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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Wayne E Foote, Eagle, ID (US);
Richard G Sevier, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A print apparatus includes a photoconductor and a mechanical system for moving the photoconductor past a scan line exposure station. The print apparatus includes a test signal generator for providing outputs indicative of the movement of the photoconductor. A first comparator produces a first position error signal that is derived from a difference between a reference signal and a position error signal output, such position error signal indicating that the position of the photoconductor differs from a predetermined print position that is determinable with respect to the reference signal. The print apparatus further includes a laser beam scanner and a beam detector for producing a scan position signal. A second comparator is responsive to the scan position signal and the position error signal from the first comparator to produce a beam deflection control signal that is applied to a beam deflector. The beam deflector moves the laser beam in a direction which reduces the beam deflection control signal and position the laser scan at a position closer to a predetermined print position.