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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Datamax-o'neil Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Datamax-O'Neil Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 29/387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 29/387 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a mobile printer freefall detection and protection mechanism. Printers may be subject to vibration or free fall during printing. This is more likely to happen for a mobile printer. In such cases, the printing performance will be adversely affected a lot or a thermal printhead (TPH) in the printer could be damaged. This disclosure describes a system and method of solving this problem by measuring the G-forces at using at least one sensor to determine if it is safe to start operation again.