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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Zih Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Inventors:
Patrick J. Hegarty, Dedham, MA (US);
Michael L. Lamontagne, Johnston, RI (US);
Assignee:
ZIH Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/355 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/355 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 2/3555 (2013.01); G06K 15/028 (2013.01); G06K 15/10 (2013.01); G06K 15/1827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for controlling a printing device. In an example embodiment, a print line is divided into frames and frame dot states are determined based on neighboring frame dot states. Maximum motor speeds of the printing device may be adjusted so that actual motor speeds change gradually during printing. The print engine may detect a printhead type by sending a signal to the printhead and receiving a response.