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US 2006/0038848 A1Published application
Method and printhead capable of searching for an optimal temperature of an ink jet chip of a printhead before printing
AssigneeBenq Corporation
InventorsHsieh-Sheng Liao, Cheng-Lung Lee
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Abstract
A method for searching for an optimal temperature of an ink jet chip of a printhead before printing includes controlling the printhead to print a swath of data according to a predetermined swath density, measuring the temperature of the ink jet chip after printing of the swath of data, and comparing the measured temperature with a target temperature.
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A method for searching an optimal temperature of an ink jet chip of a printhead before printing, the method comprising:
- controlling the printhead to print data according to a predetermined swath density;
- measuring the temperature of the ink jet chip after finishing printing the data of the predetermined swath density;
- and
- comparing the measured temperature with a target temperature.
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A printhead comprising:
- an ink jet chip having a thermal sensor for measuring a temperature of the ink jet chip;
- means for controlling the printhead to print data according to a predetermined swath density;
- and
- means for comparing the temperature measured by the thermal sensor with a target temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.