Patent ID: 6050666
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An inkjet printer. comprising:a temperature sensor circuit for generating a temperature signal indicative of the ambient temperature;a medium selection circuit for generating a media signal indicative of the kind of media selected for a current requested printing activity;a print mode selection circuit for generating a mode signal indicative of a user selected printing activity; anda controller responsive to said temperature signal and to said media signal for determining whether the ambient temperature is within an optimum operating temperature range of between about T degrees Centigrade and about T1 degrees Centigrade for the kind of media selected for a current requested printing activity; andsaid controller responsive to said mode signal and to said media signal for printing desired information in a user selected print mode when the ambient temperature is within said optimum operating temperature range of between about T degrees Centigrade and about T1 degrees Centigrade and for printing desired information in a controller selected print mode when the ambient temperature is not within said optimum operating temperature range of between about T degrees Centigrade and about T1 degrees Centigrade.