Method and apparatus for controlling ink curing

摘要

A printing device (200) and method for controlling the curing of ink are described. An example printing apparatus has a printing module (230) with at least one printhead for printing a swath of a printed image and a print controller (220) arranged to generate image and print control data for a plurality of swaths. A curing module (270) is arranged to receive, for each of the plurality of one or more swaths, image and print control data and to control, before a printed region of the print medium (250) corresponding to a particular one or more swaths arrives, one or more operating parameters of the curing module (270) based on data values within said image data and printing parameters within said print control data.

主权项

1. A printing device comprising:
a printing module comprising:
a printhead interface for receiving a printhead to print a swath of a printed image; anda print controller to generate image data and print control data for use in printing the swath by the printhead; and a curing module comprising a heating component and a processor to receive the image data and print control data and to control, for the swath before a printed region of a print medium corresponding to the swath arrives at the heating component, an operating temperature of the heating component based on a data value within the image data and a printing parameter within the print control data, the controlling of the operating temperature of the heating component comprising setting the operating temperature to a temperature higher than a temperature used to dry ink deposited by the printhead for the swath, the heating component when operated according to the controlled operating temperature to cure the ink, the curing comprising coalescing particles of the ink.