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US 2018/0022116 A1Published application
Determining printer platen type
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCarles Flotats Vilagrasa, Francesc Melia Sune, David Toussaint
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Abstract
In one example, a printer having a removably-installable platen. The platen has a platen type. A surface of the platen has a feature that is indicative of the platen type. The printer includes a single platen-type-discriminating sensor. The sensor detects a distinguishing characteristic of the feature. A controller determines the platen type from the distinguishing characteristic.
Claims15
A printer, comprising:
- a platen removably installable in the printer and having a platen type;
- a surface of the platen having a feature indicative of the platen type;
- a single platen-type-discriminating sensor, the sensor to detect a distinguishing characteristic of the feature;
- and
- a controller to determine the platen type from the distinguishing characteristic.
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A printer, comprising:
- plural platens removably installable in the printer, each of the plural platens having a corresponding platen type;
- a feature indicative of the printzone type disposed at a surface of each of the plural platens in a location that is the same for all platen types;
- plural sensors, each sensor associated with a corresponding one of the plural platens to detect a distinguishing characteristic of the feature of the corresponding platen, the characteristic indicative of the platen type;
- and
- a controller to prevent operation of the printer unless all the plural platens have the same platen type.
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A method of printing, comprising:
- detecting, in a printer having a single platen-type-discriminating sensor, a distinguishing characteristic of a feature of a surface of a platen removably installed in the printer and having a platen type, the distinguishing characteristic indicative of the platen type;
- determining from the distinguishing characteristic, using a controller of the printer, the platen type;
- and
- printing on a substrate on the platen using print parameters corresponding to the platen type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.