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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Li Qian, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Andreas Müller, Barcelona, ES;

Carles Ruiz Floriach, Mataro, ES;

Guillem Roig, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04528 (2013.01); B41J 2/04563 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples herein provide a method. The method includes preconditioning a printing apparatus, including: increasing a temperature of an inkjet printhead in a print zone in the printing apparatus to a first temperature higher than or equal to about a steady state printhead temperature; and increasing a temperature of the print zone such that a portion of a print medium disposed over a portion of a platen in the print zone is at a second temperature higher than or equal to about a steady state print zone temperature. The method further includes disposing, using the printhead, an ink at the steady state printhead temperature onto the portion of the print medium to form an image thereon.


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