Patent · US Expired

Bleed avoiding, color ink jet printing

US6015206A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
8References
20Claims
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Filing dateNov 21, 1995
Grant dateJan 18, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an ink jet printer, bleed between the boundaries between color and black are avoided by printing process black and black ink in an alternating pattern for the first two dots. Logic (62) determines the boundary from a bit map and issues the control signals for alternating lines (66, 68). Best results are experienced when the process black is printed before the black ink as the vehicle of the colored inks apparently supports penetration of the black ink.

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