PRINT TERMINATION

• US 20200133588A1
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Indigo B.V. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: HP Indigo B.V. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Portnoy, Vitaly, Assenheimer, Michel, Nachmias, Yoav, Cohen, Miriel
• Granted Patent: US 11,216,221 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1234 Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting G06F3/1261 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/408 Handling exceptions, e.g. faults computer driven error handling and recovery for a printer G06F3/1234

Abstract

In an example, a method for controlling termination of a print procedure subsequent to a node reset within print apparatus including a plurality of nodes includes identifying the node at which the reset occurred, and controlling operation within the print apparatus by way of a selected node. The selected node is different from the identified node and selected responsive to the identification of the identified node for operation of a component of the print apparatus as part of a termination procedure.

Claims

1. A print termination method initiated by a node reset within a print apparatus including a plurality of nodes, the method including identifying the node at which the reset occurred, and controlling operation within the print apparatus by way of a selected node, the selected node being different from the identified node and selected responsive to the identification of the identified node for operation of a component of the print apparatus as part of a termination procedure.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the node reset occurs at an electronic board within the print apparatus.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the node reset occurs in relation to stored machine readable instructions within the print apparatus.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the component comprises a subsystem of the print apparatus.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the component comprises a consumable of the print apparatus.

6. A method of claim 1, including removal of ink from the component during operation of the component of the print apparatus as part of a termination procedure

7. A method of claim 1, in which the progress of a sheet through the print apparatus is monitored to identify a delay in the arrival of a sheet at a monitoring location, and counting the sheets thereby monitored at the monitoring location.

8. A method of claim 7, including counting sheets monitored at a sheet path sensor within the apparatus.

9. A method of claim 1, including controlling operation within the print apparatus responsive to identifying a reset at a Paper Control Node.

10. A method of claim 1, including controlling operation within the print apparatus responsive to identifying a reset at a BID Control Unit Node

11. A print termination controller of a print apparatus to terminate printing responsive to a node reset, the controller having an identifier to identify the node at which the reset occurred, and a control element to control operation within the print apparatus by way of a selected node, the selected node being different from the identified node and selected to the identification of the identified node, for operation of a component of the print apparatus as part of a termination procedure.

12. A controller of claim 11, to terminate printing responsive to a node reset at an electronic board within the print apparatus.

13. A controller of claim 11, to terminate printing responsive to a node reset in relation to stored machine readable instructions within the print apparatus.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions to identify a node within print apparatus that has triggered a print termination;

instructions to control operation within the print apparatus by way of a selected node, the selection being responsive to the identification of the identified node for operation of a component of the print apparatus as part of a termination procedure.

15. A machine readable storage medium of claim 14 comprising:

instructions to control operation of a plurality of subsystems responsive to the node identified as initiating a node reset.