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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Austin Lloyd Richards, Wheathampstead, GB;
William Bruce Weaver, Sherwood, OR (US);
Michael Kenneth Oehl, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Austin Lloyd Richards, Wheathampstead, GB;
William Bruce Weaver, Sherwood, OR (US);
Michael Kenneth Oehl, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method enables adjustment of a print speed for a phase change ink imaging device with reference to an ink level sensor in a print head reservoir indicating an open loop or a closed loop state. The adjustment may also be made with reference to a measured image density, which may be a rolling solid area coverage average.