Method for dissipating heat produced in scan head assembly of imaging apparatus
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorsChengwu Cui, Charles Brandon Langrel
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and a computer program product for dissipating heat produced in a scan head assembly of an imaging apparatus during scanning of media sheets in the imaging apparatus. The method includes determining at least one of a temperature of the scan head assembly and a media sheet scan count. The method further includes moving the scan head assembly between a first position of the scan head assembly and a second position of the scan head assembly for dissipating heat, based on at least one of the temperature of the scan head assembly and the media sheet scan count.
Claims20
A method for dissipating heat produced in a scan head assembly of an imaging apparatus during scanning of media sheets, comprising:
- determining at least one of a temperature of the scan head assembly and a media sheet scan count;
- and
- moving the scan head assembly between a first position of the scan head assembly and a second position of the scan head assembly for dissipating heat, based on at least one of the temperature of the scan head assembly and the media sheet scan count.
A method for dissipating heat produced in a scan head assembly of an imaging apparatus during scanning of media sheets, comprising:
- determining at least one of a temperature of the scan head assembly and a media sheet scan count;
- and
- performing at least one heat dissipation cycle based on at least one of the temperature of the scan head assembly and the media sheet scan count, wherein performing a heat dissipation cycle comprises:
- moving the scan head assembly from a first position of the scan head assembly to a second position of the scan head assembly,
- moving the scan head assembly from the second position of the scan head assembly to an intermediate position of the scan head assembly between the first position and the second position of the scan head assembly,
- moving the scan head assembly from the intermediate position of the scan head assembly to the second position of the scan head assembly, and
- moving the scan head assembly from the second position of the scan head assembly to the first position of the scan head assembly.
A computer readable storage medium containing instructions for dissipating heat produced in a scan head assembly of an imaging apparatus during scanning of media sheets by:
- determining at least one of a temperature of the scan head assembly and a media sheet scan count;
- and
- moving the scan head assembly between a first position of the scan head assembly and a second position of the scan head assembly for dissipating heat, based on at least one of the temperature of the scan head assembly and the media sheet scan count.
A computer readable storage medium containing instructions for dissipating heat produced in a scan head assembly of an imaging apparatus during scanning of media sheets in the imaging apparatus by:
- determining at least one of a temperature of the scan head assembly and a media sheet scan count;
- and
- performing at least one heat dissipation cycle based on at least one of the temperature of the scan head assembly and the media sheet scan count, wherein performing a heat dissipation cycle comprises:
- moving the scan head assembly from a first position of the scan head assembly to a second position of the scan head assembly,
- moving the scan head assembly from the second position of the scan head assembly to an intermediate position of the scan head assembly between the first position and the second position of the scan head assembly,
- moving the scan head assembly from the intermediate position of the scan head assembly to the second position of the scan head assembly, and
- moving the scan head assembly from the second position of the scan head assembly to the first position of the scan head assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.