US 11,912,034 B2
Maintenance scheduling
Wesley R Schalk, Vancouver, WA (US); Kris M English, Vancouver, WA (US); and David Lawrence McCormick, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/640,014
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/059188
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086383, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324232 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04551 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of ejecting maintenance printing comprising:
monitoring image data processed by an image forming device;
determining activation of nozzles of printing fluid ejectors based on the image data processed by the image forming device; and
altering a maintenance printing firing signal based on a mode of the image forming device.