Faster warm-up, lower energy, and quieter modes for solid ink printers

Faster warm-up, lower energy, and quieter modes for solid ink printers

A method of operating a printer turns off a support structure heater when the printer enters standby mode. The print head is then moved away from an intermediate transfer surface supported by a support structure. Heat settings used to heat a print head are then varied to heat the print head and the...

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Hauptverfasser: Snyder, Trevor J, Bartlett, Amy R, Wu, Bo, Bridgeman, Randall R, Hill, Andrew W, Miyamoto, Jennifer, Thomas, Jr, Jule W, Titterington, Donald R, Korol, Steven V, Knierim, David L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method of operating a printer turns off a support structure heater when the printer enters standby mode. The print head is then moved away from an intermediate transfer surface supported by a support structure. Heat settings used to heat a print head are then varied to heat the print head and the support structure. Another method of operating a printer turns off a support structure heater when the printer enters standby mode and holds a print head adjacent to an intermediate transfer surface while the printer is in standby mode.