Mechanism to dynamically adjust dryer performance
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsScott Richard Johnson, Stuart James Boland
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Abstract
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a print controller and an engine controller to receive printing characteristic information from the print controller, determine one or more dryer control parameters based on the printing characteristic information and update the one or more dryer control parameters upon detecting one or more printing characteristic information changes during a printing process.
Claims17
At least one computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:
- receive printing characteristic information at a printing system;
- determine one or more dryer settings;
- determine one or more dryer control parameters based on the printing characteristic information;
- apply the one or more dryer control parameters to a dryer in the printing system;
- perform a printing process at the printing system to apply marking material to a medium and dry the applied marking material via the dryer;
- monitor the printing system during the printing and drying process to detect one or more printing characteristic information changes;
- determine one or more updated dryer control parameters upon a detection of one or more printing characteristic information changes;
- and
- apply the updated dryer control parameters to the dryer during the printing process.
A method comprising:
- receiving printing characteristic information at a printing system;
- determining one or more dryer settings;
- determining one or more dryer control parameters based on the printing characteristic information;
- applying the one or more dryer control parameters to a dryer in the printing system;
- performing a printing process at the printing system to apply marking material to a medium and dry the applied marking material via the dryer;
- monitoring the printing system during the printing and drying process to detect one or more printing characteristic information changes;
- determining one or more updated dryer control parameters upon a detection of one or more printing characteristic information changes;
- and
- applying the updated dryer control parameters to the dryer during the printing process.
A printing system, comprising:
- a print controller;
- and
- an engine controller to receive printing characteristic information from the print controller, determine one or more dryer settings, determine one or more dryer control parameters based on the printing characteristic information and update the one or more dryer control parameters upon detecting one or more printing characteristic information changes during a printing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.