Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focus adjustment in print apparatus
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Application No.: US17418024Application Date: 2019-05-31
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Publication No.: US11435676B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Oron Ambar , Zvi Erlich , Haim Vladomirski
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agent Steven R. Ormiston
- International Application: PCT/US2019/035004 WO 20190531
- International Announcement: WO2020/242501 WO 20201203
- Main IPC: G03G15/043
- IPC: G03G15/043

Abstract:
A focus adjustment method is disclosed. The focus adjustment method includes depositing, using a print apparatus, print agent onto a printable substrate, the print apparatus comprising a photoconductive surface and a writing head having a first end and a second end, the writing head having an array of light sources to emit radiation onto the photoconductive surface during a printing operation. The method also includes during said depositing, moving the writing head relative to the photoconductive surface, between a first position and a second position, to create a printed image. The method also includes determining, based on the printed image, for each of a plurality of locations along the writing head, a position of the writing head relative to the photoconductive surface at which the writing head is most focussed. The method also includes calculating, using processing apparatus, a position of the first end of the writing head and a position of the second end of the writing head relative to the photoconductive surface at which the focus of the writing head at the plurality of locations is within a defined threshold. The method also includes adjusting the position of the first end of the writing head and the second end of the writing head relative to the photoconductive surface according to the calculated positions. A print apparatus and the machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220091535A1 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT IN PRINT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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