Printhead alignment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid Peinado Gutierrez
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Abstract
Examples described herein relate to printhead alignment in a printing system which may print onto media of different rigidity. An example method comprises determining a flatness profile for a first type of print medium on a platen of a printing apparatus. Using the flatness profile of the first type of print medium, first alignment compensation values are determined for a printhead to print onto the first type of print medium on the platen. The flatness profile for the first type of print medium is then also used to determine second alignment compensation values for the printhead to print onto a second type of print medium on the platen, the second type of print medium being more rigid that the first type of print medium.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- determining a flatness profile for a first type of print medium on a platen of a printing apparatus;
- determining, using the flatness profile of the first type of print medium, first alignment compensation values for a printhead to print onto the first type of print medium on the platen;
- determining, using the flatness profile for the first type of print medium, second alignment compensation values for the printhead to print onto a second type of print medium on the platen, the second type of print medium being more rigid that the first type of print medium.
A printing system comprising:
- a platen to receive a print medium;
- a printhead to print onto the print medium;
- a processor to:
- determine a flatness profile for a first type of print medium on the platen;
- determine, using the flatness profile of the first type of print medium, first alignment compensation values for a printhead to print onto the first type of print medium on the platen;
- determine, using the flatness profile for the first type of print medium, second alignment compensation values for the printhead to print onto a second type of print medium on the platen, the second type of print medium being more rigid that the first type of print medium.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a flatness profile for a first type of print medium on the platen;
- determine, using the flatness profile of the first type of print medium, first alignment compensation values for a printhead to print onto the first type of print medium on the platen;
- determine, using the flatness profile for the first type of print medium, second alignment compensation values for the printhead to print onto a second type of print medium on the platen, the second type of print medium being more rigid that the first type of print medium.
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