Print head pressure detection and adjustment

    公开(公告)号:US10369823B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15803980

    申请日:2017-11-06

    Abstract: A printing system includes a print station for receiving print medium traveling along a transport pathway and an adjustable print head assembly. A medium dispenser transports the print medium on the transport pathway to the print station, and a medium width sensor detects the width of the print medium. A pressure sensor arrangement detects pressure imposed by the print head assembly at points along the width of the transport pathway when an image is printed on the print medium. A monitoring subsystem in communication with the medium width sensor and the pressure sensor arrangement calculates, based upon the detected width and the detected pressure, amounts of pressure imposed by the print head assembly along the width of the print medium.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190095148A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US15712367

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for executing various types of maintenance operations upon various types of printers. The maintenance operations can include preemptive actions that are taken upon a printer that is being operated in a certain environment, the preemptive actions based on evaluating operational statistics associated with a set of similar printers operated in a similar environment. The operational statistics, which are automatically accumulated over a period of time for various printers under various operating conditions, can be implemented in various ways, such as in the form of behavioral models and/or predictive models. In some embodiments, the behavioral models and/or predictive models indicate an expected-time-to-failure of a component when a printer is operated in a certain environment. The expected-time-to-failure information can be utilized to execute preemptive printer maintenance operations such as scheduling a replacement of the component ahead of the expected-time-to-failure.

    Methods, apparatuses, and systems for batch print voiding

    公开(公告)号:US11065899B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16731863

    申请日:2019-12-31

    Abstract: Various methods and systems for a printer having verifiers are disclosed herein. Such methods provide for voiding a printed media in a batch printing run. The methods further correspond to identifying the printed media that is printed as part of the batch printing run as a failed media in an instance an assigned grade fails to satisfy a predetermined threshold, marking the printed media as a failed printed media, determining one or more subsequently printed media that were printed after the failed printed media, and reprinting the printed failed media in a next available media after the one or more subsequently printed media.

    Systems and methods for printer maintenance operations

    公开(公告)号:US10372389B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15712367

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for executing various types of maintenance operations upon various types of printers. The maintenance operations can include preemptive actions that are taken upon a printer that is being operated in a certain environment, the preemptive actions based on evaluating operational statistics associated with a set of similar printers operated in a similar environment. The operational statistics, which are automatically accumulated over a period of time for various printers under various operating conditions, can be implemented in various ways, such as in the form of behavioral models and/or predictive models. In some embodiments, the behavioral models and/or predictive models indicate an expected-time-to-failure of a component when a printer is operated in a certain environment. The expected-time-to-failure information can be utilized to execute preemptive printer maintenance operations such as scheduling a replacement of the component ahead of the expected-time-to-failure.

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