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US 2012/0057894 A1Published application
Device and method for limiting amperage draw of printing device
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsTab A. Tress, Robert Pawlik, Brian James Gillis
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Abstract
A method and printing apparatus include a plurality of components and a controller operatively connected to the components. Further, a power supply is also operatively connected to the components. The controller selectively limits the operations of selected ones of the components to prevent all the components of the printing apparatus from collectively drawing from the power supply an amount of power that exceeds a power limit.
Claims20
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of components;
- a controller operatively connected to said components;
- and
- a power supply operatively connected to said components,
- said controller selectively limiting operations of ones of said components to prevent all said components of said printing apparatus from collectively drawing from said power supply an amount of power that exceeds a power limit.
2 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a main power supply operatively connected to said controller and to all power consuming components within said printing apparatus,
- said controller selectively limiting operations of ones of said components to space the timing of different activities of said components to prevent all said components of said printing apparatus from collectively drawing from said power supply an amount of power that exceeds a predetermined amperage limit.
1 more element
A method to control a printing apparatus comprising:
- using a controller that is operatively connected to a plurality of components to control a power supply that is also operatively connected to said components;
- and
- using said controller, selectively limiting operations of ones of said components to prevent all said components from collectively drawing from said power supply an amount of power that exceeds a power limit.
A method to control a printing apparatus comprising:
- using a controller that is operatively connected to all power consuming components within said printing apparatus to control a power supply that is also operatively connected to all said components;
- and
- using said controller, selectively limiting operations of ones of said components to space the timing of different activities of said components to prevent all said components from collectively drawing from said power supply an amount of power that exceeds a predetermined amperage limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.