Printer controller for supplying data to a printhead module having a dropped row

US7390071B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

• Simon Robert Walmsley · Sydney, AU
• Mark Jackson Pulver · Sydney, AU
• Richard Thomas Plunkett · Sydney, AU
• John Robert Sheahan · Sydney, AU
• Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
• Michael John Webb · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/20
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer controller for supplying data to a printhead module including at least one row of printhead nozzles, at least one row including at least one displaced row portion, the displacement of the row portion including a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed, the printer controller being configured to control order and timing of the data supplied to the printhead such that the dropped row is compensated for during printing by the printhead module.