US 12,285,948 B2
Spitting operations for printheads
Wei Lit Teoh, Singapore (SG); Kian Yaw Goh, Singapore (SG); Narayanasamy Periyasamy, Singapore (SG); and Ban Ho Chong, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/022,320
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/049109
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/050941, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034067 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16523 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller, comprising:
a processing resource; and
a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to:
determine a reservoir from a plurality of reservoirs to receive print material for a spitting operation of a printhead in an imaging device based on predetermined reservoir data;
determine a spit type for the spitting operation of the printhead; and
cause the spitting operation to occur in the reservoir using the determined spit type.