Null segments in print jobs
AssigneeHP Indigo B.V.
InventorsAmiran Lavon, Michel Assenheimer, Vitaly Portnoy
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Abstract
According to examples, a method comprises receiving, at a processor, print job data relating to a print job to be performed by a print apparatus, the print job data defining order in which a plurality of colour separation images are to be transferred onto an imaging surface of the print apparatus. The method may comprise determining, based on the print job data, a number of null segments to be inserted into the print job and a location at which each null segment is to be inserted amongst the plurality of colour separation images. A print apparatus and a machine-readable machine are also disclosed.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, print job data relating to a print job to be performed by a print apparatus, the print job data defining an order in which a plurality of colour separation images are to be transferred onto an imaging surface of the print apparatus;
- and
- determining, based on the print job data, a number of null segments to be inserted into the print job and a location at which each null segment is to be inserted amongst the plurality of colour separation images.
Print apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging surface to receive a plurality of colour separations sequentially during a print session;
- processing circuitry to:
- insert a plurality of null segments into the print session, each null segment of the plurality of null segments being inserted amongst the plurality of colour separations at a defined location relative to other null segments of the plurality of null segments.
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a plurality of colour separation images to be transferred sequentially onto an imaging surface of a print apparatus in accordance with print job data;
- determine, based on the print job data, a location at which each of a first plurality of null segments is to be inserted amongst the plurality of colour separation images;
- and
- cause the first plurality of null segments to be inserted amongst the plurality of colour separation images at the determined locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.