Inventors:
Earl A. Cunningham - Rochester MN
David E. Cutshall - Rochester MN
Gerald M. Heiling - Pine Island MN
Ronald L. Soderstrom - Rochester MN
James M. Thompson - Rochester MN
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G01D 1510, H05B 100
Abstract:
A driver circuit for a thermal printing element varies the power applied to the element, depending upon its recent history of energization, in order to maintain uniform print density desprite temperature variation in the element. A capacitor charges and discharges to measure time intervals since the last element energization to control the voltage applied by an output transistor.