Inkjet printhead assembly having infrared tag control
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorSimon Robert Walmsley
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Abstract
An inkjet printhead assembly is provided comprising an inkjet printhead and a print controller for controlling printing performed by the printhead. The print controller comprises an interface for receiving compressed page data, a decoder for decoding any infrared tags in the received compressed page data, a dot merger unit controlled by a color mask for mapping the decoded infrared tags into channels corresponding to what inks are supplied in the inkjet printhead, and a printhead driver for outputting the mapped infrared tags to the inkjet printhead.
Claims5
An inkjet printhead assembly comprising an inkjet printhead and at least one print controller for controlling printing performed by the printhead, the at least one print controller comprising:
- an interface for receiving compressed page data;
- a decoder for decoding any infrared tags in the received compressed page data;
- a dot merger unit controlled by a color mask for mapping the decoded infrared tags into channels corresponding to what inks are supplied in the inkjet printhead;
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- a printhead driver for outputting the mapped infrared tags to the inkjet printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.