Printhead for a printing apparatus
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsShashikant G GULAGULI, Samantula Bahskar RAO, Karthik GUNDLAPALLI, Santosh Kumar BALLOLLI, Ravi Raju UNDAMATLA, Sunil Kumar MISHRA, Gudimella Venkata Sai BHARATH, Harish AKUTHOTA
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Abstract
Provided herein is a printhead for a printing apparatus. The printhead comprises a first burn line of heating elements disposed on a first surface of the printhead, and a second burn line of heating elements disposed on a second surface of the printhead. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. Thereafter, one of the first burn line of heating elements or the second burn line of heating elements is configured to perform a printing operation.
Claims20
A printhead comprising:
- a first burn line of heating elements disposed on a first surface of the printhead;
- and,
- a second burn line of heating elements disposed on a second surface of the printhead, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, wherein one of the first burn line of heating elements or the second burn line of heating elements is configured to perform a printing operation.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printhead bracket;
- and,
- a printhead configured to be received in the printhead bracket in at least one of a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein the printhead comprises:
- a first burn line of heating elements disposed on a first surface of the printhead;
- and,
- a second burn line of heating elements disposed on a second surface of the printhead, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, wherein one of the first burn line of heating elements or the second burn line of heating elements is configured to perform a printing operation.
A method for operating a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, an orientation of a printhead in the printing apparatus, wherein the printhead comprises a first burn line of heating elements and a second burn line of heating elements disposed on a first surface of the printhead and a second surface of the printhead, respectively;
- and,
- performing, by the controller, a printing operation using one of the first burn line of heating elements or the second burn line of heating elements based on the orientation of the printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.