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Print head having non-volatile memory and means for transmitting correction and inherent data

US6498616B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 2000
Grant dateDec 24, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/1247
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Adjustment of correction data for the respective LEDs at the end of manufacture of a print head is performed by transferring provisional correction data from a manufacturing device to an LED driver, directly, i.e., without once being stored in a storage circuit 10c in the print head, and measuring the amounts of light from the LEDs and varying the correction data, and repeating such an operation until the correction data is optimized. The optimized correction data as well as the strobe time data determined from the measured average power are written in the storage circuit 10c. During use of the printer, the data stored in the storage circuit 10c is used for correction of the data and determination of the strobe time.

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