Status of a temperature sensor of a printing device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDmitry Maister, Michel Assenheimer, Liran Fanny Haim
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Abstract
A printing device containing a heating apparatus that heats an image substrate, a temperature sensor associated with the image substrate and a processor communicatively coupled to the heating apparatus. The processor determines the heating power of the heating apparatus, compares the heating power to a predetermined power range, determines a status of the temperature sensor when the heating power is outside the predetermined power range, and triggers a response mode of the printing device based on the determined status of the temperature sensor.
Claims15
A printing device comprising:
- a heating apparatus arranged to heat an image substrate;
- a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the image substrate;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the heating apparatus;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine a heating power of the heating apparatus based on the measured temperature of the image substrate;
- compare the heating power to a predetermined power range;
- determine a status of the temperature sensor when the heating power is outside the predetermined power range;
- and
- trigger a response mode of the printing device based on the determined status of the temperature sensor.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, by a processor communicatively coupled to a heating apparatus of a printing device, a heating power of the heating apparatus of the printing device based on a measured temperature of an image substrate heated by the heating apparatus, the measured temperature of the image substrate being measured by a temperature sensor;
- comparing, by the processor, the heating power to a predetermined power range;
- and
- when the heating power is outside the predetermined power range:
- determining, by the processor, a status of the temperature sensor;
- and
- triggering, by the processor, a response mode of the printing device based on the determined status of the temperature sensor.
A computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to determine a heating power of a heating apparatus device based on a measured temperature of an image substrate heated by the heating apparatus, the measured temperature of the image substrate being measured by a temperature sensor;
- instructions to compare the heating power to a predetermined power range;
- instructions to determine a status of the temperature sensor when the heating power is outside the predetermined power range;
- and
- instructions to trigger a response mode of a printing device based on the determined status of the temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.