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Method and apparatus for improved printing

US6010205A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1997
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 12, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/105
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to controlling an ink jet printing device during an interleaved, or overlap, mode of operation. Ink jet nozzles which would normally be inoperative during a given pass of the print head are selectively activated to compensate for nozzles determined to be inoperative.

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