23, 25 of an electrostatic deflection continuous inkjet printer 127 is monitored. If the current reaches a level higher than normal for a clean print head but below the current required to trigger an automatic shutdown, a warning is generated. The warning indicates that an a...