Patent ID: 9409389
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printhead; a processor operatively connected to said printhead; a support operatively connected to said processor, said support supporting a substrate adjacent to said printhead, said printhead transferring material toward said substrate; a distance counter operatively connected to said processor, said distance counter counting in discrete distance increments as said substrate moves relative to said printhead; and a time counter operatively connected to said processor, said time counter counting in velocity-based distance increments at regular time intervals, said processor loading a firing distance into said distance counter, said firing distance being a distance from a current position of said printhead to a marking location on a substrate, said distance counter counting said firing distance in said discrete distance increments, based on relative movement of said substrate and said printhead, said processor loading a fractional remaining distance of said firing distance into said time counter when said distance counter reaches a last discrete distance increment of said firing distance, said time counter counting said fractional remaining distance in said velocity-based distance increments at said regular time intervals, and said printhead transferring material to said substrate when said time counter reaches a last velocity-based distance increment of said fractional remaining distance.