US 12,280,588 B2
Methods and systems for drying color-printed substrates
Manuel Escudero Verchili, Almazora (ES); Jorge Murria de las Heras, Almazora (ES); and Juan Escudero Gonzalez, Almazora (ES)
Assigned to ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC., Londonderry, NH (US)
Filed by Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Londonberry, NH (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,589.
Claims priority of application No. 23382222 (EP), filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300250 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/13 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0021 (2021.01) [B41J 2/0456 (2013.01); B41J 2/13 (2013.01); B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); B41J 2/2107 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dynamically modulating radiation energy in a printing system, the method comprising:
receiving, by the printing system, an image pattern for depositing ink onto a surface of a substrate to print the image pattern on the substrate,
wherein the image pattern comprises a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of areas on the surface of the substrate;
determining, for each segment of the plurality of segments of the image pattern, one or more ink properties of a corresponding portion of the ink to be deposited onto a corresponding area of the plurality of areas on the surface of the substrate;
for each segment of the plurality of segments of the image pattern, determining, based on the one or more ink properties of the corresponding portion of the ink to be deposited, a corresponding energy level for a respective radiation lamp of an array of radiation lamps to dry the corresponding portion of the ink,
wherein at least one dimension of the array of radiation lamps corresponds to the plurality of segments of the image pattern;
depositing, by a mechanism of the printing system, the ink according to the image pattern onto the surface of the substrate;
configuring each radiation lamp of the array of radiation lamps to provide the corresponding energy level to the corresponding area on the surface of the substrate; and
radiating, using the array of radiation lamps, the ink deposited onto the surface of the substrate to dry the ink.