System, method, program, and print pattern for performing registration calibration for printers by measuring density
US6198549A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0161
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The system, method, program, and print pattern of this invention allows print misregistration to be detected and controlled through density measurements. A special print pattern is used for which a correlation between a density measurement of the print pattern and an amount of misregistration can be made. Initially, for a given printer, and for each printing station within the printer, the special print pattern is printed using two printing stations at varying amounts of misregistration of one of the printing stations. The density of each special print pattern printed at the varied amount of misregistration is measured. A correlation is made between density and amount of misregistration of the one printing station relative to the other printing station. Whenever misregistration is desired to be determined, the special print pattern is printed, the density is measured, and the correlation is applied to the measured density to determine a misregistration amount.
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