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US 11,305,543 B2Granted
Print head maintenance
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAleix Fort Filgueira, Mauricio Seras Franzoso, Sheila Cabello Cabrera
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Abstract
Example apparatus is disclosed, including apparatus for print head maintenance, the apparatus comprising a print mead maintenance device to perform a print head maintenance operation on a print head during a printing process, and a controller to cause the print head maintenance device to perform the print head maintenance operation with a parameter based on an amount of print agent applied by the print head.
Claims12
An apparatus for print head maintenance, comprising:
- a print head maintenance device to perform a print head maintenance operation on a print head during a printing process;
- and
- a controller to:
- determine an amount of print agent applied by the print head based on a value of pixels in a representation of an image to be printed during the printing process;
- and
- cause the print head maintenance device to perform the print head maintenance operation with a parameter based on the determined amount of print agent applied by the print head, the parameter comprising a force applied to the print head during the print head maintenance operation.
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A method of print head cleaning, comprising:
- controlling a print head to apply an image to print media during a printing process;
- determining an amount of print agent applied by the print head based on a value of pixels in a representation of the image to be printed during the printing process;
- performing a print head maintenance operation with a parameter based on the determined amount of print agent applied by the print head, the parameter comprising a force applied to the print head during the print head maintenance operation.
A print head cleaning device comprising:
- print head cleaning apparatus to perform a print head maintenance operation on a print head during a printing process,
- wherein the print head cleaning device is to:
- determine an amount of print agent applied by the print head based on a value of pixels in a representation of an image to be printed during the printing process;
- and
- cause the print head cleaning apparatus to perform the print head maintenance operation with a parameter based on the determined amount of print agent applied by the print head, the parameter comprising a force applied to the print head during the print head maintenance operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.