Patent · US Expired

Cleaning of contamination in a printer as a function of a register error

US7454153B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

Jan D. Boness · Bad Bramstedt, DE
Ingo Dreher · Kiel, DE
Stefan Schrader · Kiel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2004
Grant date	Nov 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/166
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Cleaning of contamination in a printer, especially contamination by the use of a fixing aid, in which the contamination is determined by evaluating the register of a print of the printing machine. In the case that the register error is larger than a given amount, a cleaning run is performed. A control device is provided for evaluation of the register for determining contamination of the printer, especially by a fixing aid.

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