A method for automatically controlling the printhead strobe time of a barcode printer

摘要

A method for automatically controlling the printhead strobe time of a barcode printer that prints on a web of record members and includes a printhead to which power is applied during a strobe time compreses the following steps: measuring a plurality of operating variables of said barcode printer including printhead resistance and supply voltage; storing information representing a linear equation for each of a plurality of said operating variables, each of said equations defining how said strobe time is linearly related to said respective operating variable; and varying said strobe time according to each of a plurality of said linear equations in response to each of a plurality of respective measured operating variables. <IMAGE>