| US 7,588,310 B2 | ||
| Inkjet image forming system and method of increasing a printing speed thereof | ||
| O-hyun Baek, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Masahiko Habuka, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/427,966. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0058605 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2005; and application No. 10-2006-0030151 (KR), filed on Apr. 03, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0070095 A1, Mar. 29, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—23 [347/29; 347/30; 347/33] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A method of increasing a printing speed of an inkjet image forming system having an inkjet image forming apparatus with
a printhead and a maintenance unit, and a host in communication with the inkjet image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
overlapping at least a portion of a first lead time of a first process that includes processing printing data in the host
and transmitting the printing data to the inkjet image forming apparatus with at least a portion of a second lead time of
a second process that includes performing a maintenance operation on the printhead with the maintenance unit.
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