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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Todd R. Medin, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Todd R. Medin, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that determines a property of air within an image-forming device based on a measured change in air temperature within the device, the power supplied to a heating element of the device, and an air flow generated by an air-moving device. One or more parameters of the image-forming device are adjusted, based on the air density determined.