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Meteor Inkjet Granted US Patent for Inkjet Nozzle Status Detection

Camera-based solutions identify printhead problems after-the-fact, so they have limited use for predictive maintenance.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Meteor Inkjet Ltd has been granted a US patent for “Inkjet nozzle status detection” (United States Patent No. 11,504,966) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent covers a system and method for determining, in real-time, the operational status of a nozzle in a piezoelectric industrial inkjet printhead. Meteor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hybrid Software Group PLC (Euronext: HYSG), a leading developer of enterprise software for industrial print manufacturing. Conventi...

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