System and method for printhead management
OwnerRobert Little, Srinivas Bhakthavatsalam +7inventors
InventorsRobert Little, Srinivas Bhakthavatsalam, Ming Chen, Antoni Murcia, Dave Berardelli, Josep-Maria Serra, Vladimir Pavlov, Neil Doherty, Robert Fogarty
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Abstract
A method performed by an inkjet printing system is provided. The method comprises detecting an amount of use of a printhead and providing a request to service the printhead to a user in response to detecting the amount of use.
Claims30
A method performed by an inkjet printing system, the method comprising:
- detecting an amount of use of a printhead;
- and
- providing a request to service the printhead to a user in response to detecting the amount of use.
An inkjet printing system comprising:
- a printhead;
- and
- a system controller configured to provide a first request to service the printhead to a user and service the printhead in response to receiving an approval associated with the first request from the system controller.
An image forming system comprising:
- a printhead assembly including at least one printhead and a control module;
- and
- a system controller;
- wherein the system controller is configured to provide a request to service the printhead to a user during a print job, wherein the system controller is configured to provide a signal associated with the request to the control module, and wherein the control module is configured to service the printhead in response to receiving the signal from the system controller.
A printhead assembly comprising:
- means for detecting an amount of use of a printhead in the printhead assembly during a print job;
- and
- means for providing a request to service the printhead to a user during the print job in response to detecting the amount of use.
A computer readable medium having instructions for causing a processing system to execute a method comprising:
- providing a request to service a printhead to a user during a print job;
- and
- causing the printhead to be serviced in response to receiving a signal associated with the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.