Method of printing using error diffused shingling masks
US7452047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/4052
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of printing dots in an area on a page using a plurality of printing passes of a printhead over the area, includes processing continuous tone data through a halftoning mechanism to generate halftone image data; and processing the halftone image data through a plurality of error diffused shingling masks, each error diffused shingling mask of the plurality of error diffused masks being used once on a particular pass of the plurality of printing passes in printing the area.
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