公开(公告)号：US07350902B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-01

申请号：US10992311

申请日：2004-11-18

申请人： Steven J. Dietl ,  Steven A. Billow ,  William E. Bland ,  James M. Chwalek

发明人： Steven J. Dietl ,  Steven A. Billow ,  William E. Bland ,  James M. Chwalek

IPC分类号： B41J2/21

CPC分类号： B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/2125 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/20

摘要： A fluid ejection device and a printhead including one or more such fluid ejection devices are provided. The fluid ejection device includes a substrate having a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array, each array having a plurality of nozzles and being arranged along a first direction, the first nozzle array being arranged spaced apart in a second direction from the second nozzle array. A first fluid delivery pathway is in fluid communication with the first nozzle array, and a second fluid delivery pathway is in fluid communication with the second nozzle array. Nozzles of the first nozzle array have a first opening area and are arranged along the first nozzle array at a pitch P. Nozzles of the second nozzle array have a second opening area, the second opening area being less than the first opening area. At least one nozzle of the second array is arranged offset in the first direction from at least one nozzle of the first array by a distance which is less than pitch P. A printhead comprises one or more such fluid ejection devices arranged on a support member.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种流体喷射装置和包括一个或多个这种流体喷射装置的打印头。 流体喷射装置包括具有第一喷嘴阵列和第二喷嘴阵列的基板，每个阵列具有多个喷嘴并且沿着第一方向布置，第一喷嘴阵列沿与第二喷嘴阵列相反的第二方向间隔布置 。 第一流体输送路径与第一喷嘴阵列流体连通，并且第二流体输送路径与第二喷嘴阵列流体连通。 第一喷嘴阵列的喷嘴具有第一开口区域并且以间距P沿着第一喷嘴阵列布置。第二喷嘴阵列的喷嘴具有第二开口区域，第二开口区域小于第一开口区域。 第二阵列的至少一个喷嘴沿着第一方向从第一阵列的至少一个喷嘴偏移距离小于间距P的距离。打印头包括布置在支撑构件上的一个或多个这样的流体喷射装置。

公开(公告)号：US06536892B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US10020397

申请日：2001-12-12

申请人： Terence Chee Sung Chang ,  James Robert Schmedake ,  William E. Bland ,  Hongsheng Zhang ,  Herb Sarnoff

发明人： Terence Chee Sung Chang ,  James Robert Schmedake ,  William E. Bland ,  Hongsheng Zhang ,  Herb Sarnoff

IPC分类号： B41J201

CPC分类号： B41J11/663 ,  B41J11/008 ,  B41J11/46 ,  B41J11/68 ,  B41J15/005 ,  B65H35/0006 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2555/30 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： A sheet of inkjet printed photographic images having orthogonal fiducial marks extending along a leading edge of the printed field and along a lateral side of the printed field. The fiducial marks register with the printed field and provide information regarding the location of the images in the printed field relative to the larger sheet. The registration of the lateral side fiducial mark and print field is accomplished by exercising the nozzles of the print head at each pass of the print head during the printing of the photographic image.

摘要翻译： 一张具有正交基准标记的喷墨印刷摄影图像沿印刷场的前缘延伸并且沿印刷场的侧面延伸。 基准标记与打印的字段对齐，并提供有关相对于较大的纸张的打印区域中图像位置的信息。 通过在打印摄影图像期间在打印头的每次通过下锻炼打印头的喷嘴来实现侧面基准标记和打印场的对准。

公开(公告)号：US06278469B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-21

申请号：US09399430

申请日：1999-09-20

申请人： William E Bland ,  Ronald A Askeland

发明人： William E Bland ,  Ronald A Askeland

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/2139

摘要： An inkjet printer and printing method for improving print quality. The printer minimizes the visually perceptible effect of dot placement errors, dot size errors, and dot shape errors on a printed medium due to depositing drops of ink from lower print quality printhead nozzles. The printer provides a sensor which can test the ink drop output of the printhead nozzles to determine, for each particular printhead installed in the printer, which nozzles are of higher print quality and which are of lower print quality. A printmask is then defined based on the results of the testing for use in printing from that printhead. The printmask has a mask pattern which enables the deposition of more ink from higher quality nozzles and less ink from lower quality nozzles. Such a printer improves print quality without reducing throughput.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提高打印质量的喷墨打印机和打印方法。 打印机由于从较低打印质量的打印头喷嘴中沉积墨水而最小化打印介质上的点位置误差，点尺寸误差和点形误差的视觉上可察觉的影响。 打印机提供一种传感器，可以测试打印头喷嘴的墨滴输出，以确定安装在打印机中的每个特定打印头，哪些喷嘴具有较高的打印质量并且具有较低的打印质量。 然后根据从该打印头打印使用的测试结果来定义一个打印掩码。 印刷掩模具有掩模图案，其能够从较高质量的喷嘴沉积更多的墨水，并且能够从较低质量的喷嘴中沉积更少的墨水。 这样的打印机可以在不降低吞吐量的情况下提高打印质量。

公开(公告)号：US06688717B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US10246190

申请日：2002-09-18

申请人： Terence Chee Sung Chang ,  James Robert Schmedake ,  William E. Bland ,  Hongsheng Zhang ,  Herb Sarnoff

发明人： Terence Chee Sung Chang ,  James Robert Schmedake ,  William E. Bland ,  Hongsheng Zhang ,  Herb Sarnoff

IPC分类号： B41J2938

CPC分类号： B41J11/008 ,  B41J11/46 ,  B41J11/663 ,  B41J11/68 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J15/005 ,  B65H35/0006 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2555/30 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： A sheet of inkjet printed photographic images having orthogonal fiducial marks extending along a leading edge of the printed field and along a lateral side of the printed field. The fiducial marks register with the printed field and provide information regarding the location of the images in the printed field relative to the larger sheet. The registration of the lateral side fiducial mark and print field is accomplished by exercising the nozzles of the print head at each pass of the print head during the printing of the photographic image.

摘要翻译： 一张具有正交基准标记的喷墨印刷摄影图像沿印刷场的前缘延伸并且沿印刷场的侧面延伸。 基准标记与打印的字段对齐，并提供有关相对于较大的纸张的打印区域中图像位置的信息。 通过在打印摄影图像期间在打印头的每次通过下锻炼打印头的喷嘴来实现侧面基准标记和打印场的对准。

公开(公告)号：US06598953B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-29

申请号：US10032920

申请日：2001-12-28

申请人： William E. Bland

发明人： William E. Bland

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J11/663 ,  B41J11/46 ,  B41J11/68 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B65H35/0006 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2555/30 ,  G06K15/027 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： A method for monitoring the condition of an inkjet printhead. A test image is printed by the printhead and a second reference printhead. The density of ink dots in the test image is selected so that each dot just contacts adjacent dots while avoiding significant overlap. A defective nozzle can produce misplaced or undersized dots, creating abnormal spacing between adjacent dots. At the selected ink dot density, the abnormal spacing is most perceptible to the eye.

摘要翻译： 一种用于监视喷墨打印头的状态的方法。 测试图像由打印头和第二参考打印头打印。 选择测试图像中的墨点的密度，使得每个点仅接触相邻的点，同时避免显着的重叠。 有缺陷的喷嘴可能产生位错或尺寸过小的点，造成相邻点之间的间隔异常。 在所选择的墨点密度下，异常间距对眼睛来说最为可见。

公开(公告)号：US06536869B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US09399534

申请日：1999-09-20

申请人： William E Bland ,  Ian N Kirkwood ,  Ronald A Askeland

发明人： William E Bland ,  Ian N Kirkwood ,  Ronald A Askeland

IPC分类号： B41J2145

CPC分类号： B41J2/2132 ,  G06K15/105 ,  G06K15/107

摘要： A swath printer and multipass printing method for improving print quality. The printer minimizes dot placement errors on a printed medium due to depositing drops of ink from lower quality printhead nozzles by providing a printmask having a mask pattern which prints with those nozzles most susceptible to dot placement error using a hi-fipe printmode which deposits into a specific pixel location a small number of drops in each of multiple passes, and a multidrop printmode which deposits into a specific pixel location many drops rapidly in one of the passes. Because such a printer and method prints substantially equally with all printhead nozzles, it does not shorten the useful life of the printhead due to defects associated with the number of times a nozzle deposits ink.

摘要翻译： 用于提高打印质量的条带打印机和多页打印方法。 打印机通过提供具有掩模图案的印刷掩模，由印刷介质上的墨滴沉积，最小化打印介质上的点布置误差，该掩模图案使用最适于沉积到 具体的像素位置在多个遍中的每一个中具有少量的液滴，以及在一个通道中快速沉积到特定像素位置的多点打印模式。 因为这样的打印机和方法使用所有打印头喷嘴基本相同地印刷，所以由于与喷墨头沉积墨水的次数相关联的缺陷，其不会缩短打印头的使用寿命。

公开(公告)号：US06505906B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-14

申请号：US10032919

申请日：2001-12-28

申请人： William E. Bland ,  Michael Puyot ,  Rajan Ramaswamy ,  Terence Chee Sung Chang

发明人： William E. Bland ,  Michael Puyot ,  Rajan Ramaswamy ,  Terence Chee Sung Chang

IPC分类号： B41J307

CPC分类号： B41J11/663 ,  B41J11/46 ,  B41J11/68 ,  B41J15/005 ,  B65H35/0006 ,  B65H2511/10 ,  B65H2555/30 ,  B65H2220/01

摘要： A method providing for the exercise of one or more nozzles of an inkjet print head and simultaneously forming fiducial registration marks on a sheet of print medium. The exercising and forming of the fiducial registration marks both occur in the course of forming inkjet printed images on the sheet of print medium so that the prints and fiducial marks are in registry. Preferably exercising of the nozzles occurs at the beginning and end of each pass of the print head so that there are two such fiducial marks, one along each lateral edge of the image. A segment of a print medium including printed images and a fiducial mark composed of the exercise of the inkjet print head nozzles is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种提供喷墨打印头的一个或多个喷嘴的运动并同时在一张打印介质上形成基准对准标记的方法。 基准对准标记的运动和形成都发生在在打印介质片上形成喷墨印刷图像的过程中，使得印刷品和基准标记被记录在册。 优选地，在打印头的每次通过的开始和结束处发生喷嘴的运动，使得存在两个这样的基准标记，一个沿图像的每个侧边缘。 还公开了包括打印图像的打印介质的段和由喷墨打印头喷嘴的锻炼组成的基准标记。