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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Bixolon Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, KR;
Junho Hwang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jin Kook Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chan Wook Kang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seung Yong Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
BIXOLON CO., LTD., Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of managing a printing apparatus including a thermal print head. The method of managing a printing apparatus includes: starting, by the controller of a printing apparatus, the cleaning of a thermal print head when a predetermined condition is satisfied; selecting, by the controller, a cleaning method based on at least one the satisfied condition and previously stored information; and cleaning, by the controller, the thermal print head by driving at least one of heating elements, included in a plurality of recording elements constituting the thermal print head, according to the selected cleaning method.