Patent · US Expired

Gray tone generation

US3977007A · kind A · utility

70Cited by
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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1975
Grant dateAug 24, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 2, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/185
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printer in which refined half-tones or shades of gray are produced while retaining high contrast capability using a dot matrix in which the dots are of the same density for the same shading plus or minus one drop of ink at selected dot locations within the matrix but with each dot being printed in response to an individual shading density or darkness input signal.

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