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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
David Toussaint, Barcelona, ES;
Oriel Borrell Avila, Sabadell, ES;
Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/365 (2006.01); B41J 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04528 (2013.01); B41J 2/0454 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04563 (2013.01); B41J 2/365 (2013.01); B41J 2/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive signal may be determined to drive a printhead to a series of target temperatures during respective portions of a print pass by the printhead. Each of the target temperatures may be the greater of a temperature of the printhead caused by printing a quantity of printing fluid to be printed during the respective portion and a predetermined threshold temperature. A drive signal may be provided to warm the printhead to the series of target temperatures during the respective portions of the print pass.