Power allocation in printing devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDuane A Koehler, Robert Yraceburu, Daniel James Magnusson
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Abstract
Power allocation in printing devices is disclosed. Independent load requests are received from printing device heater systems including an independent load request is received from a printing device heater system of the printing device heater systems. A power allowance of an amount of a power output is allocated to the printing device heater system if a print substance density is outside a print substance density threshold and the independent load request is outside a load threshold.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, independent load requests from a plurality of printing device heater systems including receiving an independent load request of the independent load requests from a printing device heater system of the plurality of printing device heater systems;
- and
- allocating, by the controller, a plurality of power allowances of a power output based on a contextual printing condition and the independent load requests received by the controller from the plurality of printing device heater systems including assigning a power allowance of the plurality of power allowances as an amount of the power output to the printing device heater system of the plurality of printing device heater systems is in response to a print substance density being outside a print substance density threshold and the independent load request of the independent load requests being outside a load threshold.
A printing device, comprising:
- a conditioning system having a plurality of heater systems, the conditioning system including a heater system of the plurality of heater systems;
- a power source operably coupled to the conditioning system, the power source providing a power output to the plurality of heater systems;
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- a controller operably coupled to the plurality of heater systems and the power source to distribute the power output between the plurality of heater systems, the controller to;
- receive independent load requests from each of the plurality heater systems including receive an independent load request of the independent load requests from the heater system of the plurality of heater systems;
- and
- allocate a plurality of power allowances of a power output based on a contextual printing condition and the independent load requests received by the controller from the plurality of printing device heater systems including assign a power allowance of the plurality of power allowances as an amount of the power output to the heater system of the plurality of heater systems in response to a print substance density being outside a print substance density threshold and the independent load request of the independent load requests is outside a load threshold.
A non-transitory computer readable medium to store computer executable instructions to control a processor to:
- receive independent load requests from each of a plurality of printing device heater systems including receive an independent load request of the plurality of independent load requests from a heater system of the plurality of printing device heater systems;
- and
- allocate a plurality of power allowances of a power output based on the independent load requests received from the plurality of printing device heater systems including assign a power allowance of the plurality of power allowances as an amount of the power output to the heater system of the plurality of heater systems in response to a print substance density being outside a print substance density threshold and the independent load request of the independent load requests being outside a load threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.