公开(公告)号：US06547360B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US09425989

申请日：1999-10-25

申请人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/125 ,  B41J2/2135 ,  B41J19/145 ,  B41J29/393

摘要： There is provided a printing registration method for stably performing printing registration in bi-directional scanning by a print head in a printing apparatus or printing registration between a plurality of print heads with high accuracy. In complementary printing by the bi-directional scanning by the head, a plurality of patterns are printed while printing starting timings are shifted by predetermined quantities with respect to reference dots (dots formed by forward scanning). In the pattern, an area factor defined by the dots formed by the printing is varied according to the shifting. The plurality of patterns are optically read as an average density. The timing corresponding to a point where the read average density is highest can be determined as a printing registration condition. Furthermore, an optical sensor used for the reading is located at a position where an S/N ratio is stable with respect to fluctuations in distance from the object to be read, thus achieving stable reading.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在打印装置中的打印头进行双向扫描的稳定执行打印登记或者在多个打印头之间以高精度进行打印配准的打印登记方法。 在通过头部的双向扫描的互补打印中，打印开始定时相对于参考点（由正向扫描形成的点）偏移了预定量的多个图案。 在该图案中，由打印形成的点限定的面积因子根据偏移而变化。 多个图案被光学读取为平均密度。 可以将对应于读取平均密度最高的点的定时确定为打印注册条件。 此外，用于读取的光学传感器位于相对于要读取的物体的距离的波动的S / N比稳定的位置，从而实现稳定的读取。

公开(公告)号：US06532026B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-11

申请号：US09285792

申请日：1999-04-05

申请人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J215

CPC分类号： B41J19/145

摘要： In complementarily printing by bi-directional scannings of a head or by a plurality of print heads, first patterns and second patterns including reference dots for example, dots formed by a forward scan of the bi-directional scannings or by one of the plurality of print heads and dots each having the different direction of shifting of relative printing positions to the reference dots are printed in corresponding to the plurality of shifting amounts. These first and second patterns have the similar characteristics of a change in density. The difference is only that their characteristics in density change are inverted according to the direction of shifting. The intersection point of these two characteristics in density change is obtained as a position for adjustment where dot-formed positions match. This makes it easy to perform printing registration in a printing apparatus in the case of printing by a forward and reverse scan of a printing head or in the case of printing by means of a plurality of printing heads. In this case, operations by a user etc. are also unnecessary and are easily performed.

摘要翻译： 在通过头部或多个打印头的双向扫描的互补打印中，包括参考点的第一图案和第二图案，例如通过双向扫描的正向扫描形成的点或由多个打印头中的一个打印 对应于多个移动量，印刷各自具有相对打印位置相对于参考点的不同移动方向的头和点。 这些第一和第二图案具有与密度变化相似的特征。 不同之处在于它们的密度变化特性根据转移方向而反转。 获得这两个特征密度变化的交点作为点形位置匹配的调整位置。 这使得在通过打印头的正向和反向扫描进行打印的情况下或者通过多个打印头进行打印的情况下，可以容易地在打印装置中进行打印配准。 在这种情况下，用户等的操作也是不必要的，并且容易执行。

公开(公告)号：US06454390B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-24

申请号：US09285846

申请日：1999-04-05

申请人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J215

CPC分类号： B41J19/147 ,  B41J2/2135 ,  B41J19/145

摘要： In a complimentary printing by bi-directional scanning of a head or by a plurality of heads, a plurality of patterns in which a print start timing is shifted by a predetermined amount are printed with respect to a reference dot, e.g. formed by the forward scan of the bi-directional scanning or by one of the plurality heads. In these patterns, an area factor by the dots formed by printing of the patterns is designed to be varied depending upon shifting amount. An average density is read from each of the plurality of patterns, optically. The timing at which the maximum one among average densities read from the patterns is obtained, can be set as the printing registration condition. Further, a processing including a coarse adjustment to a fine adjustment is performed in a series of algorithm. By these processings, printing registration between a forward and a reverse scan of a print head or printing registration between a plurality of print heads in a printing apparatus can be performed simply and with high accuracy, without operating by a user.

摘要翻译： 在通过头部或多个头部的双向扫描进行的免费打印中，打印开始定时偏移预定量的多个图案相对于参考点被打印，例如， 通过双向扫描的正向扫描或由多个头中的一个扫描形成。 在这些图案中，通过由图案的印刷形成的点的面积因子被设计为根据移动量而变化。 光学上从多个图案中的每一个读取平均密度。 可以将从图案读取的平均密度中的最大值之一获得的定时设置为打印注册条件。 此外，以一系列算法执行包括对微调的粗调的处理。 通过这些处理，可以简单且高精度地执行打印头的正向扫描和反向扫描之间的打印配准或打印设备中的多个打印头之间的打印配准，而不需要用户操作。

公开(公告)号：US06474767B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-05

申请号：US09285844

申请日：1999-04-05

申请人： Minoru Teshigawara ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Minoru Teshigawara ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/04505 ,  B41J2/04533 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04553 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/04566 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/2135 ,  B41J19/145 ,  B41J29/393

摘要： In a complimentary printing by bi-directional scanning of a head or by a plurality of heads, a plurality of patterns in which a print start timing is shifted by a predetermined amount are printed with respect to a reference dot formed by the forward scan of the bi-directional scanning or by one of the plurality heads. In these patterns, an area factor by the dots formed by printing of the patterns is designed to be varied depending upon shifting amount. An average density is read from each of the plurality of patterns, optically. The timing at which the maximum one among average densities read from the patterns is obtained, can be set as the printing registration condition. Further, before the above reading operation, an optical sensor used for this operation is calibrated, for improving accuracies of the reading and the registrating. By these processings, printing registration between a forward and a reverse scan of a print head or printing registration between a plurality of print heads in a printing apparatus can be performed simply and with high accuracy.

摘要翻译： 在通过头部或多个头部的双向扫描进行的免费打印中，打印开始定时偏移预定量的多个图案相对于由正面扫描形成的参考点被打印 双向扫描或由多个头中的一个扫描。 在这些图案中，通过由图案的印刷形成的点的面积因子被设计为根据移动量而变化。 光学上从多个图案中的每一个读取平均密度。 可以将从图案读取的平均密度中的最大值之一获得的定时设置为打印注册条件。 此外，在上述读取操作之前，用于该操作的光学传感器被校准，以提高读取和注册的准确性。 通过这些处理，可以简单且高精度地执行打印头的正向扫描和反向扫描之间的打印配准或打印设备中的多个打印头之间的打印配准。

公开(公告)号：US06416151B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-09

申请号：US09285791

申请日：1999-04-05

申请人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/2135 ,  G06K15/102 ,  G06K2215/0082 ,  G06K2215/0094

摘要： A first printing pattern is formed for a patch by means of a paper feed upstream side part of a black head. Then, a second printing pattern is formed for the patch by means of a cyan head in the following scans, and density of the patch is read by a reflection optical sensor in a scan after the completion of both patterns.

摘要翻译： 通过黑色头部的上游侧部分的纸馈送来形成用于贴片的第一印刷图案。 然后，在以下扫描中，通过青色头形成针对贴片的第二印刷图案，并且在完成两种图案之后，通过扫描中的反射光学传感器读取贴片的密度。

公开(公告)号：US06371592B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-16

申请号：US09538301

申请日：2000-03-30

申请人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J19/145

摘要： A construction of a printing apparatus wherein a printing registration with respect to forward and reverse scans of a printing head and a printing registration with respect to a plurality of printing heads are automatically carried out is realized without rendering the apparatus complex or causing its production cost to rise. To this end, the optical sensor for measuring patterns formed for use in printing registration is also used to serve other purposes such as a detection of a printing home position or a detection of a printing medium's end. Furthermore, by appropriately controlling a single optical sensor according to each of various intended purposes, the optimum characteristics are utilized in each respective operating mode. Because of the above, the addition of sensors to be used only for the purpose of printing registration and the accompanying rise of the print apparatus production cost are restrained.

摘要翻译： 一种打印装置的结构，其中自动执行相对于多个打印头的打印头的正向和反向扫描和打印登记的打印登记，而不会使装置复杂或导致其制造成本 上升。 为此，用于测量形成用于印刷配准的图案的光学传感器也用于其他目的，例如检测打印原始位置或检测打印介质的末端。 此外，通过根据各种预期目的适当地控制单个光学传感器，在每个相应的操作模式中使用最佳特性。 由于上述原因，所以仅限于印刷登记用途的传感器的增加以及印刷装置的生产成本随之而来。

公开(公告)号：US06994413B2

公开(公告)日：2006-02-07

申请号：US10167866

申请日：2002-06-13

申请人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J2/2135 ,  G06K15/102 ,  G06K2215/0082 ,  G06K2215/0094

摘要： A first printing pattern is formed for a patch by means of a paper feed upstream side part of a black head. Then, a second printing pattern is formed for the patch by means of a cyan head in the following scans, and density of the patch is read by a reflection optical sensor in a scan after the completion of both patterns.

公开(公告)号：US06464319B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-15

申请号：US09425990

申请日：1999-10-25

申请人： Minoru Teshigawara ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Minoru Teshigawara ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/2135

摘要： In the case where an image is formed with a mixture of large and small droplets by bi-directional printing in an ink jet printing apparatus in which ink is ejected in the form of, e.g., a droplet for printing operation while scanning by a print head, misalignment caused by a difference in ejection speed between the large and small droplets is prevented. For this purpose, there is provided a printing registration method according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming reference dots with the large and small droplets in forward scan printing, forming shifted dots in reverse scan printing on changed registration conditions, acquiring a adjustment value of the condition of dot forming positions on the basis of optical characteristics according to a plurality of shifting amounts of the relative printing positions between forward scanning and reverse scanning, controlling the order of formation of the large and small dots in the forward scanning and the reverse scanning, and correcting the adjustment value according to the offset amount of the small dot forming positions on the basis of the difference in ejection speed or the like.

摘要翻译： 在通过在喷墨打印设备中通过双向打印以大的和小的液滴的混合物形成图像的情况下，其中例如用于打印操作的墨滴的形式喷射墨水，同时通过打印头进行扫描 ，防止由大小液滴之间的喷射速度的差异引起的偏移。 为此，提供了一种根据本发明的打印配准方法，包括以下步骤：在前向扫描打印中形成具有大的和小的液滴的参考点，在改变的注册条件下在反向扫描打印中形成移位的点，获取调整值 基于正向扫描和反向扫描之间的相对打印位置的多个移位量的光学特性的点形成位置的条件，控制正向扫描和反向扫描中的大点和小点的形成顺序 基于喷射速度等的差异，根据小点形成位置的偏移量来扫描和校正调整值。

公开(公告)号：US06257143B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-10

申请号：US09350932

申请日：1999-07-12

申请人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

发明人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Toshiyuki Chikuma

IPC分类号： B41F134

CPC分类号： B41J19/145 ,  B41J2/2135

摘要： A plurality of patterns respectively having different area factor of dot formation area are formed by forward and reverse scanning printing of a print head, and then optical characteristics of the plurality of formed patterns are measured. A function representing the relationship between the printing position offset between the forward and reverse printings is determined from the optical characteristics. Then, respective pattern having a predetermined area factor of dot formation area is formed by means of forward and reverse scanning where the speed is differentiated according to the mode of a printing apparatus, and then the optical characteristics of this pattern is measured. By applying this measured optical characteristics to the function, an adjustment value of the dot formation position conditions between the forward and reverse scans is obtained for each mode. This makes it easy to perform printing registration in a printing apparatus in the case of printing by a forward and reverse scan of a printing head or in the case of printing by means of a plurality of printing heads. In this case, operations by a user etc. are also unnecessary and are easily performed.

摘要翻译： 通过打印头的正向和反向扫描印刷形成分别具有不同面积因子的点形成区域的多个图案，然后测量多个形成的图案的光学特性。 根据光学特性确定表示正向和反向印刷之间的打印位置偏移之间的关系的函数。 然后，通过正向和反向扫描形成具有预定面积因子的点形成区域的各个图案，其中速度根据打印装置的模式被区分，然后测量该图案的光学特性。 通过将该测量的光学特性应用于该功能，对于每个模式，获得正向和反向扫描之间的点形成位置条件的调整值。 这使得在通过打印头的正向和反向扫描进行打印的情况下或者通过多个打印头进行打印的情况下，可以容易地在打印装置中进行打印配准。 在这种情况下，用户等的操作也是不必要的，并且容易执行。

公开(公告)号：US08016386B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-13

申请号：US12580738

申请日：2009-10-16

申请人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Tetsuya Edamura ,  Yoshinori Nakagawa ,  Satoshi Seki

发明人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Minoru Teshigawara ,  Tetsuya Edamura ,  Yoshinori Nakagawa ,  Satoshi Seki

IPC分类号： B41J2/21 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J19/147

摘要： In an ink jet printing apparatus using many types of inks to execute bidirectional printing, if ejection opening rows for yellow, magenta, and cyan inks are symmetrically arranged, ejection opening rows for a black ink are arranged adjacent to the most inside ejection opening rows for the yellow ink. Thus, a difference in color between forward scanning and backward scanning is determined by a difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink. In this case, a possible color drift attributed to bidirectional printing can be suppressed by selecting the inks so that the difference in coloring between the black ink and the yellow ink is smaller than that between the black ink and the other color inks.

摘要翻译： 在使用多种类型的墨水进行双向打印的喷墨打印装置中，如果用于黄色，品红色和青色墨水的排出开口行对称地布置，则用于黑色墨水的排出开口排布置成与最内侧的排出开口行相邻， 黄色的墨水。 因此，通过黑色墨水和黄色墨水之间的着色差异来确定正向扫描和反向扫描之间的颜色差异。 在这种情况下，通过选择墨水可以抑制归因于双向印刷的可能的颜色漂移，使得黑色墨水和黄色墨水之间的着色差异小于黑色墨水和其它颜色墨水之间的着色差异。