Print operations comprising user specified printing tasks and cleaning operations
AssigneeHP Indigo B.V.
InventorsVitaly Portnoy, Michael Assenheimer, Yoav Nachmias
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Abstract
In an example, a method includes receiving, by at least one processor, an instruction to print a user specified printing task to at least one media sheet. Print operation instructions may be determined. Such print operation instructions may comprise instructions to control a print apparatus to print user specified printing print apparatus to print the user specified printing task and instructions to control a print apparatus to carry out at least one cleaning operation, wherein the cleaning operation comprises duplex printing a print media sheet.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processor, an instruction to print a user specified printing task to at least one media sheet;
- and
- determining, by the processor, print operation instructions, the print operation instructions comprising instructions to control a print apparatus to print the user specified printing task and instructions to control a print apparatus to carry out at least one cleaning operation, wherein the cleaning operation comprises duplex printing a print media sheet.
Print apparatus comprising:
- a pattern receiving surface to receive a pattern of print agent according to print instructions, and to transfer the pattern of print agent to a print media sheet;
- and
- processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is to:
- receive an instruction to print a user specified printing task to at least one media sheet;
- control the print apparatus to carry out a print operation comprising the user specified print task;
- and
- schedule, within the print operation, a cleaning operation, wherein the cleaning operation comprises duplex printing at least one print media sheet.
A machine readable media comprising instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to determine a print scheduling for a received print job, the print scheduling comprising the received print job and a duplex media sheet cleaning print operation and being determined such that cleaning print operations are interleaved with other cleaning print operations and not with print operations of the received print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.