IP Library Granted Patent US 10,814,642
Granted Patent B2
US 10,814,642 · App. 16/739,881 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Printhead pin configurations

Inventors: Dwight D. Dipert (Barrington, IL); Daniel F. Donato (Johnsburg, IL)
Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
B41J2/35B41J2/14072B41J2/17526B41J2/17546B41J2/355B41J2/1433B41J2002/14491
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Patent No.
US 10,814,642
App. No.
16/739,881
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A media processing device is disclosed. An example media processing device includes memory including machine-readable instructions; and a processor to execute the machine-readable instructions to control a printhead assembly, the processor being configured to communicate with the printhead assembly in accordance with a pin configuration, wherein the pin configuration includes pin groups, and each of the pin groups includes a signal line and a reference voltage, wherein the signal line pin is coupled to a source of changing values, and the reference voltage pin is coupled to a constant voltage.

Claims (14)

1. A media processing device comprising:

memory including machine-readable instructions; and

a processor to execute the machine-readable instructions to control a printhead assembly, the processor being configured to communicate with the printhead assembly in accordance with a pin configuration, wherein the pin configuration includes pin groups, and each of the pin groups includes a signal line and a reference voltage, wherein the signal line pin is coupled to a source of changing values, and the reference voltage pin is coupled to a constant voltage.

2. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration has forty pins and eleven pin groups.

3. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration includes ten data pins.

4. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration includes five clock pins.

5. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration includes first and second latch pins.

6. A media processing device as defined in claim 5 , wherein the first latch pin is assigned to a first one of the pin groups and the second latch pin is assigned to a second one of the pin groups.

7. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration includes first and second strobe pins.

8. A media processing device as defined in claim 7 , wherein the first strobe pin is assigned to a first one of the pin groups and the second strobe pin is assigned to a second one of the pin groups.

9. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the pin configuration includes thirty pins and ten pin groups.

10. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the reference voltage is a first reference voltage, and each of a plurality of the pin groups includes the first reference voltage and a second reference voltage different than the first reference voltage.

11. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the printhead assembly comprises a thermal printhead and the media processing device is configured to process a thermal media.

12. A media processing device as defined in claim 1 , wherein a first pin group is bundled together in a first cable and a second pin group is bundled together in a second cable.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 056471/0906 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST - 364 - DAY Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; LASER BAND, LLC; TEMPTIME CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056036/0590 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2020
From: DIPERT, DWIGHT D.; DONATO, DANIEL F.
To: ZIH CORP.
Reel/Frame 053856/0079 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 23, 2020
From: ZIH CORP.
To: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053856/0164 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2020
From: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; LASER BAND, LLC; TEMPTIME CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053841/0212 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15238290 · Aug 16, 2016
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