Printhead accessory
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWayne J. Schmidt, Wesley R. Schalk, Bradley R. Larson
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Abstract
In one example method, a determination is made via a processor that a document is to be printed using a printer including a printhead assembly and a printhead accessory based on a received print job. A determination is made via the processor that a first portion of the document is to be printed by the printhead assembly and a second portion is to be printed by the printhead accessory based on a characteristic of the printhead accessory. The first portion of the document is printed via the printhead assembly and the second portion of the document is printed via the printhead accessory.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- determining, via a processor, that a document is to be printed using a printer comprising a printhead assembly and a printhead accessory based on a received print job;
- determining, via the processor, that a first portion of the document is to be printed by the printhead assembly and a second portion is to be printed by the printhead accessory based on a detected characteristic of the printhead accessory;
- and
- printing the first portion of the document via the printhead assembly and the second portion of the document via the printhead accessory.
A printer, comprising:
- a printhead assembly to print a first portion of a document;
- a printhead accessory to print a second portion of the document;
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- a processor to determine the first portion of the document and the second portion of the document based, at least in part, on a received print job and a detected characteristic of the printhead accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.