Patents by Inventor Giancarlo R. Villanueva

Giancarlo R. Villanueva 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).

  • Thermal printer operable to selectively print sub-blocks of print data and method
    Patent number: 8482586
    Abstract: An entire block of print data for a message is subdivided into sub-blocks of print data. During printing of sub-blocks, an earlier received sub-block of data is used to print one portion of a substrate moving in the downstream direction. The substrate is moved upstream for a back distance and then moved downstream with the next sub-block of data being printed on the substrate as it is moved downstream. As a back distance section of the substrate again travels in the downstream direction, data from the subsequent sub-block of data that corresponds to data printed on the back distance section of the substrate during printing of the immediately preceding sub-block of data, is printed on the back distance section of the substrate. The sub-blocks of data are in effect stitched together by the dual printed back distance to minimize transition artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Graphic Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Martell, Paul D. Scott, Giancarlo R. Villanueva, Kevin M. Parks