Patents by Inventor Andrei Dafinoiu

Andrei Dafinoiu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210291553
    Abstract: In an example, a method comprises dispensing, sequentially from each of a plurality of nozzles of a print head, a respective drop of print agent to cause a print agent drop detection apparatus to output an associated signal, and determining that one of the nozzles is dispensing in a misdirected direction based on a comparison of the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andreu Vinets Alonso, Andrei Dafinoiu, Antonio Gracia Verdugo
  • Patent number: 10419635
    Abstract: A controller for a printing device includes print mode controller to determine whether a first or second print mode is to be used for a print job, and temperature controller to control a printhead temperature at least one of prior to and during printing the print job, the temperature controller to activate a printhead heater to cause the printhead temperature to be raised to a first temperature if the print mode controller determines that the first print mode is to be used, and the temperature controller to activate the printhead heater to cause the printhead temperature to be raised to a second temperature if the print mode controller determines that the second print mode is to be used, the second temperature different from the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Li Qian, Andrei Dafinoiu, Oscar Martinez Bailac, Chandrasekhar Nadimpalli