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US 2014/0210882 A1Published application
Printhead spacing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark H. MacKenzie, Wesley R. Schalk, Paul Coffin
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Abstract
A method of printing includes directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for a print job; and adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen during the print job, including one of adjusting the spacing within a page of the print job and adjusting the spacing between pages of the print job.
Claims19
A method of printing, comprising:
- directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for a print job;
- and
- adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen during the print job, including adjusting the spacing based on an orientation of the print media for the print job.
A printing system, comprising:
- a platen to support a print media;
- and
- a printhead to eject ink drops into a print zone between the printhead and the platen and onto the print media,
- wherein a spacing between the printhead and the platen is adjusted during a print job, including adjustment of the spacing based on an orientation of the print media for the print job.
1 more element
A method of printing, comprising:
- directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for printing;
- and
- adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen based on an orientation of the print media for the printing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.