US 12,314,790 B2
Systems and methods for dynamic print head adjustment for sublimation ink printing
Jeffrey Humenick, Bloomsburg, PA (US); Jym Kauffman, Bloomsburg, PA (US); and Rebecca Gallup, Bloomsburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Sekisui Kydex, LLC, Bloomsburg, PA (US)
Filed by Sekisui Kydex, LLC, Bloomsburg, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,915.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,731, filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013480 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B41M 5/035 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/00 (2013.01) [G06K 15/02 (2013.01); G06K 15/028 (2013.01); B41M 5/035 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for printing an image to be infused into a substrate through dye sublimation, the method comprising:
determining, by a computer, an amount of ink coverage of the image to be printed on a sheet using sublimation ink;
in response to the computer determining that the amount of ink coverage is below a predetermined threshold:
retrieving, by the computer, a set of one or more input parameters associated with printing the image; and
adjusting, by the computer, a distance between a print head and the sheet on which the image is being printed based upon the amount of ink coverage and the set of one or more input parameters, wherein the distance remains constant throughout the printing of the image.