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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Mark A. Omelchenko, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory L. Ream, Lexington, KY (US);
David A. Schneider, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method of printing with an electrophotographic machine includes providing a first optical sensor for sensing a start-of-scan position of a laser beam produced by a scanning laser printhead and transmitting a first position signal indicative thereof A second optical sensor senses an end-of-scan position of the laser beam produced by the scanning laser printhead and transmits a second position signal indicative thereof A temperature of the scanning laser printhead is measured with a temperature sensing device. A plurality of positions of each of the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor are empirically determined at each of a plurality of values of the temperature of the scanning laser beam printhead. The modulation or position of the laser beam produced by the scanning laser printhead is adjusted based upon the first position signal, the second position signal, the measured temperature of the laser printhead, and the empirically determined positions of the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor and the second optical sensor. A single optical sensor and a single thermal sensor constitute the minimum hardware embodiment to perform print line position correction based upon stored empirical relationship.