Controlling a printing process
AssigneeLanda Corporation Ltd.
InventorsVitaly BURKATOVSKY, Ilya MUCHNIK, Omer VULICH
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Abstract
A printing system (10, 11) includes (i) an intermediate transfer member (ITM) (44), which is configured to receive ink droplets from an ink supply subsystem to form an ink image thereon, and to absorb at least part of an optical radiation (81) directed to the ITM (44) for heating the ITM (44), and (ii) an optical assembly (33) having one or more sensors (25), which are facing the ITM (44), and in response to sensing an optical signal emitted from at least one of the ITM (44) and a substance being carried by the ITM (44), the optical assembly (33) is configured to produce a signal indicative of the substance.
Claims28
A printing system, comprising:
- an intermediate transfer member (ITM), which is configured to receive ink droplets from an ink supply subsystem to form an ink image thereon, and to absorb at least part of an optical radiation directed to the ITM for heating the ITM;
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- an optical assembly having one or more sensors, which are facing the ITM, wherein, in response to sensing an optical signal emitted from at least one of the ITM and a substance being carried by the ITM, the optical assembly is configured to produce a signal indicative of the substance.
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A method for detecting a substance in a printing system, the method comprising:
- positioning an optical assembly having one or more sensors, to face an intermediate transfer member (ITM), which is adapted to be moved and receive ink droplets from an ink supply subsystem to form an ink image thereon, and to absorb at least part of an optical radiation directed to the ITM for heating the ITM;
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- sensing an optical signal emitted from at least one of the ITM and the substance being carried by the ITM, and producing a signal indicative of the substance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.