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Open loop print speed control

US8297728B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Austin Lloyd Richards · St Albans, GB
William Bruce Weaver · Beaverton, US
Michael Kenneth Oehl · Beaverton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2010
Grant date	Oct 30, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2002/17589
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method enables adjustment of a print speed for a phase change ink imaging device with reference to an ink level sensor in a print head reservoir indicating an open loop or a closed loop state. The adjustment may also be made with reference to a measured image density, which may be a rolling solid area coverage average.

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