Patents by Inventor Jan Enderle

Jan Enderle 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).

  • Method and system for improved ink jet or printhead replacement
    Patent number: 8672436
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for compensating for a faulty ink jet in a target printhead in an ink jet imaging system having a plurality of printheads arranged to span a maximum printing width that includes defining a typical printing width less than the maximum printing width and swapping the target printhead with a printhead situated in the margin outside the typical printing width. The system and method permits swapping the target printhead with a margin printhead that has a faulty ink jet provided that the location of the faulty ink jet in the margin printhead does not coincide or align with a faulty ink jet in printheads adjacent the target printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Russell James Powers, Jan Enderle, Jeffrey J. Folkins
  • Method and System For Improved Ink Jet or Printhead Replacement
    Publication number: 20120105529
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for compensating for a faulty ink jet in a target printhead in an ink jet imaging system having a plurality of printheads arranged to span a maximum printing width that includes defining a typical printing width less than the maximum printing width and swapping the target printhead with a printhead situated in the margin outside the typical printing width. The system and method permits swapping the target printhead with a margin printhead that has a faulty ink jet provided that the location of the faulty ink jet in the margin printhead does not coincide or align with a faulty ink jet in printheads adjacent the target printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Russell James Powers, Jan Enderle, Jeffrey J. Folkins