Ink-jet recording apparatus and method using asynchronous masks
US6042212A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/107
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Random masks each having a given size and defining a random array of non-record pixel locations and record pixel locations are placed in association with record areas in mask registers. Using the placed masks, record data is thinned-out and supplied to a recording head. An image is then recorded. Thus, since thinning-out masks do not have periodicity, any inherent density nonuniformity loses periodicity. Consequently, high-definition images can be produced.
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