Recovery print mode
US8376489B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/16579
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, first printing is caused in response to a print job, applying ink upon a media utilizing a first row of printheads and a second row of printheads. The first row of printheads includes a plurality of printhead types. The second row of printheads is adjacent to the first row and includes at least one printhead of each of types. Failure of a first printhead within the first row is detected. The status of printheads included within the second row is analyzed. Second printing is caused applying ink upon the media utilizing the second row of printheads, and not the first row of printheads, in response to determining that printheads within the second row are operable to complete the print job.
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