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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Ivan Andrew Mccracken, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Michael Kenneth Oehl, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ivan Andrew McCracken, Portland, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Michael Kenneth Oehl, Beaverton, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of operating an imaging device comprises measuring an ink conductivity of an ink volume in an ink reservoir of an imaging device. The imaging device is operated in a conductivity fault tolerant mode in response to the measured ink conductivity being outside of a predetermined ink conductivity operational range. In the conductive fault tolerant mode, at least one parameter of a melt duty cycle for the ink reservoir is set to a corresponding conductivity fault tolerant (CFT) level.