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Red Bull presents a mindblowing compilation of footage of daring surfers riding (and wiping out) on some of the incredible waves at Nazaré, Portugal, which can reach heights of 100 feet or more during peak swells.
Red Bull presents a mindblowing compilation of footage of daring surfers riding (and wiping out) on some of the incredible waves at Nazaré, Portugal, which can reach heights of 100 feet or more during peak swells.
Tim Bonython's documentary will take us to some of the best and most dangerous surfing spots in the world as it follows a tight-knit group of big wave surfers who are addicted to the thrill of the sport. Premieres Spring 2017.
To demonstrate the lifting power of its Alta 8 aerial photography drone, Freefly Systems used the 8-blade flying machine to tow a surfboarder through the water. He needed a running start, but we're still impressed.
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Red Bull showcases the work of videographer and photographer Eric Sterman. An avid surfer himself, the Hawaiian native Sterman was one of the first to realize the potential of drones in professional photography.
(PG-13: Language) YouTuber Taz Knight shares this intense wipeout from his first attempt at surfing in Mexico's Puerto Escondido. It looked harmless from afar, but Taz's perspective turned us into Bill the caveman: when does the hurting stop?
For the past ten years, surfing legend Kelly Slater and his team have been working on a system that creates long and sustained open-barrel waves. Now they're ready to show off what they've accomplished.
Another stellar slow-motion surfing video from Chris Bryan. The veteran filmmaker and photographer used Phantom's Flex, Miro M320S and 4K Flex cameras with his custom made underwater housings to shoot these awe-inspiring sequences.
Surfing Magazine's Eric Sterman and Brent Bielmann took these amazing overhead shots of the legendary surfing spot Teahupo'o. Between the pulse-pounding waves and the breathtaking sights, it really is paradise for surfers.
Macho Man. Hot Seat. Ministry. Er, Jackie Brown? Editor George Manzanilla evokes the late '80s in this arresting commercial for California-based surf gear shop Octopus. The surfing scenes were shot on Super 16 at 24fps.
These surfboards pack electric engines that push out a jet of water, allowing surfers to negotiate rivers, channels, lakes and other still bodies of water without the need for waves. The Carver is for fast action, while the Manta is for cruising.
Surf gear maker O'Neill challenged filmmakers to create surfing videos with a twist. Here's Stefan Nadelman's contribution, an eye-popping visualization of waves in a variety of different contexts. Wave is love. Wave is life.
Jamie O'Brien looks like a badass as he surfs the daunting waves of Tahiti's Teahupo'o, with his wetsuit lit on fire. We suppose if anything went wrong he could just fall down and dowse himself, but then the massive wave might get him.
Now that it's done with Hobbits, Air New Zealand has found a new way to get passengers to watch their air safety videos – by filling them with beautiful young women and men frolicking on the beach and showing off their surfing skills.
Devin Supertramp and his crew take advantage of a nearly dried up waterfall in New Zealand by turning it into a waterslide. Judging from the (heavily sponsored) behind-the-scenes video, it's just as fun and as risky as it looks.
Quiksilver Japan teamed up with ad agency TBWA\HAKUHODO to create the most stylish wetsuit ever – the True Wetsuit perfectly mimics business suits and tuxedos. Sadly, at about $2500, it costs as much as a custom Italian suit.
In this clip, surfer Laird Hamilton demonstrates his foilboard, a hydrofoil-equipped surfboard which allows him to surf above the waves rather than in them. It might be as close as you can get to riding a hoverboard.
The legendary Dick Dale introduced us to surf guitar music, but surfer and musician Chris Hau seems to have misinterpreted the phrase, instead playing his guitar while wakeboarding. And we can barely walk and chew gum at the same time.
Threatened with a fatal genetic disease, Hayden Peters turned to the ocean to be reminded that to be alive is to be vulnerable, and that it's not about how much time you have left, but how alive you were in the time you're given.
Yeah, there's a guy in there somewhere. Surftotal shares this video of boulder-balled pros riding monstrous waves off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal. It's the same area that brought the record-breaking 90ft. wave.
Surfer Jamie O'Brien pulls off a daring and impressive move as he swaps surfboards mid-wave as he rides the foam in at The Wedge in Newport Beach, California. We're assuming he eventually recovered his first board.
Matthew Stanley and his friend were joined by a seal pup who seemed eager to ride the waves with them. Or maybe it was just lost and tired. Or maybe it was hiding from a predator. Man, now we're sad.
Benji Brand won the GoPro of the World for June with this unreal footage of him riding through long wave after long wave off the coast of Skeleton Bay in Namibia. You can watch the original video here.
In 2012, Ryan "Hippo" Hipwood was nearly killed by this fierce and unpredictable wave off the coast of Australia, but that didn't stop him from coming back to face it once again. While Ryan persevered, we're not so sure about the JetSki.
Surfing highlight reels make the sport seem incessantly exciting, but in reality there's a lot of downtime in between rides. Cy Kuckenbacker came up with a middle ground, presenting an hour of surfing footage all at once.
As intense rains flooded Hawaii's Waimea Valley, enterprising surfers took advantage, and dug out a channel to let water flow from valley to ocean, creating an makeshift wave pool. Apparently, this isn't the first time this has happened.
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text: At Hermon High School, the fifth annual River City Rumble. Local schools hitting the matt in a local tournament. Brewer's the two-time defending champ.Tonight, the Witches 285 pound big man, Marcus Eaton, wins his match just 22 seconds into the first round. He's one of the best in the state.However the winner tonight, and the school that gets to keep the trophy for a year, the Hermon Hawks. They also beat Brewer head-to-head 46 to 36.,


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Chapter Eight, Part One: The Way We Weren'tMature
White showers down in little bits onto the floor of the Zero Room.
The drops form shoes, baking themselves into dual back-curves of keratin and phalange and sinew that wind up like stairs into a bolus of bulging foreleg.
The forelegs bend slightly, surging up and toward themselves like transfixed eyes following the shine off a newly-rinsed palette knife, bending and curving and rounding until they reach a certain height, a height suitable for sliding kneecaps and the gristly tinsel of glutes.
The curve of all-white laces itself in the old time fashion of good stout boots, up the walk and down and up again of pelvis and spine, jutting little pieces out here and there.
Soon, a brilliant red bowtie hangs for a second across a bare and blankish scapula; there is no skin to hold it though, so it soon melts away again, leaving alabaster lungs and other brother and sister organs pumping anti-climactically in its place. No reason, their master thinks softly, to name them here.
He already flunked Academy once.
And once is enough really.
Really and truly.
He reaches out with new hands, white hands, to touch the empty air.
His back feels chalky still; there is a certain grit to him, and for once it's not some consequence of the life he's led.
There are tiny bumps of dryness curdling across his upper body, scampering across him like a melanoma on shore leave.
His life, he thinks, shrugging mentally.
How abysmal.
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Parents are being forced to pay thousands of pounds for braces for their children's teeth after the Government slashed the number of youngsters eligible for free treatment.
Rationing of orthodontic treatment means more than 7,000 children and teenagers with crooked teeth are being turned down for braces and other corrective dental work each month, orthodontists have warned.
Some children deemed eligible for braces under previous rules, are being told they no longer qualify, while others will have to wait several years for treatment that could not only improve their health but have a major effect on their self confidence for years to come.
Many have no option but to go private - a path that costs their parents up to £4,500 for a set of braces.
The British Orthodontic Society said changes to the rules governing corrective dental work on the NHS means the number of patients eligible for free treatment has been slashed by 20 per cent.
This means that around 85,000 of the 420,000 patients treated each year will be turned away. Most will be children and teenagers.
Chris Kettler, executive secretary of the British Orthodontic Society said: 'More than 20 per cent of children who would have been treated under the NHS cannot be now. We need more funding.'
The society warned that the problem was being exacerbated by new dental contracts which also came into force in April.
The shake-up, designed to boost the number of people entitled to dentistry on the NHS, has led to restrictions on the orthodontic work carried out by dentists, increasing the pressure on orthodontic specialists.
It is also feared that newly-qualified specialists are finding the new contracts do not cover their running costs, leading to them switching to private practice to stave off bankruptcy.
Iain Hathorn (CORR), chairman of the British Orthodontic Society, said: 'We are disappointed because the new system was heralded as a way of distributing orthodontic provision more fairly around the country.
'We have a situation where there are children who need orthodontics who are on long waiting lists, while newly-qualified specialists who want to work in the NHS are unable to do so.'
The Society says waiting lists for orthodontic treatment are soaring, with areas worst hit including Shropshire, north Wales, the West Midlands and the North West. Parts of the South West and parts of Yorkshire have also been badly affected.
Under the new rules, orthodontists must assess a child's teeth against the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need - a gallery of dental photographs and detailed descriptions.
Only those who need the most work done are treated on the NHS, leaving those with crooked teeth or a slight overbite to go private.
The straightening of teeth makes cleaning easier, helping prevent tooth decay and gum disease.
It can also make chewing easier - and have a huge effect on children's self-confidence.
The Department of Health rejected the British Orthodontic Society's figures, saying it makes sense of health trusts to reserve the costly treatment for those who would most benefit.
Chief Dental Officer Barry Cockcroft said:'There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that there has been a 20 per cent drop in eligibility for children's orthodontic treatment since April. 'Primary Care Trusts are expected to make the best use of taxpayers' money, so it is sensible for them to ensure that resources earmarked for orthodontics are spent on those children who can benefit the most from the treatment.
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losing a game of chess to death?
Gwen Parsons balanced her cell phone between her shoulder and her ear as she carried an overflowing laundry basket up the rickety basement stairs. They creaked with each step, and for a while after moving to New Hampshire she had worried she might plummet through the stairs and break her neck on the dirt floor below. Those fears had diminished and had been replaced by a sense of curiosity about the person who had constructed those noisy stairs beneath her feet so many years ago. The Historical Society sign outside the house said 1767 and Gwen wondered, Are these stairs two-hundred and fifty years old as well?
"Gwenny," the phone garbled, "are you losing me again, honey?"
Gwen reached the top of the cellar stairs and entered the kitchen, closed the door behind her with her foot, and set the laundry basket down in front of the sink -- all while managing to keep the phone in place, "I'm sorry, Lisa, the cell reception up here is dreadful. I have dropped calls all the time now. You should come up and visit so we could talk face-to-face."
Lisa barked a sharp peal of laughter on the other end of the call, "Yeah, like that'll ever happen! You're like, six hours away and you live in some quaint village where the only activity is churning butter. What, do they still have gas street lamps that the guy on stilts has to light every night?"
Gwen smirked but replied, in all seriousness, "Of course not, but I'll tell you one thing: the internet provider is a hamster in a wheel."
"Jesus," was the moan which surely accompanied an eye-roll, if Gwen knew her college roommate at all.
Gwen looked at her watch and declared, "Hey, listen Lisa, I've gotta let you go so I can make Amy some lunch. Call you later?"
"Sure, I'll be home around seven. Call me then. Let me ask you: how's Amy doing?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you know... new environment, she's like, on the other side of the universe from everything and everyone she's ever known. Is she bumming?"
"No. She's actually made a couple of friends already."
"What, like, on her first day of school?"
Gwen chuckled, "Lisa, we've been in New Hampshire for nearly three weeks now."
"God, it seems like forever."
"Hey, call me tonight. Or better yet, Facebook me. Oh, that's right -- wood-burning internet. You should invest in carrier pigeons."
Gwen laughed aloud, then said, "I'll look into that. Bye, Lisa."
"Bye-bye, Gwenny."
Gwen disconnected and set the phone on the counter by the sink. If anyone but Lisa ever called her "Gwenny," she'd most likely put a boot in their mouth, but Lisa, welllllll... Lisa was Lisa.
Gwen set about making her daughter a sandwich.
Five minutes later she was carrying a tuna on wheat and a cup of milk upstairs, calling out when she reached the top, "Amy, honey! I've got your lunch for you. Are you hungry?"
No answer. Gwen walked down the hall and peeked her head around the half-open door to Amy's room. Many of the moving boxes in the child's room had been emptied but not yet broken down, so it still looked as though they were living out of a suitcase.
"Amy," she called but she knew her daughter was not in that room. She set the plate and cup on the corner of the little girl's desk, by the closet, and left the room whilst tapping her finger on her chin in thought, Now, where would a curious little girl like to explore today? Gwen heard the unmistakeable giggle coming from just above her head, seeping through the ceiling.
Ah, the attic!
She walked to the stairs leading up and called softly, "Amy? Are you up there, baby?"
There was no response, but she could hear the soft tones of Amy's voice gently carrying through the dust and the cobwebs of the attic and down the stairs. Gwen climbed the stairs and saw how smooth and knotted the ancient wood appeared beneath her feet and wondered if those were created about the same time as the cellar stairs.
Upstairs, Gwen stooped, not because the ceiling was low but because of the multitude of cobwebs which hung in the balmy attic air. Amy's voice softly carried to her from around the corner, and Gwen found the girl sitting at a chessboard in front of the window, staring keenly at the white and black pieces haphazardly assembled around the squares.
"Hey kiddo. Whatcha doin'?"
Amy looked up and smiled broadly at her mom, "Abigail's teaching me how to play chess."
"Abigail? Who's Abigail?"
Amy's shoulders sagged and she rolled her eyes dramatically, clearly expressing to Gwen, God, the things I have to put up with around here! She answered sternly, to make sure her slow mother understood, "You know... Abigail? I told you about her the other day, Mom."
Oh right! She HAD said something, didn't she? Gwen snapped her fingers, "The imaginary friend!"
Amy folded her little arms over her chest and pouted, "She's not imaginary, Mom, she lives in the mirror."


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|Feb 23, 2010
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|Apr 20, 2006
|Priority date
|Apr 21, 2005
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|Harry E. Nicodem
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|Tonerhead, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (49), Non-Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (1), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/673,513, filed on Apr. 21, 2005, and entitled INKJET CARTRIDGE TESTER, which prior application is hereby incorporated by reference verbatim, and also claims the benefits as a continuation-in-part, where applicable, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/373,026, filed on Mar. 10, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,303,249, and entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PRINTER CARTRIDGE TESTER, with the same effect as though the prior application were fully and completely set forth herein.
The present invention generally relates to a devices and methods for testing printer cartridges and, in particular, to a testing device that communicates with a computer testing of printer cartridges.
Printing devices, such as printers for use with computers, facsimile machines, and copiers, are typically sold with at least one, and in many cases, multiple ink cartridges. These cartridges include a housing that contains a reservoir of printing ink, either black or color, along with printer nozzles, which allow the ink to be transmitted to the intended medium and electrical contacts for communication between the printer and the cartridge.
Many such cartridges are intended to be disposable; when the cartridge is exhausted of ink, of course, printing becomes impossible. The emptied cartridge must be removed and a replacement cartridge must be substituted therefore to enable further printing. The disposable cartridge must then be disposed of in a proper fashion to reduce spillage of any remaining ink and to reduce any potential adverse environmental impact of the ink and other materials of the cartridge. Unless properly recycled, disposing of the empty cartridge increases the amount of garbage added to landfills.
In response to the negative environmental impact and cost disadvantages of disposable cartridges, refillable cartridges have been developed and welcomed by the marketplace. At present, these refillable cartridges may be refilled by the consumer by purchasing a refill kit including a syringe filled with ink and needle. In use, the cartridge is refilled by insertion of the needle into a refill port provided through the housing of the cartridge and emptying the syringe of ink into the reservoir of the cartridge. In practice, this is a less than ideal solution because this can be a messy procedure. Furthermore, the cartridge may have stopped functioning properly for reasons which are not related to the supply of ink and moreover, not diagnosable by the user.
Some cartridge manufacturers have devised a system to prevent users from refilling and reusing cartridges in a selected printer. Some cartridges, such as Hewlett Packard™ cartridge types 27 to 29 and 56 to 59, are equipped with a sense line where cartridge information identification is stored in addition to the ink level status. Some printers are programmed to either ignore any refilled cartridges with previously encountered information identification stored in the memory of the printer, or ignore the cartridges recently encountered and stored in the memory of the printer, even if the ink level status information has been updated to indicated the presence of ink in the cartridge.
Many cartridge manufacturers allow customers to return their empty cartridges to the manufacturer. The manufacturer then refills the cartridge and resells the refilled cartridge for a discounted price. Further, many companies obtain empty cartridges, refill them with ink and sell the refilled cartridges for a discounted price, creating competition and lower prices. Refilling an empty cartridge in this manner is a less expensive alternative, with a lesser amount of waste generated. There are numerous printer manufacturers, such as, for example, Hewlett Packard™, Lexmark™, Canon™, etc., and each manufactures multiple cartridges for the many printing devices. Each cartridge has a housing that contains a number of electrical contacts and print nozzles in various proprietary configurations, and is designed or configured such that it may only fit into a particular printing device and no other.
Generally, a printer cartridge comprises a print head that includes a number of microscopic chambers called nozzles. Ink flows from a reservoir in the cartridge into each of the nozzles by some combination of gravity and capillary action. Each nozzle has a small resistive element associated therewith that heats the ink, causing the ink to expand and be expelled from the nozzle. The ink flowing through the nozzle acts as a coolant. In use, the cartridges are properly inserted into a printing device which receives a signal in order to print on the medium. For example, a printer connected to a computer may receive a print signal from the computer, while a facsimile machine may receive a signal over a telephone line. The printing device converts that signal, depending on its driver program, and sends the appropriate control signal to the cartridge or, in the case of a color printing device, to multiple cartridges. Once the control signal is received, each cartridge transfers ink through its print nozzles as the medium passes beneath. When the control signal is complete, the printing device will have generated a document or drawing on the medium. Each use of the cartridge reduces the amount of toner or ink remaining in the cartridge. Depending on the size of the cartridge, a number of documents or drawings can be generated before the cartridge is empty or near empty. The larger the cartridge, the more ink it contains and the more documents can be printed. When empty, the cartridge needs to be replaced or reconditioned and/or refilled.
If the user operates a printer with an empty cartridge, the resistive heating elements in the cartridge may burn out (creating an open circuit) or draw high current (evidence of a short circuit). Because cartridges do fail in this manner, it is very advantageous for an inkjet cartridge re-manufacturer or the like to be able to test the electrical circuitry in a cartridge before refilling it, which reduces loss risks related to the time and cost it takes to perform the refilling step and the cost of the ink if the cartridge is defective and must be discarded. Furthermore, prior art testing devices that are currently available are either costly, complex, and require an AC line voltage power source or stand alone, handheld devices, that have a built in display, provide limited test results information, and require factory servicing to replace the battery power source.
A demand therefore exists for a device and method that allows a user to test a printer cartridge, that is inexpensive and is easily adaptable to various test applications depending on cartridge configuration, a device and method that is able to bypass any printer information identification to prevent refill operations, and that is convenient and reliable.
In light of the above, the instant disclosure describes an automatic inkjet cartridge testing device and system that is comprised of an arrangement of mechanical, electrical and electronic, and software elements that can be used by a user to test inkjet cartridges of various manufacture that are used in printing devices, such as printers connected to computers, facsimile machines and copiers. The present invention includes a handheld device for testing printer cartridges and that interfaces with a computer for processing of test results via a computer interface. Preferably, the device obtains power from this connection thereby eliminating the need for batteries or additional power sources. In one aspect of the present invention, the computer program communicates with the test device and displays the results of the tests through execution of a suitable application or program. In a presently preferred embodiment, the application presents a pass/fail indication to a user, tallies the number of passed/failed cartridges, and allows the user to enter data such as company name, date, etc., to track the origin of the cartridges or for general accounting purposes.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the testing device includes a base board and an adaptor board. The base board includes a host processor, such as a microcontroller, and the computer interface. The adaptor board comprises a printer cartridge capturing fixture or socket and test circuitry. Preferably, the adaptor board couples to the base board via complementary connectors that also allow communication between the boards.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the device for testing printer cartridges includes a sensor for detecting cartridge information and a computer program for altering the cartridge identification to override any printer identification of the cartridge previously placed in said printer.
The features of the present invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, together with further features and attendant advantages, will become apparent from consideration of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. An embodiment of the invention is now described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals represent like elements and in which:
Referring now to the drawings,
The testing device 102 generally comprises testing logic 110 in communication with a computer interface 112 and a socket 114. The testing logic 110, as described in greater detail below, encompasses all functionality of the testing device 102 related to the testing of a printer cartridge 116. The computer interface 112 provides and supports a communication path between the testing device 102 and the computer 104 (via its own interface component not shown). Preferably, power for the testing device 102 is provided from the computer via the computer interface 112. In a presently preferred embodiment, the computer interface 112 comprises a so-called Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, although the present invention is not limited in this regard. The socket 114 is a receptacle that is sized and shaped to conform to and receive a predetermined type or family of printer cartridge 116 and functions to hold the cartridge 116. It is an aspect of the present invention that the testing device 102 is designed to accommodate and function with a variety of different interchangeable socket configurations to receive a variety of different printer cartridge designs.
Referring now to
Each testing device 102 includes a pattern of holes 212 formed through the cartridge receiving portion 208, which align with electrical contacts on a printer cartridge when the printer cartridge is placed in the socket 114. Each hole 212 includes a conductive contact or pin 214 disposed therein, which may be brass or any suitable electrically conductive material and a conductive spring (not shown), which may be gold plated for conductivity and resistance to oxidation and positioned to bias a respective pin 214 in an upward condition. Each pin 214 is sized, shaped and positioned to contact a respective electrical pad on the printer cartridge. When each spring urges a pin 214 upwardly against a respective cartridge pad, it establishes electrical communication with circuitry inside the testing device (
For any given cartridge manufacturer (e.g., HP™, Lexmark™, etc.), there may be several different types of cartridges (black, color, photo color, etc.) produced by that manufacturer, and so the present invention contemplates different, interchangeable sockets for each different type or family of cartridge. For example, the socket 114 of the testing device 102 in
For any given cartridge manufacturer (e.g., HP™, Lexmark™, etc.), in addition to different types of cartridges (black, color, photo color, etc.), different types and sizes of cartridges 116 may include a sense line memory 118 that contains several bits of information. Illustratively, HP™ cartridge types 27 to 29 and 56 to 59 contain a sense line memory 118 with cartridge identification information stored by the manufacturer.
Some printers (not shown), in addition to using the information contained in the sense line memory 118 to monitor the level of ink within a specific cartridge 116, use the identification information to monitor the replacement of the cartridge after refill operations by comparing the new identification information of the replaced cartridge with the previously used cartridge. Some printers will, for example, cycle the identification information of the last several cartridges and refuse to acknowledge a new cartridge 116 if the identification information 118 read by the sensor 122 is still part of a queue of identification information stored in the memory of the printer (not shown). A sensor 122, used for detecting the amount of ink remaining in the cartridge 116, is also used to detect the identification information. A computer program 120 located on the testing device 102 selectively alters the cartridge identification information so as to override an empty reading by the sensor 120 when recycled cartridges 116 are placed in the device 100.
In another aspect of the present invention, an activity indicator 220 is also provided. The activity indicator 220 may be a blue light emitting diode or a similar device that indicates communication status of the device 102 with the computer (not shown). In one embodiment of the present invention, the activity indicator 220 is illuminated continuously when the testing device 102 is powered on and is in communication with the computer operating system via the computer interface. When the activity indicator 220 is flashing, data is being transferred to and from an application program residing or acting through the computer. Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other methods may be used to implement the activity indicator 220 and the present invention is not limited in this regard.
The housing 202 of the testing device 220 preferably includes one or more antistatic rails 218. The at least one antistatic rail 218 is located on one side of the housing 202 if a single rail is provided, or on opposite sides of the housing 202 if a pair of rails is provided. Each rail 218 is formed of a conductive wire, which may be stainless steel or any suitable electrically conductive material and, in one embodiment, is approximately 0.04″ in diameter and connected to a frame ground provided by the computer interface, as described below. When the device 102 is held in an operator's hand, any static charge present is discharged through rails 218 to the computer interface ground, eliminating the possibility of damaging the device by static electricity entering through the contact pins or another site.
As noted above, testing logic 110 is provided within each testing device 102 suitable for carrying out testing of one or more printer cartridges. Generally, the testing logic 110 may be implemented within a single component, such as a printed circuit board having the necessary subcomponents such as hardware, software and firmware elements. However, in a presently preferred embodiment, the testing logic 110 is preferably divided between a base board (comprising some or all of those components that are common to every testing device 102) and an adaptor board (comprising some or all of those components that are specific to a given printer cartridge or family of printer cartridges). This is further illustrated with reference to
In particular,
As described below, the interface 464 provides and supports communication with the testing device 402 and, in presently preferred embodiment, supports a bidirectional data path 422, a power path 424 and a ground path 426. The data path 422 may adhere to any suitable data transfer protocol in accordance with an underlying physical media, such as a serial or parallel data bus. The power path 424 is coupled to a suitable power source (not shown) provided by power circuitry typically found in computers. Likewise, the ground path 426 is coupled to a common ground for the computer. The input/output devices 466 may include any device typically used for inputting (e.g., a keyboard, mouse, disk drive, optical drive, etc.) or outputting (e.g., disk drives, optical drives, speakers, annunciators, etc.) data, commands or any other information to/from a computer. A variety of other components typically found in computers are not shown in
As shown, the testing device 402 preferably comprises a base board 406 in communication with an adaptor board 408. In a presently preferred embodiment, complementary connectors 420, 444 are respectively provided on both the base board 406 and adaptor board 408. The connectors 420, 444, which are preferably 30 pin connectors, mate together thereby supporting communications between the base board 406 and adaptor board 408. As shown, the base board 406 generally includes a host processor 412 and accompanying memory 414, which may comprise similar components to those described above concerning the computer's processor 460 and accompanying memory 462. In a presently preferred embodiment, host processor 412 and memory 414 are used to store/implement the necessary testing algorithms and computer interface 416 firmware. As described above, the computer interface 416 preferably comprises a USB interface integrated circuit which communicates with a suitable (female) USB connector, which integrated circuit and connector together form a USB interface. A particular advantage of a USB interface is that it supports the transfer of power 424 and ground 426 signals between devices. In this manner, the testing device 402 of the present invention does not need its own power source such as batteries or the like. Additionally, the base board 406 may further include a DC-to-DC converter 418 used to provide power to specific components within or coupled to the testing device 402. For example, in the case of a USB interface, the converter 418 converts five volt USB voltage to the twelve volts required to drive circuitry found on some cartridges.
Additional elements forming the base board 406 include a pair of switches 428, 430, preferably transistors, operating under the control (dotted lines) of the host processor 412. As described in greater detail below, the switches 428, 430 may be controlled to cause power to be routed to different portions of the test circuitry 440, and the cartridge being tested, as necessary. In particular, the second switch 430 may be controlled to switch power between one or more sensing lines 432 and a series resistor 434, described below. The host processor 412 can monitor the series resistor 434 using monitoring lines 436 coupled, for example, to an appropriate analog-to-digital converter (not shown). Likewise, one or more data lines 438 are provided to facilitate the transfer of data between the host processor 412 and one or more components on the adaptor board 408. Finally, an indicator 413, as described above, may operate under the control of the host processor 412.
As shown, the adaptor board 408 generally comprises test circuitry 440 interposed between the connector 444 and the socket 442. In turn, the socket 442 comprises the cartridge detection switch 448 and contact pins 450, as described above. The test circuitry 440 comprises any components necessary to provide test signals to and obtain test results from the particular type of printer cartridge for which the adaptor board 408 is configured. In a similar vein, the socket 442 and contact pins 450 together establish an interface that is unique to a given printer cartridge or family of printer cartridges. Because the adaptor board 408 is removably coupled to the base board 406 via the connectors 420, 444 (and any other suitable fasteners, etc. not shown), the present invention provides great flexibility for configuring the testing device 402 to be compatible with a wide variety of printer cartridges.
Referring now to
Once communications with the computer and application have been established, the cartridge detection switch is thereafter continuously monitored, for example, by the host processor, at block 510. When a user inserts a cartridge into the socket, the detection switch is actuated and sensed by the host processor. Thereafter, at block 512, the host processor configures the first switch 428 to power the converter 418 and the second switch 430 to supply the correct operating voltage (e.g., twelve volts) to the one or more sensing lines 432. As know in the art, each printer cartridge contains one or more sense lines that, when monitored correctly, can determine the type of cartridge, i.e., black, color, etc. Once determined, the information concerning the type of cartridge may be provided to the computer.
After the cartridge type is determined, processing continues at block 514 where testing of the printer cartridge is performed. Preferably, the nozzles of the printer cartridge are tested to determine whether they are electrically viable. To this end, the host processor controls the second switch 430 to route the output of the converter 418 (e.g., twelve volts) through the series resistor 434. Via the test circuitry 440, each nozzle heater is activated, preferably one by one. If the heater is operating normally, the series resistor 434 limits the current, causing a voltage drop to the cartridge. Using the monitoring lines 436 to monitor the level of this voltage drop, the host processor can sense whether or not the nozzle heater is malfunctioning as an open circuit. Conversely, when the nozzle heater is deactivated, the voltage level across the resistor should rise to a predetermined level in certain amount of time. If this does not happen, the heater has a lower than normal resistance and is deemed to be "over current", indicative of a short circuit.
Once the testing is completed, the test results, having been collected by the host processor, are sent to the computer and its resident application program via the computer interface at block 516. In one aspect of the present invention, it is possible for a user of the testing system to request retesting of a printer cartridge, typically as a consequence of unfavorable test results. This is illustrated at block 518 where it is determined whether a request to retest the printer cartridge has been received. This determination is made by the host processor by monitoring for messages sent by the computer. If a request to retest is received, processing continues at block 514 as described above; otherwise the process is complete.
Referring now to
Processing begins at block 602 where an application used to interact with and display results received from a printer cartridge testing device, as described above, is initiated. Techniques for initiating such applications are well known to those having skill in the art and are typically determined by the specific type of operating system used by the computer. For example, on a computer using a Windows™ operating system, the user can manipulate a mouse-controlled cursor to double click an icon representative of the application, thereby causing the operating system to instantiate the application. For the purposes of the present invention, the application, at a minimum, may comprise any program that allows a user of the application to interact with the testing device and to display test results received from the testing device.
Processing continues at block 604 where it is determined whether communications with the testing device have been established. As before, any of a number of well known techniques for establishing communications between a computer and a peripheral device, such as the testing device, may be equally employed, including the presently preferred USB interface and its corresponding protocols. It should be further noted that the illustrated sequence of blocks 602 and 604 is not a requirement as it may be possible to first establish communications with the testing device and then initiate the application. Regardless, the application program, once it detects a test device, preferably causes a user interface or testing display to be presented on a display of the computer at block 606. Techniques for providing and rendering such displays are well known to those having skill in the art. An exemplary user interface 704 is further illustrated in
At this point, the application is ready to receive test results from the testing device and display them in a suitable manner, as illustrated at block 608. Any of a number of data transfer protocols may be used to receive the testing data from the testing device, which test data may include an indication of the number of nozzle heaters that passed testing, the number of nozzles that failed testing due to an open circuit condition and the number of nozzles that failed testing due to a short circuit condition. Upon receipt, the test data is also preferably displayed on the computer such that the user of the testing system is made aware of the status of the cartridge under test. For example, if the test results show that all of the nozzle heaters passed the testing (e.g., no open or short circuits), the background color of the user interface may change color (to green, for example) and/or suitable text may be displayed. Additionally, and with reference to the exemplary embodiment of
Additional display fields are illustrated in
In a presently preferred embodiment, and with regard to the use of multiple testing devices, a user-selectable "new batch" button 712 is provided to clear the pass/fail boxes. Thus, upon completion of testing of a batch of cartridges, the tested cartridges may be removed and untested cartridges may be inserted into corresponding testing devices. In this manner, the present invention facilitates rapid testing of large numbers of printer cartridges. Furthermore, a user-selectable "print" button 716 is provided to execute a print screen function to provide a printed paper copy of the displayed test results. In an alternate embodiment, a printout report function that shows the pass/fail count listed by cartridge type may be provided. Further still, a plurality of text entry boxes 718 may be provided to allow text entry for tracking one or more batches of cartridges. For example, the boxes 718 may be labeled "Company," "Date," and "PO Number" to facilitate the entry of corresponding data. However, it is understood that any suitable nomenclature for the purpose of gathering user-relevant information may be equally provided.
Finally, in the presently preferred embodiment, a user-selectable "retest" button 714 is provided. Upon selection of the retest button 714, and referring once again to
Thus, while the invention has been described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those of skill in the art that there are modifications, substitutions and other changes that can be made, yet will still fall within the intended scope of the invention.
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" Its not want this time Riel, just a good jobs come up. Durress tech made a Micro universe they need people with combat experience and few scientist to explore it. Are you in?"
" Let me think about it Drake." she replies
" Okay hear I leave you the numbers. I hope to see you there." I said then gave her the numbers.
I hang the phone up grab my handy custome handgun. Man it shape was old served; it me well back when I served the resistance agianst the new empire. Since then I have had it rebuilt and have a better firing mechanism, not it fires 3 times as fast and as powerful. I put slam it in a holster that had been put into my pants. Then put my long , but thin leathe jacket which gave me a somewhat proffesional look. With my small amount of clothing and what little posesions I needed pack. I got into my car and drove to the airport. My fairs where already paid for.
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Relations: N/A
Personality: Recent malfunction by Necro-Assassin to kill Shift has caused him to kill innocents near the town of New Jersey
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Coming Soon: The Truly Paperless Return?
No question, tax preparation software is making our lives easier. Not only does it help us figure out what numbers go in which box, it does much of the headache-inducing math that infects the dreaded Form 1040. But software can't help with what can be the most time-consuming and error-laden part of the process: gathering all those little scraps of paper that arrive in the mail every January and February.
Come spring, many of us are buried in drifts of W-2 wage forms, 1099 interest and dividend notices, 1098 mortgage payment reports, and all the rest. However, help is on the way. This year, one tax preparation outfit--Intuit--is testing a system that will allow TurboTax users to download tax-reporting information from financial institutions directly to their software. If it works, don't be surprised if, in a couple of years, all that paper goes the way of the Princess phone.
Here's the idea: You would electronically import 1099 and other tax information directly from your broker to your tax software, where it would magically appear in just the right boxes on your computer screen. "We've made significant progress in making tax prep easier," says Robert Meighan, general manager of Intuit's personal-tax group. "But the thing that's really going to save time is when we make this an automated process."
Plenty of bugs need to be worked out. And it will take a change in federal law for the process to be really attractive to the financial firms that generate the forms. For them to save money, for example, the law that now requires them to mail the paperwork to taxpayers must be revised. But brokers already routinely download monthly or even daily account statements directly to financial-management software, such as Intuit's Quicken or Microsoft's Money. Compared with that, downloading annual tax reporting data should be simple. "The technology could be available quite quickly," says Jeff Thiel, product manager for Microsoft's TaxSaver. But, he adds, industry and the Internal Revenue Service must still agree on formats for the downloads. "The much harder part will be getting agreement on how the processes will work," he says.
TEST RUN. This tax season, TurboTax will give the downloading scheme its first test, most likely centered around customers of Salomon Smith Barney and Fidelity Investments. While it has not yet formally agreed to participate, Salomon's online clients are likely to be able to download both 1099s and profit-and-loss statements--including adjusted purchase prices of securities--directly to the Web version of TurboTax. At the same time, about 200,000 of Fidelity's wealthier customers will be allowed to download similar data to desktop TurboTax software. All they will need to do, says Dan Kraut, Fidelity's vice-president for online brokerage, is go to the Fidelity. com Web site and request the service. Their 1099 and Schedule D capital-gains data will be downloaded to their home computers. From there, they will just need to open their TurboTax software and transfer the data file. Fidelity figures that 20,000 to 50,000 customers will actually try out the system this year. Says Kraut: "Our goal is to give the customers the data they want in the form they want it."
Just about everything an investor needs will be available in these tests. Included will be interest, dividend, and capital-gains information for nearly all brokerage transactions. To think about how big a change this would be, consider what happens today. In January, a broker's computer spits out 1099s for all its customers. While it sends the IRS a computer tape with all that information, it must print it out and mail paper copies to individual customers. They, in turn, throw them in a drawer until they crank up tax prep software and punch the numbers into a box on a computer screen.
Unfortunately, taxpayers too often transpose numbers or put them in the wrong places. For people who don't file electronically, the process gets even stranger. They must print out their returns and mail them to the IRS, where someone inputs them back into a computer. All that shuffling of data back and forth means mistakes. It wastes the time of taxpayers, and it costs banks and brokers a small fortune in printing and mailing costs. But if all the information were downloaded directly into tax programs, the vast majority of taxpayers could file a truly paperless return. After all, most individuals receive their income solely from wages, interest, and dividends--all data that could be easily downloaded.
"BIGGEST CHALLENGE." Deductions are more complex, but mortgage interest payments could be handled smoothly. So could state and local income and real estate taxes, if local governments got on board. Downloading other itemized deductions--medical expenses and charitable contributions, for instance--may be more difficult. However, since barely a quarter of all taxpayers itemize, most of them ought to be able to file in less than an hour. It would be the high-tech equivalent of the tax-return-on-a-postcard that reformers have dreamed about for years.
Despite the advantages of largely electronic tax preparation, Intuit's Meighan says Turbo has had trouble persuading financial institutions to participate in the test. "Our biggest challenge has been getting [them] on board. They need to have a compelling reason to make this available." One reason for the resistance: Federal law requires that 1099s be sent to taxpayers by first-class mail. As a result, even if brokers make the data available for downloading, they must still bear the cost of printing and mailing paper forms to the same customers.
IRS officials say they are aware of the problem, and are trying to determine whether they can fix it through regulation, or whether it will require legislation. But Robert Barr, assistant commissioner for electronic tax administration, says the agency will do what it can to solve the problem. Last year, 20 million to 30 million taxpayers did their returns on a desktop, and an additional million used the Web. With companies such as Intuit and H&R Block offering full-blown tax-prep products on the Internet, and investment-advisory firms such as H.D. Vest offering free Web filing, online tax preparation may be coming of age (table). But 40 million returns are still being being done with a pencil, notes Intuit co-founder Scott Cook.
It's the same story with e-filing, where the IRS is placing its own huge bet. Still, only 33 million households--just a quarter of all taxpayers--will file electronically, says Barr. And most will do so through a professional tax preparer, rather than on a home computer. One reason people have been slow to accept e-prep and filing is because they feel the software remains too complicated and time-consuming. But if efforts to assemble all those scraps of paper for you on a Web page or your desktop succeed, the chore we all hate will become a lot more palatable.


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The victor is Ferguson, a master of the art after five years of championship run-ins. Keegan, fresh to the pressures and wearing his desire on his sleeve, appears close to cracking under the strain.
It was not just what he said on Monday night after Newcastle's 1-0 win at Leeds, it was the way he said it. His eyes were bright with emotion, his finger jabbed at the camera and his passion was raw and unchecked.
The Newcastle manager appeared to accuse Ferguson of provoking Leeds' bold performance on Monday by comments he made after Leeds lost at Manchester United the previous week. He then appeared to link Ferguson with rumours that Nottingham Forest were prepared to let Newcastle win their vital Premiership clash tomorrow in return for being the opposition for Stuart Pearce's testimonial next week. The rumours were vehemently dismissed by Frank Clark, the Nottingham Forest manager.
Ferguson did accuse Leeds players of "cheating" their manager after their efforts at Old Trafford. His remarks were widely interpreted as an attempt to ensure Leeds were as committed against Newcastle as they were against Manchester United.
But he has not made any public comment about Newcastle's match with Nottingham Forest, or made representations behind the scenes. That accusation has, privately, angered Ferguson, but his overall mood on hearing Keegan must have been one of quiet satisfaction.
While Ferguson is equally passionate about the game, and prone to outbursts, there is often a calculated air about them - which is not to say his sentiments are not genuine, just that he knows how, and when, to express them.
Keegan is still learning this game. A few weeks ago he won widespread admiration for the magnanimous way he took the last-minute defeat at Liverpool, and the equanimity he showed in similar circumstances at Blackburn. But, in recent weeks, the great communicator has gone to ground, talking at length only to a tabloid newspaper, which pays him handsomely. His anxiety and his distress at the prospect of losing a championship Newcastle had in their hands at Christmas, cannot help but communicate itself to the players.
After Manchester City, a club facing pressures of a different kind, won at Aston Villa on Saturday, Alan Ball stressed how important it was for the manager to seem in control. "The top man has to be strong," he said. "You have to handle these situations. The players are looking to you. If you have an Achilles heel, if there is the slightest hint of desperation, they will pick up on it."
There is more than the slightest hint of it about Keegan. His reliance on motivation rather than tactics, coupled with his present mood - his parting shot on Monday was, "I tell yer, I'll love it if we beat them, love it" - brings fear that his next pre-match talk will be more Ally MacLeod than Bill Shankly.
Before then, he has a decision to make which will require a cool head. David Ginola is available tomorrow. Keegan has said he will play, but does he drop Faustino Asprilla, his expensive misfit, or Keith Gillespie, Monday's matchwinner?
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2. VC's in India want to make a minimum of 2-5 million dollars investment. Angels make around 20-50 lacs. What happens when Indian entrepreneurs need around 1-2 crores? There might be a disconnect between VC's who want to make $ investments and entrepreneurs who are spending in Rupees.
3. There have not been many success stories from India and hence people feel that working in a startup is risky. Maybe thats why they choose to work at a SWITCH - Satyam, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, HCL.
4. Service companies or Product+Service is abundant here. Product innovation takes time and needs focus.
5. Build a minimum viable product and ship it out soon.
6. Get people to test the product out early on - these could be friends, family and very early adopters.
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Thorn (In My Side)
Poem by: Sambelini
Status: Finished
Genre: Song Lyrics
Recording is just vocals, testing out microphone/booksie cooperation, aha. And people were sleeping so I had to be awful quiet, sorry if it got really pitchy in the higher parts and I know I got some of the words wrong :P Oops! Enjoy :)
In my side
Each night I try
To fall asleep
Counting fallen
On my pillows
I feel like no one knows
How the darkness feels
When light falls from your
Falling from grace
I can't seem to erase
The faceless days
That made me under-
It's not in my hands
Just like the Everyman
We are tied to fate
To face the Great Unknown
I've grown
Out of these ashes
Through all these passions
That burned my roots away
And still these
Thorns have stayed
And my dreams all decay
Trampled beneath
The feet of sheep,
The sheet of sleep,
Stained and
From my side
Each time I cry
There's no hope for sleep,
Or peace, or feeling
You can't seem to replace
Some of the organs lost
In the damage process
Of the thorn enlodged
(Just a) Thorn
In my side
To run and to hide,
To tell you I've lied,
Break all these ties and find
The thorn grows deep
With no place for respite
I'll fight, till death reclaims me,
Darkness maims me,
This thorn will die, if I
Must die as well
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Add Your Comments:
Remove the thorn, replace it with a rose of The Lord. You are not in darkness, (even though we sometimes think we are).
The Lord's light shines through all darkness, Even when he shows up the cracks in us with His light.So we can & do heal in Him.
He is within our hearts,go within and find Him there in sillness. Try it. I am sure you will find Him.
Very touching, I felt tears come to my eyes, as I recalled The Lord, all His gifts to me, and my life of rejections and loss.
The Lord is good.
Thanks I heard some of this song! is that your voice? What I heard which wasn't much- I liked. Thanks.
Till later
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... working together - Everyone is helping someone else and everyone is happy to lend a hand. The casa system was particularly impressive as they always helped each other. In Havana we received a sheet of paper with recommendations of places to stay in virtually every city in Cuba but we decided to not pre book anything. Every single casa on our sheet of recommendations was full when we arrived. Typically in a hostel or hotel the owner or person working would say sorry we are full... ...
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