Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Linville

Kenneth W. Linville 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).

  • Patent number: 7862137
    Abstract: Method and devices for reducing printing artifacts. In one embodiment, a method includes directing ink onto a medium, the medium having a trailing edge; tracking the position of the medium in relation to a nip roller; adjusting the direction of ink onto the medium a first time when the trailing edge of the medium is in close proximity to the nip roller; and adjusting the direction of ink onto the medium a second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Linville, Michael A. Marra, III, Randall D. Mayo, John T. Writt
  • Patent number: 7168785
    Abstract: A method of printing on a print medium includes using a first quantity of nozzles of a printhead to print a first set of scan lines of a plurality of scan lines at an edge of the print medium; using a second quantity of nozzles of the printhead to print a second set of scan lines of the plurality of scan lines in an interior region of the print medium; using a third quantity of nozzles to print a third set of scan lines of the plurality of scan lines to transition between the edge and the interior region, the third quantity of nozzles being greater in number than the first quantity of nozzles and less in number than the second quantity of nozzles; and printing each scan line of the plurality of scan lines forming the image with a same number of multiple passes of the printhead, regardless of the number of nozzles used for printing during a particular pass of the printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Bates, Bruce A. DeBoard, Kenneth W. Linville, Randall D. Mayo