Web service for printer color matching via profile mapping device-independent color values of reference device to device-specific color values of production device

Web server based color management hosted by a web server is provided enabling a production device to produce a print job with a similar color appearance as a reference device. The web server receives a production device color management profile and a reference device color management profile. The web server creates an output color management profile based on the color management profile of the production device and the color management profile of the reference device. The output color management profile maps device-independent color values associated in the color management profile of the reference device to device-specific color values for colors reproducible by the production device.

Virtual hand based on combined data

Providing printed confidential documents

Examples of providing printed confidential documents are described herein. In an example, a printing system includes at least two protected trays to store printed confidential documents. The at least two protected trays may be coupled to each other to enable transfer of the printed confidential documents between the at least two protected trays. Further, an output tray may be coupled to at least one of the at least two protected trays to provide the printed confidential documents for collection. Furthermore, on receiving an authentication input, the printed confidential documents may be transferred from one of the at least two protected trays to the output tray.

Flüssigkeitsbehälter

Ein Flüssigkeitsbehälter kann eine Flüssigkeitskammer zur Aufnahme einer Flüssigkeit und einen Impedanzsensor umfassen, der einer Flüssigkeit innerhalb der Flüssigkeitskammer ausgesetzt ist. Der Impedanzsensor erfasst eine Impedanz am Impedanzsensor, bestimmt auf der Grundlage der erfassten Impedanz ein Partikelträger-Trennniveau der Flüssigkeit innerhalb der Flüssigkeitskammer und sendet ein Aktivierungssignal an einen beweglichen Schlitten, an den der Flüssigkeitsbehälter gekoppelt ist, um die Flüssigkeit innerhalb des Flüssigkeitsbehälters auf der Grundlage der erfassten Impedanz zu rühren.

Polyethylene terephthelate part bonded to polyester and polycarbonate alloy part

A device has a first part including polyethylene terephthelate (PET) with a fiber fill and a second part bonded to the first part. The second part includes an alloy of polyester and polycarbonate. The first and second part may be bonded together by placing the first part and the second part in contact with one another and heating the second part to bond the second part to the first part.

Decel correction in a printer

A printer includes a print head to print by ejecting drops of a printing fluid;, a memory to store a correction measure, the correction measure to modify printing a pattern to compensate for decel, and a processor. The processor analyzes print data for a pattern that, when printed using the print head, triggers decel, controls the print head to eject drops of the printing fluid in accordance with the print data, when the analysis indicates that the pattern to be printed triggers decel, applies the correction measure upon printing the pattern, and, when the analysis indicates that the pattern to be printed does not trigger decel, does not apply the correction measure upon printing the pattern.

Regulating an output power of a monitored electronic device

A power monitor circuit, includes a power delivery path including an input voltage, a first resistor, and a load. The power monitor circuit further includes a comparator to measure a voltage across the first resistor. The comparator includes an inverting input to measure a voltage on a first side of the first resistor, a non-inverting input to measure a voltage on a second side of the first resistor, a threshold input to receive a threshold input voltage level, and an output to generate a trip signal when the voltage across the first resistor meets the threshold input voltage input level. The power monitor circuit further includes a sub-circuit in series with the first resistor, the sub-circuit including a second resistor coupled to a Zener diode, the sub-circuit to feed the input voltage back into the inverting input of the comparator. A third resistor connected between the first resistor and the second resistor, divides down the input voltage, and a fourth resistor is connected between ...

Display mounting system

Virtual BIOS

Generating three-dimensional objects

ENCRYPTION OF FLUID CARTRIDGES FOR USE WITH IMAGING DEVICES

Encryption of fluid cartridges for use with imaging devices is disclosed herein. One disclosed apparatus includes a memory of a fluid cartridge comprising a plurality of sequential bits, where the plurality of sequential bits are written to the memory after the plurality of sequential bits are transformed based on scrambling bits of the plurality of sequential bits, and a memory interface of the fluid cartridge to enable access to the memory to authenticate the fluid cartridge.

Liquid level indicating

In some examples, a liquid container comprises a chamber forming a volume containing a liquid, an elongated strip extending into the volume containing the liquid, the strip supported along a side of the volume such that a face of the strip adjacent the side of the volume is not opposed by the liquid, a plurality of heaters supported by the strip along the strip, and a plurality of temperature sensors supported by the strip along the strip.

Identifying and ranking solutions from multiple data sources

Display panel for front-side wireless communication

An example provides an apparatus including a display panel, a shielding layer including an opening adjacent to a back side of the display panel, and an antenna overlapping the opening to allow for wireless communication with the apparatus from a front side of the display panel.

FLUIDRESERVOIRIMPEDANZSENSOREN

Ein Fluidreservoir (100) umfasst eine Schaltung (105), die sich in das Fluidreservoir erstreckt, so dass dieselbe während der Verwendung zumindest teilweise mit Fluid (120) in dem Fluidreservoir in Kontakt ist, zumindest einen ersten Impedanzsensor (110) und einen zweiten Impedanzsensor (115), die mit der Schaltung gekoppelt sind, wobei der zumindest erste und zweite Impedanzsensor Impedanzwerte ausgeben sollen, die einen Partikeltrennungsgrad in dem Fluid anzeigen.

Printer

Provide bounded voltage range

Examples disclosed herein relate to a device to provide a bounded voltage range. Examples include a device to acquire a request for a voltage from a sink. In examples, the device determines whether the voltage is to be supplied from a battery of a source. The device is to further determine a bounded voltage range to supply to the sink according to the request for voltage and a state of the battery.

Print notifications based on context data

An example of an apparatus includes a network interface to receive print data associated with a user from a first computing device and to receive context data from a second computing device, the second computing device associated with the user, and wherein context data includes a beacon identifier and a global positioning system (GPS) coordinate. The apparatus includes a memory storage unit to store the print and context data, wherein the memory storage unit includes a database of printing devices. The apparatus includes a processor to select a printing device from the database of printing devices, the printing device associated with the beacon identifier and a predefined area, wherein the predefined area includes the GPS coordinate. The apparatus includes a print engine to generate a notification for the second computing device, wherein the notification prompts the user for a command to send the print data to the printing device.

Logic circuitry for use with a replaceable print apparatus component

Logic circuitry packages for association with replaceable print apparatus components are disclosed herein. An example logic circuitry package includes logic and a serial data bus interface. The serial data bus interface is to interface with a serial data bus of a print apparatus, and the logic is, in response to a first command sent to the logic circuitry package via the serial data bus connected to the serial data bus interface, to generate a low voltage condition on the serial data bus and to monitor a duration of a time period.

Power supply with multiple control topologies

The present disclosure describes a power supply with multiple operating modes, to detect a load condition of an electronic device, and to automatically change between the multiple operating modes to supply an output direct current (DC) signal to the electronic device based on the load condition detected by the load detection mechanism. The power supply includes multiple control topologies that are each associated with one of the operating modes. Changing from a first operation mode to a second operation mode includes changing from a first control topology associated with the first operation mode to a second control topology associated with the second operating mode to supply the output DC signal at a predetermined voltage level.

Print substrate edge holder

In one example, a print substrate edge holder includes a first part to hold down the edge of a print substrate without covering any part of the substrate in the print zone and a second part overlapping the first part to collect printing fluid dispensed past the edge of the print substrate.

Toner reload kit

System for suggesting network resource for use by a network terminal based on network resource ranking

A network resource access system for providing access by a user to network resources over a communications network, the system comprising: a resource registry including stored resource records associated with each of the network resources and a stored user profile containing a list of network resources such that the network resources have a ranking relative to each other based at least in part on user behavior with respect to usage of each of the network resources, the user profile associated with the user such that the list of network resources contains the network resources previously accessed by the user; and a resource service for receiving an access query from a network terminal identifying the user and associated with submission of application data for processing by a selected network resource from the list, the resource service further configured for accessing the user profile to identify a suggested network resource from the list in view of the relative ranking and for sending identification ...

Printer

Media hotspot payoffs with alternatives lists

In one example of the disclosure, establishment data for a plurality of hotspots is accessed, with each hotspot being linked to a hotspot payoff. Presence data indicative of a mobile device detecting a target hotspot is received via a network. An alternatives list for the target hotspot is determined based on an identification of the target hotspot and the establishment data. The hotspot payoff is caused to be sent to the mobile device for display, the payoff including the alternatives list.

Adjustable data transmissions by navigation devices

In some examples, a device receives a dynamically selectable threshold, and responsive to the threshold being set to a first threshold value, causes transmission, to a computer over a communication interface, location data relating to a geographic location of the device at a first frequency of transmission, regardless of whether the device is stationary or in motion. Responsive to the threshold being set to a second threshold value different from the first threshold value, the device causes transmission, to the computer over the communication interface, the location data relating to the geographic location of the device in response to determining that the device has moved by a distance that exceeds the second threshold value.

Post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including same

Disclosed is a post-processing apparatus couplable to an image forming apparatus. The post-processing apparatus comprises: a paper discharging roller to convey, from a conveying path, a first paper discharged from the image forming apparatus, to a standby path connected to the conveying path, and convey the first paper from the standby path and a second paper discharged from the image forming apparatus from the conveying path, to an intermediate loading part, in a state in which a leading end of the first paper toward the intermediate loading part protrudes more than a leading end of the second paper toward the intermediate loading part to process the first paper and the second paper.

Determining a volume of gas inside a liquid supply system

A known volume of liquid is delivered to a liquid supply system. A first pressure of the liquid supply system after delivery of a first known volume of liquid into the liquid supply system is determined. A second pressure of the liquid supply system after delivery of a second known volume of liquid into the liquid supply system is determined. The volume of compressible gas trapped in the liquid supply system is determined from the second known volume of delivered liquid and the first and second pressures.

Printing with moisture profiles

Provided in one example is a method. The method includes generating, using a processor, data of a negative of an image to be printed on a print medium. The method includes determining, using the processor, a moisture profile of a print job, which print job includes the image and the negative, using data of the image and the data of the negative. The method includes generating, using the processor, printing instructions of the print job using at least the determined moisture profile. The method includes printing the print job on the print medium using at least the printing instructions.

Headset

Backup power supply based configuration data application

According to examples, an apparatus may include a power circuit to transmit standby power to a device, a memory associated with the device to maintain first configuration data and second configuration data and a battery to provide backup power to the device. The device may, following a loss and a recovery of the standby power to the device, determine whether the backup power was lost during the loss of the standby power. The device may also, based on a determination that the backup power was lost during the loss of the standby power, read the first configuration data or may, based on a determination that the backup power was not lost during the loss of the standby power, read the second configuration data. The device may further apply the read one of the first configuration data or the second configuration data to configure the device.

Page structure adjustments

Example implementations relate to page structure adjustments. The system may convert a binary tree representation of a plurality of content items to an initial page structure that includes a plurality of regions. The system may determine a region metric of each of the plurality of regions. The system may determine an item metric of each of the plurality of content items rendered on a respective region of the plurality of regions. The system may calculate an error associated with the initial page structure based on the region metric and the item metric for each of the plurality of regions. The system may generate a plurality of adjusted page structures and calculate an error associated with each adjusted page structure. The system may select an adjusted page structure from the plurality of adjusted page structures based on the selected adjusted page structure being associated with an error below a threshold.

Holder device for a printer

A tensioner device for use with a printing device is described which is to hold an end of a print target holder sheet in a substantially planar configuration across a platen of a printing device. The tensioner device can be fixed to a frame attachable to a platen of a printing device. The tensioner device has a first surface, and the frame has a second surface corresponding to the first surface. The first surface is formed to slide along the second surface in a first direction having an oblique angle with respect to a plane of the print target holder sheet. A fixing mechanism is also described which allows the first surface to be fixed to the second surface at different positions along the first direction. An apparatus including the tensioner device and the frame is also described. A system including a printer, a platen, tensioner devices and frames is also described.

Printer

Certain examples of printers and methods of printing may involve determining colorant amounts of image regions within a print image.

Hiding sensitive data

Example implementations relate to hiding sensitive data. For example, a device according to the present disclosure may include a scanning portion to receive a scan of a document, and a graphical user interface to receive a command with respect to the sensitive data. The device may also include a processor to analyze the scan of the document, process the command via the graphical user interface, determine the document contains sensitive data in response to the command, and perform an action to hide the sensitive data.

Misalignment detection for a 3D printing device

Misalignments of a 3d printing device may be detected by providing a reference pattern in a print zone of the 3d printing device, wherein the reference pattern comprises a plurality of reference marks, printing a test pattern on the reference pattern by means of the 3d printing device, and comparing the test pattern with the reference marks.

System management mode privilege architecture

In one example, a system for a system management mode (SMM) privilege architecture includes a computing device comprising: a first portion of SMM instructions to set up a number of resources and implement a privilege architecture for the SMM of a computing device and a second portion of SMM instructions to execute a number of functions during the SMM of the computing device, wherein the privilege architecture assigns the first portion of SMM instructions to a first privilege level and assigns the second portion of SMM instructions to a second privilege level.

Configuring docks

In some examples, an electronic device is to receive a configuration setting that is configurable to a first setting to indicate a first mode of operation, and a second setting to indicate a second mode of operation, wherein a feature supported by the first mode of operation is disabled in the second mode of operation; and configure a dock to which the electronic device is connected to operate according to a mode indicated by the configuration setting.

Matching of an input document to documents in a document collection

Matching of an input document to documents in a document collection is described herein. In an example, a similarity correspondence between an input document and one or more documents in a base document collection is established. A set of base document segments and a set of message types associated to document segments in the set of base document segments is provided. The set of base document segments is derived from documents in the base document collection. The input document is segmented into input document segments corresponding to message types. Segment similarity between input document segments and base document segments corresponding to the same message types is computed. The similarity correspondence between the input document and at least one document in the base document collection is based on the computed segment similarity.

Calibration data identification

Example implementations relate to calibration data identification. For example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor of a computing device to, in response to establishing a connection between the computing device and a first electronic device, request descriptor information of a second electronic device connected to the computing device via a universal serial bus (USB) interface of the computing device. The instructions when executed further cause the processor to identify calibration data of a third electronic device connected to the computing device based on the descriptor information and to control the first electronic device using the calibration data. The calibration data is stored at the second electronic device.

Docking station

Media stackers

A media stacker (100) comprises a stacking platform (102), a feed mechanism (104), a media arresting mechanism (106) and a controller (108). The feed mechanism conveys media sheets for dispensing onto the stacking platform, wherein the media sheets are dispensed onto the stacking platform with a momentum imparted by the feed mechanism. The media arresting mechanism reduces the momentum of media sheets. The controller determines that a trailing edge of a media sheet is to be dispensed onto the stacking platform, and further control the media arresting apparatus to reduce the momentum of the media sheet in response to the determination.

Timing controllers for display devices

In one example, a timing controller is described, which may include a receiver to receive input data having an input signal from a source unit. The timing controller may include a data control unit to enable panel self-refresh (PSR) mode when the input signal is within a first voltage range and disable the PSR mode when the input signal is within a second voltage range. The first voltage range being different from the second voltage range. The timing controller may include a transmitter to transmit the input data to a display based on an output of the data control unit.

Power management for electronic devices

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a method of is described. According to the method, usage data for an electronic device is obtained. An activity phase from a plurality of activity phases for the electronic device is selected based on the usage data. An activity phase has a corresponding timeout period and is defined by an inter-arrival threshold. The electronic device is instructed to enter a low power mode after being inactive for a time period at least as great as the timeout period corresponding to a selected activity phase.

Film stack including adhesive layer

An example provides an apparatus including a substrate, a metal layer, and an adhesive layer adhered between the substrate and the metal layer, the adhesive layer comprising indium oxide, tin oxide, gallium oxide, indium-tin oxide, indium-gallium oxide, tin-gallium oxide, or indium-tin-gallium oxide.