1. A method of placing fluid droplets onto an object, comprising:
moving a fluid ejection device in a first direction;
reducing air flow between said fluid ejection device and said object with a member leading the fluid ejection device; and
ejecting fluid droplets onto the object.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said fluid ejection device is comprised of a plurality of fluid ejectors.
3. The method of claim 1, comprising:
moving said fluid ejection device relative to said object in a second direction;
reducing air flow between said fluid ejection device and said object with a member leading the fluid ejection device as said device moves in said second direction; and
ejecting fluid droplets onto said object as said ejection device is moved in said second direction.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said fluid ejection device is bi-directionally moved in a straight scanning line.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein said fluid ejection device includes nozzles arranged in a plane spaced from said object and said airflow deflecting means has a boundary extending in said plane perpendicular to said line.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said boundary is straight.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said straight boundary is flat.
8. A method of forming an image on media with an inkjet printing mechanism which includes an inkjet pen carriage, comprising:
moving an inkjet pen and an airflow deflector positioned proximate said inkjet pen on said carriage in a first direction, said deflector leading said pen to thereby reduce airflow between said relatively moving pen and media; and
ejecting fluid droplets onto said media as said carriage and pen are moved in said first direction.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said airflow deflector is on said carriage.
10. The method of claim 9, comprising ejecting fluid droplets from a plurality of pens on said carriage.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein:
said carriage is bi-directionally moved relative to said media and including positioning a second airflow deflector proximate said pens with said second deflector leading said pens during movement of said carriage in a second direction opposite to said first direction; and
ejecting fluid droplets onto said media as said carriage and pens are moved in said second direction.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said carriage is moved in a straight scanning line.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said pens include nozzles arranged in a plane spaced from said media and at least one of said airflow deflectors has a boundary extending in said plane perpendicular to said line.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said boundary is straight.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said straight boundary is a flat end.
16. An inkjet pen carriage for holding an inkjet pen and a first airflow reducing member positioned to at least partially block flow of air between an ink ejection nozzle of a pen on said carriage and an object to be printed during carriage movement in a first direction.
17. The carriage of claim 16, further including a second airflow reducing member positioned to at least partially block flow of air between an ink ejection nozzle of a pen mounted on said carriage and said media during carriage movement in a second direction.
18. The carriage of claim 17, wherein said airflow reducing member comprises first and second deflectors.
19. The carriage of claim 18, wherein said deflectors are integrally formed on said carriage.
20. The carriage of claim 18, wherein said deflectors are affixed to said carriage.
21. The carriage of claim 18, wherein said carriage defines a plurality of receptacles for holding plural inkjet pens arranged along a line of carriage movement, a first one of said deflectors being positioned at one side of said carriage and a second one of said deflectors being positioned at a second side of said carriage whereby said deflectors at least partially block airflow to said pens during reciprocal motion of said carriage.
22. The carriage of claim 18, wherein said receptacles are configured to hold pens having fluid ejection nozzles arranged in a plane and said deflectors each have a boundary extending in said plane perpendicular to said line.
23. The carriage of claim 22, wherein said boundary is straight.
24. The carriage of claim 23, wherein said straight boundary is a flat end.
25. An inkjet printing mechanism comprising a reciprocally moveable pen carriage, an inkjet pen having an inkjet ejection nozzle mounted on said carriage, and a first airflow deflector positioned proximate said nozzle to at least partially block flow of air between said nozzle and media on which printing is to take place during carriage movement in a first direction.
26. The printing mechanism of claim 25, wherein said deflector is mounted on said carriage.
27. The printing mechanism of claim 26, further including a second inkjet pen having a second ink ejection nozzle on said carriage and a second airflow deflector positioned proximate said second nozzle to at least partially block flow of air between said second nozzle and said media during carriage movement in a second direction.
28. The printing mechanism of claim 27, wherein said first and second deflectors are integrally formed on said carriage.
29. The printing mechanism of claim 27, wherein said deflectors are affixed to said carriage.
30. The printing mechanism of claim 27, wherein said carriage defines a plurality of receptacles for holding inkjet pens arranged along a line of carriage movement, a plurality of said pens respectively mounted in said receptacles, a first one of said deflectors being positioned at one side of said carriage and a second one of said deflectors being positioned at a second side of said carriage whereby said deflectors at least partially block airflow to said pens during reciprocal motion of said carriage.
31. The printing mechanism of claim 30, wherein said nozzles are arranged in a plane and said deflectors each have a boundary extending in said plane.
32. The printing mechanism of claim 31, wherein said boundary is straight.
33. The printing mechanism of claim 32, wherein said straight boundary is a flat end.
34. The printing mechanism of claim 27, wherein said nozzles travel through a print zone during movement of said carriage, one of said deflectors being outside said print zone when said carriage reaches an end of reciprocal movement.
35. An inkjet carriage for holding an inkjet pen and a first means for reducing airflow positioned to at least partially block flow of air between an ink ejection nozzle of a pen on said carriage and an object to be printed during carriage movement in a first direction.
36. An inkjet printing mechanism comprising a reciprocally moveable pen carriage, an inkjet pen having an inkjet ejection nozzle mounted on said carriage, and a first means for deflecting and at least partially blocking flow of air between said nozzle and media on which printing is to take place during carriage movement in a first direction.
37. A fluid ejection device comprising a reciprocally moveable carriage, at least one fluid droplet ejector mounted on said carriage, a support for an object onto which fluid droplets are to be ejected, and a deflector for deflecting airflow away from a trajectory of fluid droplets ejected from said ejector toward an object on said support.
38. The fluid ejection device of claim 37, further comprising a second deflector for deflecting airflow away from said trajectory, said deflectors being positioned on said carriage relative to said ejector to lead said ejector during each direction of movement of said carriage.
39. The fluid ejection device of claim 38, wherein said deflectors have boundaries which extend parallel to said support.
40. The fluid ejection device of claim 39, wherein said deflectors are flexible.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
receiving information regarding at least one content recording device;
receiving information regarding a recording subject;
determining, by a processor and based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one content recording device and the information regarding the recording subject, whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive at least one permission indicator providing an authorization for a content recording element of the at least one content recording device to record content or for the at least one content recording device to upload recorded content, wherein the content recording element comprises at least one of a microphone or a camera; and
causing the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the at least one content recording device comprises information regarding at least one user associated with the at least one content recording device.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one permission indicator indicates at least one of: one or more types of content that are or are not permitted to be recorded or one or more contexts in which content is or is not permitted to be recorded.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one permission indicator indicates whether recorded content is permitted to be received from the at least one content recording device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the at least one permission indicator comprises a first permission indicator and a second permission indicator, the first and second permission indicators indicating permissions that are different in at least one respect; and
causing the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device comprises causing the first permission indicator to be provided to a first content recording device and causing the second permission indicator to be provided to a second content recording device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one content recording device comprises a plurality of content recording devices and receiving information regarding the at least one content recording device comprises receiving information regarding each of a plurality of users respectively associated with each of the plurality of content recording devices, the method further comprising:
determining, based on the information regarding each of the plurality of users, a ranked order of the plurality of users;
wherein determining whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator comprises determining, based at least in part on the ranked order of the plurality of users, whether each of the plurality of content recording devices is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the recording subject, a maximum number of available permission indicators.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing, in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is not eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator, information regarding how the at least one content recording device may become eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
9. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code instructions, the memory and program code instructions being configured to, with the processor, direct the apparatus to at least:
receive information regarding at least one content recording device;
receive information regarding a recording subject;
determine, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one content recording device and the information regarding the recording subject, whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive at least one permission indicator providing an authorization for a content recording element of the at least one content recording device to record content or for the at least one content recording device to upload recorded content, wherein the content recording element comprises at least one of a microphone or a camera; and
cause the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the information regarding the at least one content recording device comprises information regarding at least one user associated with the at least one content recording device.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one permission indicator indicates at least one of: one or more types of content that are or are not permitted to be recorded or one or more contexts in which content is or is not permitted to be recorded.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one permission indicator indicates whether recorded content is permitted to be received from the at least one content recording device.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:
the at least one permission indicator comprises a first permission indicator and a second permission indicator, the first and second permission indicators indicating permissions that are different in at least one respect; and
the apparatus is directed to cause the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device by causing the first permission indicator to be provided to a first content recording device and causing the second permission indicator to be provided to a second content recording device.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one content recording device comprises a plurality of content recording devices and the apparatus is directed to receive information regarding the at least one content recording device by receiving information regarding each of a plurality of users respectively associated with each of the plurality of content recording devices, the apparatus being further directed to:
determine, based on the information regarding each of the plurality of users, a ranked order of the plurality of users;
wherein the apparatus is directed to determine whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator by determining, based at least in part on the ranked order of the plurality of users, whether each of the plurality of content recording devices is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further directed to determine, based at least in part on the information regarding the recording subject, a maximum number of available permission indicators.
16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further directed to cause, in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is not eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator, information regarding how the at least one content recording device may become eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
17. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing program code portions therein, the program code portions being configured to, upon execution, direct an apparatus to at least:
receive information regarding at least one content recording device;
receive information regarding a recording subject;
determine, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one content recording device and the information regarding the recording subject, whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive at least one permission indicator providing an authorization for a content recording element of the at least one content recording device to record content or for the at least one content recording device to upload recorded content, wherein the content recording element comprises at least one of a microphone or a camera; and
cause the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein:
the at least one permission indicator comprises a first permission indicator and a second permission indicator, the first and second permission indicators indicating permissions that are different in at least one respect; and
the apparatus is directed to cause the at least one permission indicator to be provided to the at least one content recording device by causing the first permission indicator to be provided to a first content recording device and causing the second permission indicator to be provided to a second content recording device.
19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the at least one content recording device comprises a plurality of content recording devices and the apparatus is directed to receive information regarding the at least one content recording device by receiving information regarding each of a plurality of users respectively associated with each of the plurality of content recording devices, the apparatus being further directed to:
determine, based on the information regarding each of the plurality of users, a ranked order of the plurality of users;
wherein the apparatus is directed to determine whether the at least one content recording device is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator by determining, based at least in part on the ranked order of the plurality of users, whether each of the plurality of content recording devices is eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.
20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further directed to cause, in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one content recording device is not eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator, information regarding how the at least one content recording device may become eligible to receive the at least one permission indicator.