Pre-warming portions of an inkjet printhead

Details Pre-warming portions of an inkjet printhead Pre-warming portions of an inkjet printhead

2003-10-22

2008-03-11

Luu, Matthew (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Controller

C347S060000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07341324

ABSTRACT:
An embodiment of a printing system is provided with an inkjet printhead having plural portions each having an ink-ejecting nozzle. The printing system includes plural heater elements each associated with one of the plural portions to pre-warm ink dispensed by the nozzle of the associated portion in response to a pre-warming signal. The printing system also includes a controller configured to generate the pre-warming signal for one or more heater elements based on a selection criteria for generating the pre-warming signal only when the nozzle of said associated portion is required to eject ink during an upcoming print swath.

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