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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

May. 23, 2014
Applicants:

Rodney Ray Bucks, Webster, NY (US);

W. Charles Kasiske, Jr., Webster, NY (US);

John Leonard Hryhorenko, Webster, NY (US);

David Francis Cahill, Rochester, NY (US);

James Alan Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);

Inventors:

Rodney Ray Bucks, Webster, NY (US);

W. Charles Kasiske, Jr., Webster, NY (US);

John Leonard Hryhorenko, Webster, NY (US);

David Francis Cahill, Rochester, NY (US);

James Alan Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);

Assignee:

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for heating a substrate in a printing device, the method comprises positioning at least one radiant heater along a printing path of a printing device, the at least one radiant heater includes at least two emitters; measuring a voltage and current supplied to each of the at least two emitters; determining an electrical power supplied to each of the at least two emitters; and adjusting the electrical power supplied to at least one of the at least two emitters if a difference in power supplied to each of the at least two emitters exceeds a threshold.


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