Patent 7631954 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on December, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and apparatuses for compensating for changes in delivery pressure and protection of a printhead against increased ink flow resistance caused by air trapped in the felt or foam are described. In an exemplary embodiment, ink ejection flow rates are adjusted to keep delivery pressures safely at or below the maximum sustainable delivery pressure required to protect a micro-fluid ejection device of a printhead assembly.