Offset print apparatus and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEvgeny Gorbikov, Michal Shaviv Petrushevsky, Martin Chauvin, Ron Naveh
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Abstract
Offset print apparatus comprises: a blanket to receive print agent; a non-contact temperature sensor to monitor electromagnetic radiation from a measurement location of the blanket and generate a respective output; and a controller to: receive the output from the non-contact temperature sensor; determine coverage information relating to a print agent coverage of the blanket at the measurement location; and calculate a temperature of the blanket at the measurement location taking into account both the output from the non-contact temperature sensor and the determined coverage information.
Claims15
Offset print apparatus comprising:
- a blanket to receive print agent;
- a non-contact temperature sensor to monitor electromagnetic radiation from a measurement location of the blanket and generate a respective output;
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- a controller to:
- receive the output from the non-contact temperature sensor;
- determine coverage information relating to a print agent coverage of the blanket at the measurement location;
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- calculate a temperature of the blanket at the measurement location taking into account both the output from the non-contact temperature sensor and the determined coverage information.
A method of operating offset print apparatus, the offset print apparatus comprising a blanket to receive print agent and a non-contact temperature sensor to monitor electromagnetic radiation from a measurement location of the blanket and generate a respective output,
- the method comprising:
- receiving the output from the non-contact temperature sensor;
- determining coverage information relating to a print agent coverage of the blanket at the measurement location;
- and
- calculating a temperature of the blanket at the measurement location taking into account both the output from the non-contact temperature sensor and the determined coverage information.
Offset print apparatus comprising a controller to estimate temperature at a measurement location of a blanket using a non-contact sensor, and to control a dryer based on an estimated temperature, wherein the print apparatus is to estimate temperature at the measurement location as a function of coverage information relating to a print agent coverage of the blanket at the measurement location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.