AU2009203032B2 - Printer controller for controlling a printhead module base on thermal sensing - Google Patents

Printer controller for controlling a printhead module base on thermal sensing Download PDF

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AU2009203032B2
AU2009203032B2 AU2009203032A AU2009203032A AU2009203032B2 AU 2009203032 B2 AU2009203032 B2 AU 2009203032B2 AU 2009203032 A AU2009203032 A AU 2009203032A AU 2009203032 A AU2009203032 A AU 2009203032A AU 2009203032 B2 AU2009203032 B2 AU 2009203032B2
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Benjamin David Morphett
Richard Thomas Plunkett
Mark Jackson Pulver
John Robert Sheahan
Kia Silverbrook
Simon Robert Walmsley
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Abstract

A printhead module includes at least one row of printhead nozzles. Each row includes at least one displaced row portion. The displacement of the row portion includes a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed.

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Claims (40)

1. A printer controller for supplying dot data to a printhead module having a plurality of nozzles for expelling ink, the printhead module including a plurality of thermal sensors, each of the thermal sensors being 5 configured to respond to a temperature at or adjacent at least one of the nozzles, the printer controller being configured to modify operation of at least some of the nozzles in response to the temperature rising above a first threshold.
2. A printer controller according to claim 1, configured to modify the operation of the nozzles at or adjacent 10 the at least one thermal sensor, such that operation of nozzles not at or adjacent the at least one thermal sensor is not modified.
3. A printer controller according to claim 2, wherein each thermal sensor is associated with a predetermined group of the nozzles, the printer controller being configured to modify operation of the nozzles in the 15 predetermined group for which the temperature has risen above the first threshold.
4. A printer controller according to claim 3, wherein each thermal sensor is associated with a single nozzle.
5. A printer controller according to claim 4, wherein the modification includes the printer controller 20 preventing operation of the nozzle.
6. A printer controller according to claim 5, wherein the modification includes the printer controller preventing operation of the nozzle for a predetermined period. 25
7. A printer controller according to claim 5, wherein the modification includes the printer controller preventing operation of the nozzle until the temperature drops below a second threshold.
8. A printer controller according to claim 7, wherein the second threshold is lower than the first threshold. 30
9. A printer controller according to claim 8, wherein the second threshold is the same as the first threshold.
10. A printer controller according to claim 1, wherein the temperature is not determined explicitly by the at least one thermal sensor or the module. 35
11. A printer controller according to claim 1, wherein each of the nozzles including a thermal ink ejection mechanism. PLT011_DIV-AU -1000
12. A printer controller according to claim I I. wherein the thermal sensor comprises at least part of one of the thermal inkjet mechanisms.
13. A printer controller according to claim 12, wherein the thermal sensor comprises a heating element. 5
14. A printer controller according to claim 13, wherein the thermal sensor determines the temperature by determining a resistance of the heating element.
15. A printer controller according to claim 1, configured to: 10 receive thermal information from the at least one thermal sensor; determine the modification based on the thermal information; and send control information back to the printhead module, the control information being indicative of the modification to make to the operation of the one or more nozzles. 15
16. A print engine including a printer controller according to claim 15 and the printhead module, wherein the printhead module further includes a plurality of data latches, the data latches being configured to provide dot data to respective ones of the nozzles, at least some of the data latches being configured to receive thermal signals from respective ones of the thermal sensors during an acquisition period. 20
17. A print engine according to claim 16, wherein the data latches are configured to form a shift register, the shift register being configured to: shift the print data in during a print load phase; sample the signals from the thermal sensors during a temperature load phase; and shift the thermal signals out to the printer controller during an output phase. 25
18. A print engine according to claim 17, wherein the output phase coincides with a subsequent print load phase.
19. A print engine according to claim 18, further including logic circuitry configured to perform a bitwise 30 operation on: each thermal signal as it is clocked out of the shift register; and each piece of dot data to be clocked into the shift register, such that when a thermal signal is indicative of a thermal problem with a nozzle, the logic circuitry prevents loading of data that would cause firing of that nozzle.
20. A print engine according to claim 19, wherein the logic circuitry includes an AND circuit that receives as 35 inputs the dot data and the thermal signal corresponding to the nozzle for which the dot data is intended, an output of the AND circuit being in communication with an input of the shift register. PLTD11 DIV-AU -1001
21. A printer controller according to claim 1, wherein each thermal sensor is associated with a pair of the nozzles.
22. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead module including: 5 at least one row of print nozzles; at least two shift registers for shifting in dot data supplied from a data source to each of the at least one rows, wherein each print nozzle obtains dot data to be fired from an element of one of the shift registers.
23. A printer controller according to claim 1, installed in a printer comprising: 10 a printhead comprising at least a first elongate printhead module, the at least one printhead module including at least one row of print nozzles for expelling ink; and at least first and second printer controllers configured to receive print data and process the print data to output dot data to the printhead, wherein the first and second printer controllers are connected to a common input of the printhead. 15
24. A printer controller according to claim 1, installed in a printer comprising: a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region; at least first and second printer controllers configured to receive print data and process the print data to 20 output dot data to the printhead, wherein the first printer controller outputs dot data only to the first printhead module and the second printer controller outputs dot data only to the second printhead module, wherein the printhead modules are configured such that no dot data passes between them.
25. A printer controller according to claim 1, installed in a printer comprising: 25 a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region, wherein the first printhead module is longer than the second printhead module; at least first and second printer controllers configured to receive print data and process the print data to output dot data to the printhead, wherein: the first printer controller outputs dot data to both the first printhead 30 module and the second printhead module; and the second printer controller outputs dot data only to the second printhead module.
26. A printer controller according to claim 1, installed in a printer comprising: a printhead comprising first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being parallel 35 to each other and being disposed end to end on either side of a join region, wherein the first printhead module is longer than the second printhead module; PLTO11_DIV-AU - 1002 at least first and second printer controllers configured to receive print data and process the print data to output dot data for the printhead, wherein: the first printer controller outputs dot data to both the first printhead module and the second controller; and the second printer controller outputs dot data to the second printhead module, wherein the dot data output by the second printer controller includes dot data it generates and at least 5 some of the dot data received from the first printer controller.
27. A printer controller according to claim 1, for outputting to a printhead module: dot data to be printed with at least two different inks; and control data for controlling printing of the dot data; 10 the printer controller including at least one communication output, each or the communication output being configured to output at least some of the control data and at least some of the dot data for the at least two inks.
28. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying print data to at least one printhead module capable of printing a maximum of n of channels of print data, the at least one printhead module being configurable 15 into: a first mode, in which the printhead module is configured to receive data for a first number of the channels; and a second mode, in which the printhead module is configured to receive print data for a second number of the channels, wherein the first number is greater than the second number; 20 wherein the printer controller is selectively configurable to supply dot data for the first and second modes.
29. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying dot data to a printhead module comprising at least first and second rows configured to print ink of a similar type or color, at least some nozzles in the first row being aligned with respective corresponding nozzles in the second row in a direction of intended media travel 25 relative to the printhead, the printhead module being configurable such that the nozzles in the first and second pairs of rows are fired such that some dots output to print media are printed to by nozzles from the first pair of rows and at least some other dots output to print media are printed to by nozzles from the second pair of rows, the printer controller being configurable to supply dot data to the printhead module for printing.
30 30. A printer controller according to claim 1, for receiving first data and manipulating the first data to produce dot data to be printed, the print controller including at least two serial outputs for supplying the dot data to at least one printhead.
31. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead module including: 35 at least one row of print nozzles; PLTO11_DIV-AU - 1003 at least first and second shift registers for shifting in dot data supplied from a data source, wherein each shift register feeds dot data to a group of nozzles, and wherein each of the groups of the nozzles is interleaved with at least one of the other groups of the nozzles. 5
32. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead capable of printing a maximum of n of channels of print data, the printhead being configurable into: a first mode, in which the printhead is configured to receive print data for a first number of the channels; and a second mode, in which the printhead is configured to receive print data for a second number of the channels, 10 wherein the first number is greater than the second number.
33. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead module for receiving dot data to be printed using at least two different inks and control data for controlling printing of the dot data, the printhead module including a communication input for receiving the dot data for the at least two colors and the control data. 15
34. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead module comprising at least first and second rows configured to print ink of a similar type or color, at least some nozzles in the first row being aligned with respective corresponding nozzles in the second row in a direction of intended media travel relative to the printhead, the printhead module being configurable such that the nozzles in the first and second pairs of rows 20 are fired such that some dots output to print media are printed to by nozzles from the first pair of rows and at least some other dots output to print media are printed to by nozzles from the second pair of rows.
35. A printer controller according to claim 1, for providing data to a printhead module that includes: at least one row of print nozzles; 25 at least first and second shift registers for shifting in dot data supplied from a data source, wherein each shift register feeds dot data to a group of nozzles, and wherein each of the groups of the nozzles is interleaved with at least one of the other groups of the nozzles.
36. A printer controller according to claim 1, for supplying data to a printhead module having a plurality of 30 nozzles for expelling ink, the printhead module including a plurality of thermal sensors, each of the thermal sensors being configured to respond to a temperature at or adjacent at least one of the nozzles, the printhead module being configured to modify operation of the nozzles in response to the temperature rising above a first threshold. 35
37. A printer controller according to claim 20, further including a logic circuit accepting as inputs a masking signal and the thermal signal corresponding to the nozzle for which the dot data is intended, the logic circuit outputting the thermal signal to the input of the AND circuit in reliance on a value of the masking signal. PLT01 1_DIV-AU - 1004
38. A printer controller according to claim 37, wherein the value of the masking signal enables masking of the thermal signal for at least one nozzle position, including the nozzle for which the current dot data is intended. 5
39. A printer controller according to claim 37, wherein the value of the masking signal enables masking of the thermal signal for a plurality of nozzle positions corresponding to a region of the printhead associated the nozzle for which the current dot data is intended.
40. A printer controller according to claim 37, wherein the value of the masking signal enables masking of 10 the thermal signal for all of the nozzle positions of the printhead. PLT01 1_DIV-AU
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