Sarah E Swantner

US Patent:

8131178, Mar 6, 2012

Filed:

May 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/465946

Inventors:

Richard L. Swantner - Boise ID, US
Sarah Elizabeth Swantner - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G03G 15/16

US Classification:

399101, 399129

Abstract:

A cleaning station is usable with an image forming apparatus that has at least one developer configured to deliver toner of a first polarity to a latent image formed on a photoconductor. The cleaning station includes a transfer mechanism configured to transfer the toner of the first polarity from the latent image to a print medium, a charging station configured to charge waste toner not transferred from the transfer mechanism to the print medium to a second polarity opposite the first polarity, and a cleaner assembly configured to collect the waste toner from the transfer mechanism.

US Patent:

20090080911, Mar 26, 2009

Filed:

Sep 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/861541

Inventors:

Richard L. Swantner - Boise ID, US
Scott K. Hymas - Meridian ID, US
Sarah E. Swantner - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

G03G 15/00

US Classification:

399 24

Abstract:

A consumable printing component for use in a printing device includes an imaging member and a memory storing message data. In response to a trigger event, a message is formed on the imaging member at the end of a print job such that the message remains on the imaging member.