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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Timothy Jay Bouma, Corvallis, OR (US);
Whitney Elaine Loper, Corvallis, OR (US);
George Joseph Shrum, Corvallis, OR (US);
Timothy Jay Bouma, Corvallis, OR (US);
Whitney Elaine Loper, Corvallis, OR (US);
George Joseph Shrum, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for controlling drive settings in a press for printing on a web of media. A drive is provided to receive the web from an upstream location and to transport the received web downstream of the drive at a controllable speed. The speed of the drive is sampled plural times while operating the drive in a tension control mode that varies the speed to maintain a desired tension in the web adjacent the drive. An optimal speed of the drive is calculated from the sampled speeds. The drive is operated in a constant velocity mode at the optimal speed during printing.