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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Frederick Allen Donahue, Walworth, NY (US);
Brian Gray Price, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gary Alan Kneezel, Webster, NY (US);
Frederick Allen Donahue, Walworth, NY (US);
Brian Gray Price, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gary Alan Kneezel, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; providing a table of average humidity conditions for a geographic locale in which the printer is located; providing a current date; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current date; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition.