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US 10,380,466 B2Granted
Managing printer dry time
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMaria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Luis Garcia Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Angel Martinez Barambio
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Abstract
As one example, a printer includes a density calculator to determine a content density of data on page to be printed and a controller. In that example, the controller may perform operations to determine a dry time for a swath of the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable and adjust a parameter for the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the swath.
Claims15
A printer comprising:
- a density calculator to determine a content density of data for a plurality of swaths on a page to be printed;
- and
- a controller to:
- determine a dry time for the plurality of swaths of the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable, wherein the environmental variable is one selected from temperature, humidity, and pressure;
- and
- adjust a print orientation of the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the plurality of swaths, wherein the orientation of the page is adjusted by a 90 degree rotation, a 180 degree rotation, or a 270 degree rotation.
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A method, comprising:
- calculating, by a processor, a content density of data for a plurality of swaths on a page to be printed;
- and
- determining, by the processor, a dry time for each of the plurality of swaths on the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable, wherein the environmental variable is one selected from temperature, humidity, and pressure;
- and
- adjusting, by the processor, an orientation of the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the plurality of swaths, wherein the orientation of the page is adjusted by a 90 degree rotation, a 180 degree rotation, or a 270 degree rotation.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory for storing machine readable instructions associated with a computer;
- and
- a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising:
- instructions to calculate a content density of data for a plurality of swaths on a page to be printed;
- and
- instructions to determine a dry time for each swath of the plurality of swaths on the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable, wherein the environmental variable is one selected from temperature, humidity, and pressure;
- and
- instructions to adjust a system parameter for the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the plurality of swaths, wherein the system parameter includes an orientation of the page to be printed, wherein the orientation of the page is adjusted by a 90 degree rotation, a 180 degree rotation, or a 270 degree rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.