Printing system and method using page stitching for printing on roll media
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTrung Vu Nguyen, Stephen A Smith, Dean C Bayerle
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Abstract
A method of and printing system for printing a multiple page print job on a print medium. A shingling sequence for a first page of the multiple page print job is opened by successively passing a printhead over the print medium and the first page is printed in a steady state mode of the printhead. The steady state mode of the printhead is maintained during a transition between printing the first page and printing a second page of the multiple page print job, such that the second page is printed as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page.
Claims22
A method of printing a multiple page print job on a print medium, comprising:
- opening a shingling sequence for a first page of the multiple page print job by successively passing a printhead over the print medium and printing the first page in a steady state mode of the printhead;
- maintaining the steady state mode of the printhead during a transition between printing the first page and printing a second page of the multiple page print job, such that the second page is printed as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page;
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- determining if the second page is compatible for printing as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page by comparing servicing requirements of the first page and the second page.
A method of printing a multiple page print job on a print medium, comprising:
- receiving the multiple page print job from a print job source with a controller;
- transmitting print data for a first page of the multiple page print job from the controller to a print engine;
- controlling a printhead with signals from the print engine to print the first page with successive passes of the printhead over the print medium;
- transmitting a stitch next page command from the controller to the print engine;
- further controlling the printhead with signals from the print engine to print a second page of the multiple page print job with successive passes of the printhead as a continuation of the first page;
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- determining if the second page is compatible for printing as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page by comparing servicing requirements of the first page and the second page.
A printer system, comprising
- a printhead for printing on a print medium during successive passes over the print medium;
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- a control assembly for controlling the printhead to print a multiple page print job by opening a shingling sequence for a first page of the multiple page print job and printing the first page in a steady state mode of the printhead and maintaining the steady state mode of the printhead during a transition between printing the first page and printing a second page of the multiple page print job such that the second page is printed as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page;
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- wherein the control assembly determines if the second page is compatible for printing as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page by comparing servicing requirements of the first page and the second page.
A printer system, comprising:
- a printhead for printing on a print medium during successive passes over the print medium;
- a controller for receiving a multiple page print job from a print job source;
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- a print engine for controlling the printhead in accordance with print data received from the controller corresponding to the multiple page print job, the print engine controlling the printhead to print a first page of the multiple page print job and to print a second page of the multiple page print job as a continuation of the first page in response to a stitch next page command received from the controller;
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- wherein the print engine determines if the second page is compatible for printing as a continuation of the shingling sequence for the first page by comparing servicing requirements of the first page and the second page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.