ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,633, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Printhead positions" was invented by Nestor Luid Pinol (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Alexander Jose Perez Garcia (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Jordi Bas Ferrer (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a method includes ejecting a drop of printing fluid from a nozzle of a printhead into a drop detection zone. An indication of detection of the drop within the drop detection zone may be determined and, based on the indication of detection of the drop, an indication of a position of the printhead may ...