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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Pui Wen Huang, Singapore, SG;
Seng San Koh, Singapore, SG;
Kok Weng Chan, Singapore, SG;
Wee Lian Tan, Singapore, SG;
Pui Wen Huang, Singapore, SG;
Seng San Koh, Singapore, SG;
Kok Weng Chan, Singapore, SG;
Wee Lian Tan, Singapore, SG;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a mechanism for controlling at least one ink transmission module, which controls a supply of ink using received control rotation. The mechanism includes an input, to receive control rotation. The mechanism also includes an output, to selectively transfer the control rotation to the ink transmission module. A control system is also provided to control the selective transfer of the output. The mechanism is moveable into a disengaged configuration by the control system, in which the output does not transfer rotation of the input to the ink transmission module, by a first predetermined sequence of rotations of the input, and into an engaged configuration, in which the output transfers rotation of the input to the ink transmission module, by a second predetermined sequence of rotations of the input.