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Printing apparatus and a printing method

US6378982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1998
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/145
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a multipass printing using a print head which has a plurality of staggered columns of print elements, one and the same print line is formed by using nozzles (k1-129, k2-1) of different nozzle columns (k1, k2) to disperse the directivity of landing deviations of dots in the same print line.

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