Patent ID: 8547577
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: at least one printing engine comprising actuators, first sensors, and second sensors; at least one engine controller operatively connected to said printing engine, said engine controller using software to control operations of said printing engine; at least one non-volatile memory operatively connected to said engine controller, said non-volatile memory storing values used by said engine controller to control operations of said printing engine; and at least one adapter card operatively connected to said non-volatile memory and to said first sensors and second sensors, said adapter card comprising: said connection terminals being operatively connected to said non-volatile memory, said first sensors corresponding to a design of said engine controller, said second sensors corresponding to a design of said adapter card, said adapter card receiving feedback from said first sensors and said second sensors, said adapter card reading incoming print jobs, said adapter card using said incoming print jobs and said feedback from said first sensors and said second sensors to control said actuators by bypassing said engine controller when communicating with said actuators.