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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Suhail S. Saquib, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Brian Busch, Sudbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Suhail S. Saquib, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Brian Busch, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
ZINK Imaging, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The input energies provided to a print head of a thermal printer are adjusted based on the temperature of a platen in the thermal printer. The platen temperature may be measured by a sensor or predicted by a platen temperature model. Such a model may derive the predicted platen temperature from an observed temperature of a heat sink in the thermal printer. A thermal history control algorithm may use the platen temperature, whether actual or predicted, to compensate for the platen temperature by adjusting the input energies.