Patents by Inventor Stephen W Bauer

Stephen W Bauer 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: 20180229524
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a substrate coating system includes a resist printing device to print resist fluid onto a selected area of a substrate surface. The system includes an analog coating device to apply coating fluid onto the entire substrate surface, wherein the resist fluid resists application of the coating fluid on the selected area of the substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: HP SCITEX LTD.
    Inventors: Jason Swei, Colin Egan, Guillermo Martinez Ariza, Yubai Bi, Jon A. Crabtree, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Patent number: 8662656
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W Bauer, Sean W Dobbins, Jaren D Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Patent number: 8602532
    Abstract: A fluid-application mechanism is to cause fluid to be applied onto media. An electrowetting mechanism is to generate an electric field to affect the fluid applied onto the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dustin W. Blair, Steven W. Steinfield, Stephen W. Bauer, Dennis M. Huff
  • Patent number: 8343268
    Abstract: Inkjet ink formulations and methods using the same, with improved performance, wherein the inks are formulated to work as an ink set with darker inks having a higher dynamic surface tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Peter C. Morris, Anne M. Kelly-Rowley, Stephen W. Bauer, William S. Cressman, Sean W. Dobbins
  • Publication number: 20120273352
    Abstract: A fluid-application mechanism is to cause fluid to be applied onto media. An electrowetting mechanism is to generate an electric field to affect the fluid applied onto the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Dustin W. Blair, Steven W. Steinfield, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Patent number: 8287113
    Abstract: An ink-jet printing system includes an ink set having only cyan, magenta, yellow black and gray inks, and a medium having a substantially neutral color. A ratio of printed lightness of the gray ink to a lightness of the medium ranges from 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Donovan, Stephen W Bauer
  • Publication number: 20120256992
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W. Bauer, Sean W. Dobbins, Jaren D. Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Patent number: 8226224
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W Bauer, Sean W Dobbins, Jaren D Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Patent number: 8052268
    Abstract: An ink set includes a light gray ink, a medium gray ink, and a black ink. Each of the inks in the ink set includes a carboxylic polymer. The light gray ink has a carboxylic polymer load equal to or greater than about 4.27 wt %. The medium gray ink has a carboxylic polymer load ranging from about 2.47 wt % to about 3.47 wt %. The black ink has a carboxylic polymer load ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 2 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexey S. Kabalnov, Tadashi Yoshida, Stephen W. Bauer, Zeying Ma
  • Patent number: 8011775
    Abstract: An ink set includes a red ink and a magenta ink. The red ink includes an effective amount of a red pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda cutoff, and the magenta ink includes an effective amount of a magenta pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda cutoff that is substantially similar to the predetermined lambda cutoff of the red pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Alexey S. Kabalnov, Shao-Wei Li, Dennis Z. Guo, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Patent number: 7922800
    Abstract: An ink set includes a light magenta ink and a dark magenta ink. The light magenta ink includes an effective amount of a pigment having a red/green lambda cutoff ranging from about 585 nm to about 600 nm, and reflecting at least about 14% of blue light at a wavelength of about 470 nm when measured at a density at which the light magenta ink provides a maximum magenta chroma. The dark magenta ink includes an effective amount of a pigment having a red/green lambda cutoff greater than or equal to about 605 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Zeying Ma, Gregg A. Lane
  • Publication number: 20110063389
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W. Bauer, Sean W. Dobbins, Jaren D. Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Patent number: 7703909
    Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet printing includes a medium cyan ink-jet ink, a magenta ink-jet ink, and a gray ink-jet ink. Each of the medium cyan ink-jet ink, the magenta ink-jet ink, and the gray ink-jet ink are configured to have a lightness at a predetermined/given number of drops per unit area of an image-receiving medium such that the lightness of each of the inks are substantially matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Howard A. Doumaux, Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20100091079
    Abstract: An ink-jet printing system includes an ink set having only cyan, magenta, yellow black and gray inks, and a medium having a substantially neutral color. A ratio of printed lightness of the gray ink to a lightness of the medium ranges from 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: David Donovan, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Patent number: 7678186
    Abstract: A neutral gray or black ink and combinations thereof for ink-jet printing, comprising: an ink vehicle; carbon black; another colored pigment or pigments such as a combination of cyan and violet pigments; wherein the carbon black and colored pigments are associated with a polymer or polymers which render the carbon black and pigments dispersible in aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Zeying Ma
  • Patent number: 7533980
    Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet printing includes a medium cyan ink-jet ink, a magenta ink-jet ink, and a gray ink-jet ink. Each of the medium cyan ink-jet ink, the magenta ink-jet ink, and the gray ink-jet ink are configured to have a lightness at a predetermined/given number of drops per unit area of an image-receiving medium such that the lightness of each of the inks are substantially matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Howard A. Doumaux, Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20090033729
    Abstract: An ink set includes a light magenta ink and a dark magenta ink. The light magenta ink includes an effective amount of a pigment having a red/green lambda cutoff ranging from about 585 nm to about 600 nm, and reflecting at least about 14% of blue light at a wavelength of about 470 nm when measured at a density at which the light magenta ink provides a maximum magenta chroma. The dark magenta ink includes an effective amount of a pigment having a red/green lambda cutoff greater than or equal to about 605 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Zeying Ma, Gregg A. Lane
  • Publication number: 20090033728
    Abstract: An ink set includes a red ink and a magenta ink. The red ink includes an effective amount of a red pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda cutoff, and the magenta ink includes an effective amount of a magenta pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda cutoff that is substantially similar to the predetermined lambda cutoff of the red pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Alexey S. Kabalnov, Shao-Wei Li, Dennis Z. Guo, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Patent number: 7478903
    Abstract: An ink set for inkjet printing includes a cyan ink having a first hue angle h° value between approximately 200 and approximately 260, a magenta ink having a second hue angle h° value between approximately 320 and approximately 10, a yellow ink having a third hue angle h° value between approximately 80 and approximately 120, an ink selected from the group consisting of orange and red inks having a fourth hue h° value between approximately 10 and approximately 80, a green ink having a fifth hue h° value between approximately 120 and approximately 200, an ink selected from the group consisting of blue and violet inks having a sixth hue h° value between approximately 260 and approximately 320, and at least one matte black ink having an average carbon black particle size of from about 70 to about 200 nm and a first lightness L* value, and at least one photoblack ink having an average carbon black particle size of from about 20 to about 130 nm and a second lightness L* value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Stephen W. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20080274339
    Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet printing includes a medium cyan ink-jet ink, a magenta ink-jet ink, and a gray ink-jet ink. Each of the medium cyan ink-jet ink, the magenta ink-jet ink, and the gray ink-jet ink are configured to have a lightness at a predetermined/given number of drops per unit area of an image-receiving medium such that the lightness of each of the inks are substantially matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bauer, Howard A. Doumaux, Tienteh Chen