(19)
(11) EP 1 224 080 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
24.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/30

(21) Application number: 00972368.5

(22) Date of filing: 27.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B41J 2/175
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0029/523
(87) International publication number:
WO 0132/430 (10.05.2001 Gazette 2001/19)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.10.1999 US 430400
04.11.1999 US 434871

(71) Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto,California 94304-1112 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • OLSEN, David
    Corvallis, OR 97330 (US)
  • PEW, Jeffrey, K.
    Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (US)
  • JOHNSON, David, C.
    Portland, OR 97212 (US)

(74) Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
Carpmaels & Ransford,43 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


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