Printhead employing data packets including address data

• Main Authors: MARTIN, Eric T, GHOZEIL, Adam L, BAKKER, Chris
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.11.2019
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PRINTHEAD EMPLOYING DATA PACKETS INCLUDING ADDRESS DATA Abstract A printhead including an address line for communicating a set of addresses and a number of primitives, each primitive including a plurality of controllable switches coupled to the address line, each switch corresponding to at least one address of the set of addresses, each address corresponding to one of a number of primitive functions. A buffer receives a series of data packets, each data packet including address bits representative of one address of the set of addresses. Address logic receives the address bits from the buffer, wherein for each data packet the address logic encodes the address represented by the address bits onto the address line, and wherein the at least one switch corresponding to the address activates the primitive function corresponding to address. WO 2016/130157 PCT/US2015/015916 PRIMITIVE GROUP PG(L) 294 302 300 1 9 2 ---? EMBEDDED FIRE PRIMITIVE PRIMITIVE PRINT> BUFFER ADDRESS PULSE POWER GROUND DATA - LOGIC_1__96 197 197 PACKETS 208 202 241061 162-1 DATA ADDRESS A1 AND 162-2 1l70-1 DECODE 206-2 >ADDRESS A2 A170-2 PRIMITIVE DECODE P(2) 0162-N 204-2 206-N 4-ADDRESS AN AND T170-N 204-N IL 206-1 162-1 2m4-1 fl ADDRESS A1 AN 162-217 DECODE 206-2 180 ADDRESS A2 -- AND 170-2 PRIMITIVE 0-DECODE4-)- P(N) .206-N .204-2 . AD162-Nj"L ADDRESS AN AND :11 70-N 204-N Fig. 7