System for adjusting operation of a printer during three-dimensional object printing using an optical sensor
US9327537B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J29/393
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer compensates for printing errors occurring during production of the layers for the formation of an object in a three-dimensional printer. The printer includes an optical sensor that generates data corresponding to edges of each layer of the object after each layer is printed. Differences between the raster data used to eject the material to form a layer and the data received from the optical sensor are used to modify the raster data that operates a printhead to form a next layer in the object.
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