Patent ID: 7513415

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) sensing temperature with a temperature sensor within an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser, an inkjet printer, and at least one controller in operative connection with the sensor and the printer, wherein the inkjet printer comprises a plurality of nozzles, wherein the machine is enabled to carry out transactions, and the printer operates during at least some of the transactions to print indicia on items, wherein the at least one controller is operative to cause the inkjet printer to operate at other times than when the printer is operated to print indicia during transactions carried out through operation of the machine, wherein during these other times the inkjet printer operates using nozzle firing frequency and nozzle firing energy, wherein during these other times at least one of nozzle firing frequency and nozzle firing energy is based on temperature sensed with the temperature sensor; (b) causing a difference in the temperature sensed in step (a) from a prior temperature to be detected; (c) responsive to step (b), determining a change to make in at least one of nozzle firing frequency and nozzle firing energy based on the temperature sensed in step (a), wherein the change includes a difference in at least one of nozzle firing frequency and nozzle firing energy associated with the prior temperature; and (d) operating the at least one controller to cause the inkjet printer to operate at one of the other times using a changed at least one of nozzle firing frequency and nozzle firing energy based on the determination in step (c).