Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hp Indigo B.v.

Jonathan Nir

Hagay Shkalim

Assaf Pines

Yosef Shachak

Erez Heldy

David Mazar

Alexander Yekymov

Shraga Friedman

Yossi Shachak

Alexander Paker

Eitan Kichli

Roman Biberman

Haim Touitou

Vladimir Feygelman

Yossef Shachak

It is disclosed a printing fluid dispersing method for a printing system, the method comprising: transferring printing fluid from a supply to an element within the printing system by a pump wherein, between the supply and the element, a nozzle is provided comprising a plurality holes so that the transferring of printing fluid comprises forcing the printing fluid through the plurality of holes of the nozzle

Dispersing concentrated printing fluids

In an example of the disclosure, a driver correction specification is calculated based upon a time differential between a first sensor detection of a first portion of a leading edge of a media sheet and second sensor detection of a second portion of the leading edge. The driver correction specification is for causing skew correction of the media sheet as the media sheet moves along a media path to impact a blocker element. The driver is caused to operate according to the calculated driver correction specification.

Media sheet skew correction

In one example, a sheet media alignment system includes: a guide () defining a curved media path () that extends from an upstream part of the guide to a downstream part of the guide; a movable blocker () to block the curved media path () at the downstream part of the guide, the blocker movable into and out of a blocking position in which the blocker is spaced from the downstream part of the guide a first distance; and a driver () upstream from the curved media path to drive a media sheet into the guide along the curved media path and into the blocker. The driver is spaced from the upstream part of the guide a second distance greater than the first distance such that a media sheet driven into the blocker will buckle between the driver and the guide before it will buckle between the guide and the blocker.

Media alignment

A printing device is provided comprising a camera to capture an image of at least a portion of a print substrate; a controller to determine a location of a portion of a side edge of the substrate from the image to determine a distance of the print substrate from a predetermined location; and adjustment apparatus to adjust the entire substrate laterally, relative to the direction of transport of the substrate, based on the determined location.

Lateral adjustment of print substrate based on a camera image

In one example of the disclosure, a first measurement of actual quantity of ink in a target cartridge is taken utilizing a scale. An incremental dosage quantity be deposited into the target cartridge in a dosing pass is determined based upon a desired quantity, the actual quantity, and an undershoot safety factor. A valve is opened to enable a pressure deposit of the incremental dosage quantity of ink to the target cartridge, and then closed. A residue cutter is utilized to scrape the valve and thereby make a scraper deposit of ink to the target cartridge. A second measurement of actual quantity of ink in the target cartridge is taken utilizing the scale. An additional dosage pass is performed if the second measurement is not within an accepted variance of the desired quantity. The making of dosing passes is discontinued if the second measurement is within the accepted variance.

Ink dosing

A method for determining a pump setpoint for delivering a desired volumetric flow rate of a substance through a channel comprises measuring a first volumetric flow rate through the channel for a first pump setpoint. The pump setpoint for delivering the desired volumetric flow rate is determined based on previously obtained performance curves of the pump and a flow resistance of the channel. Each performance curve represents the relation between flow rate and pressure at the pump's exit for a different setpoint. The flow resistance of the channel is determined based on said first volumetric flow rate and on the performance curves of the pump.

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