Patent 7815285 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on October, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Printheads configured to operate in accordance with a plurality of print modes. For example, one of the plurality of print modes can be selected in accordance with a bit of address data received by the printhead. In an exemplary embodiment, the selection of print mode can be accomplished by switching one or more actuator (e.g., heater) circuit addresses on the printhead.