Selectively heating a heating zone of a printing system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid TOSSAINT, Oriol Avila BORRELL, Francisco Javier RODRIGUEZ ESCANUELA
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Abstract
A method includes identifying at least one of a type of a respective media to be printed on in the print zone and respective densities of portions of the image by an identification module. The method also includes independently adjusting a respective target curing temperature of each one of a plurality of heating modules disposed across the media transport path in a first direction to form the heating zone based on the at least one of the type of the respective media and the respective densities of the portions of the image identified by the identification module by a temperature adjustment module.
Claims15
A printing system, comprising;
- a print zone;
- a plurality of heating modules disposed across a heating zone in a first direction, each one the plurality of heating modules to selectively provide heat having a respective target curing temperature in the heating zone;
- a media transport path disposed through the print zone in a second direction and the heating zone along which a respective media is transported by a media transport assembly;
- an identification module to identify at least one of a type of the respective media to be printed on in the print zone and respective densities of portions of the image;
- and
- a temperature adjustment module to independently adjust a respective target curing temperature of each one of the heating modules based on the at least one of the type of the respective media and the respective densities of the portions of the image identified by the identification module.
A method of printing of a printing system, the method comprising:
- transporting a respective media along a media transport path disposed through a print zone in a second direction and subsequently through a heating zone by a media transport assembly;
- printing an image on the respective media in the print zone by a printing fluid applicator;
- identifying at least one of a type of a respective media to be printed on in the print zone and respective densities of portions of the image by m identification module;
- and
- independently adjusting a respective target curing temperature of each one of a plurality of heating modules disposed across the media transport path in a first direction to form the heating zone based on the at least one of the type of the respective media and the respective densities of the portions of the image identified by the identification module by a temperature adjustment module.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon to operate a printing system, the instructions are executable by a processor to:
- identify at least one of a type of a respective media to be printed on in a print zone of a printing system and respective densities of portions of the image by an identification module;
- and
- independently adjust a respective target curing temperature of each one of a plurality of heating modules disposed across a media transport path to form the heating zone based on the at least one of the type of the respective media and the respective densities of the portions of the image identified by the identification module by a temperature adjustment module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.