| US 7,517,042 B2 | ||
| Delaying printing in response to highest expected temperature exceeding a threshold | ||
| Cesar Fernandez Espasa, San Diego, Calif. (US); Santiago Garcia-Reyero Vinas, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Virginia Palacios Camarero, Barcelona (Spain) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/76,710. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0203027 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 29/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—17 | 24 Claims |
| 1. An image forming system comprising:
means for creating a density profile associated with an image;
means for predicting a highest expected temperature associated with a printhead using the density profile prior to printing
the image;
means for delaying printing the image prior to beginning the printing of the image in response to the highest expected temperature
exceeding a threshold;
means for monitoring an actual temperature of the printhead in response to printing the image; and
means for detecting a malfunction of the printhead in response to the actual temperature differing from the highest expected
temperature by a predetermined amount.
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