A method of making shaped abrasive particles including forming an abrasive flake comprising a plurality of precursor shaped abrasive particles and a frangible support joining the precursor shaped abrasive particles together; transporting the abrasive flake through a rotary kiln to sinter the abrasive flake; and breaking the sintered abrasive flake into individual shaped abrasive particles. The seed layer has a lattice constant and a natural growth texture. The template whose values of the attributes match the values of the attributes in the search request is selected. With the meniscus control means, it becomes possible to maintain the position and shape of the ink meniscus with stability, thereby allowing ejection and flying of liquid droplets, such as ink droplets, with stability and formation of an image of high quality on a liquid droplets reception member such as a recording medium. Various types of sensor elements can be used to locate pins in a printhead. A cut-through communication protocol translation bridge may comprise an integrated circuit capable of performing such a method.