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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Zih Corp., Lincolnshire, IL;
David L. Poole, Palatine, IL;
Douglas A. Fox, Fox Point, WI (US);
Robert A. Ehrhardt, Palatine, IL;
Eugene K. Brown, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Rod Demay, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John Ham, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Gary F. Lynch, Moorpark, CA (US);
Donald V. Thielen, Camarillo, CA (US);
ZIH Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Communication port powered printers and methods of powering of printers that support high speed printing and/or data intensive printing are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a power storage unit within the printer device that is able be charged during non-priming periods and provide for necessary energy bursts to support such higher powered processes. Some embodiments may provide for devices and methods that allow for printers to operate with main power provided by conventional power mains and for back-up or secondary power to be supplied by the communication port. Some embodiments may further provide for configuration settings in printer control electronics based on the available power from the communication port.