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Dot printer for reproduction of halftone images

US4394662A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1981
Grant dateJul 19, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4051
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To overcome the tendency of the recording head of a dot printer to become inoperative in a range below a threshold level, a gray scale input signal is modulated with an oscillating signal so that the modulated signal oscillates above and below the threshold level to reproduce halftone values below the otherwise inoperative range.

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