公开(公告)号：US5485180A

公开(公告)日：1996-01-16

申请号：US56263

申请日：1993-04-30

申请人： Ronald A. Askeland ,  Catherine B. Hunt ,  Keshava A. Prasad ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  Mark S. Hickman ,  Lance Cleveland ,  William J. Allen

发明人： Ronald A. Askeland ,  Catherine B. Hunt ,  Keshava A. Prasad ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  Mark S. Hickman ,  Lance Cleveland ,  William J. Allen

IPC分类号： B41J2/21 ,  B41M5/00 ,  G06K15/10 ,  H04N1/40 ,  H04N1/52 ,  B41J2/205

CPC分类号： B41J2/2121 ,  G06K15/102 ,  H04N1/40025 ,  H04N1/52 ,  G06K2215/0071

摘要： At least one certain primary or secondary color is established that receives special treatment for at least one printing medium. Such treatment may include (1) using more than two drops of primaries per pixel for binary printing of a particular secondary; or (2) binary-printing the chromatic primary or secondary--but not other hues--after rendition, by use of a "superpixel"; or (3) application of, in effect, a nonintegral number, greater than one, of ink drops per pixel; or (4) combinations of these treatments. As an example of the first of these treatments--using inks optimized for plain paper at one drop of ink for primaries and two (one of each of two primaries) for secondaries--red is printed on transparency film as one drop of yellow ink and two of magenta in each pixel. As to the second treatment, the superpixel is preferably a group of pixels (e.g., a two-by-two array) including the target pixel, in which group each pixel is inked and at least one pixel receives at least two drops of ink.

摘要翻译： 建立至少一种主要或次要颜色，其接收至少一种打印介质的特殊处理。 这样的处理可以包括（1）对于特定次要的二进制打印使用每像素多于两滴的原色; 或者（2）通过使用“超级像素”二进制打印色彩的初级或次级而不是其他色调 - 在再现之后。 或（3）实际上应用大于一个每像素的墨滴的非整数; 或（4）这些处理的组合。 作为这些处理中的第一个的一个例子 - 使用用于初级墨水的一滴墨水为普通纸优化的墨水和二次红色的两个（两个基色中的一个）中的一个打印在透明膜上，作为一滴黄色墨水和两个 的品红色。 关于第二处理，超像素优选为包括目标像素的一组像素（例如，二乘二阵列），其中每个像素被着墨，并且至少一个像素接收至少两滴墨。

公开(公告)号：US5555006A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-10

申请号：US57366

申请日：1993-04-30

申请人： Lance Cleveland ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Lance Cleveland ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J19/14 ,  G06K15/10 ,  B41J2/145

CPC分类号： G06K15/107 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J19/142 ,  B41J2/2132 ,  G06K15/023 ,  G06K2215/0097

摘要： Images are printed using marks formed in pixel arrays by a scanning print head. For transparent and glossy media, with poor absorbance, drying is enhanced by a multipass (preferably six-pass) print mode in which the total number of ink drops or spots is allocated among correspondingly multiple masks, though some may be duplicates. To further hasten drying, heat is applied--through the medium, from the opposite side as that on which ink is deposited--but the amount of heat is strictly moderated, particularly for nontransparent glossy media, to accommodate the hypersensitivity of these media to heat-induced warping. Heating for glossy media is preferably restricted to about one-third the power used for drying plain paper. Convective drying too is promoted, by operating a fan over the printed image. Certain special techniques well-suited for plain-paper printing have been found undesirable for use with plastic media; these techniques include so-called "resolution-enhanced technology", bidirectional printing (particularly of black), and optical-density controlled printing speed. At top and bottom of each page or sheet of printing medium, where it is undesirable to operate with the pen partly off the edge of the sheet, and where also the printing medium is constrained from only one direction rather than being held taut beneath the pen, the print mask is rotated while the printing medium is held stationary--thereby entirely avoiding reliance upon accuracy of print-medium advance.

摘要翻译： 使用通过扫描打印头在像素阵列中形成的标记来打印图像。 对于透明和光泽的介质，吸光度差，通过多次（优选六遍）打印模式来增强干燥，其中在相应的多个掩模中分配总墨滴数或点数，尽管有些可能是重复的。 为了进一步加速干燥，通过介质从与油墨沉积相反的一侧施加热量，但是热量严格缓和，特别是对于不透明的光泽介质，以适应这些介质对热敏介质的超敏性， 引起翘曲。 光泽介质的加热优选限制在用于干燥普通纸的功率的约三分之一。 通过在打印图像上操作风扇来提升对流干燥。 已经发现某些特别适用于普通纸印刷的特殊技术不适合用于塑料介质; 这些技术包括所谓的“分辨率增强技术”，双向打印（特别是黑色）和光密度控制打印速度。 在每页或每页打印介质的顶部和底部，其中不希望用笔部分地从纸张的边缘操作，并且打印介质也仅在一个方向上被限制，而不是被保持拉紧在笔下方 打印介质保持静止时旋转印刷掩模，从而完全避免了依赖于打印介质前进的精度。

公开(公告)号：US5598194A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-28

申请号：US056009

申请日：1993-04-30

申请人： Corrina A. E. Hall ,  W. Wistar Rhoads ,  Patricia S. Brown ,  Arthur K. Wilson

发明人： Corrina A. E. Hall ,  W. Wistar Rhoads ,  Patricia S. Brown ,  Arthur K. Wilson

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J25/34 ,  B41J29/00

CPC分类号： B41J25/34

摘要： An apparatus and method for providing proper electrical contact between corresponding interconnect pads of a print cartridge and a print carriage are disclosed. One end of a flex circuit having interconnect pads of the print carriage is attached to one side of the print carriage while the other end of the flex circuit may be substantially free or attached to an opposing side of the print carriage. When the print cartridge is initially inserted into the print carriage, a gimbal spring causes the flex circuit interconnect pads to preliminarily come in contact with the print cartridge interconnect pads before the print cartridge is completely inserted. As the print cartridge is further inserted, the print cartridge pushes out any excess slack in the flex circuit while providing a wiping action between the interconnect pads of the print cartridge and the flex circuit. This wiping action between the interconnect pads scrapes away any contaminants and corrosion, thus ensuring reliable electrical contact.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在打印墨盒和打印托架的相应的互连焊盘之间提供适当的电接触的装置和方法。 具有打印托架的互连焊盘的柔性电路的一端附接到打印托架的一侧，而柔性电路的另一端可以基本上自由或附接到打印托架的相对侧。 当打印墨盒最初插入到打印托架中时，万向弹簧使得柔性电路互连垫在打印墨盒完全插入之前预先与打印墨盒互连垫接触。 当打印墨盒进一步插入时，打印墨盒推出柔性电路中的任何多余的松弛，同时在打印墨盒和柔性电路的互连焊盘之间提供擦拭动作。 互连焊盘之间的这种擦拭动作可以消除任何污染物和腐蚀，从而确保可靠的电接触。

公开(公告)号：US5500667A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US235772

申请日：1994-04-29

申请人： William H. Schwiebert ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  Damon W. Broder ,  Shelley I. Moore

发明人： William H. Schwiebert ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  Damon W. Broder ,  Shelley I. Moore

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J29/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/002

摘要： A method and apparatus for heating the print medium in a ink-jet printer to reduce printing defects in a relatively cold machine. The printer includes a print area heater which in a steady state condition for a given print medium is energized at a first heating level. Under cold start conditions, for an initial plot, the hater is overdriven at a second heating level. Under a multiple-pass printing mode, the hating drive is gradually reduced during an initial portion of the initial plot, until the first heating level is achieved. The heater drive level remains at the first heating level for subsequent plots in a given batch. For single-pass print modes, the heater drive level remains at the second level for the entire initial plot in a batch, and is reduced to the first level for subsequent plots. The printer has a preheater along the medium path, with an unheated area along the path between the print area and the preheater. To further improve print quality when printing along top leading edge margins, the paper is initially advanced until the leading edge is over the print area heater and left for a first time interval. The paper is then retracted to position the paper area initially located over the unheated area of the paper path during the first interval over the preheater. The paper is left in the retracted position during a second time interval, and then advanced to the print area to commence printing operations.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在喷墨打印机中加热打印介质以减少相对冷的机器中的打印缺陷的方法和装置。 打印机包括打印区域加热器，其在给定打印介质的稳定状态下以第一加热水平通电。 在冷启动条件下，对于初始图，加热器在第二加热水平下过载。 在多遍打印模式下，在初始图的初始部分期间，憎恨驱动器逐渐减小，直到达到第一加热水平。 在给定批次中，加热器驱动电平保持在第一加热水平，用于随后的图。 对于单程打印模式，对于批次中的整个初始绘图，加热器驱动级别保持在第二级，并且将其还原为后续绘图的第一级。 打印机沿着中等路径具有预热器，沿着印刷区域和预热器之间的路径具有未加热的区域。 为了进一步提高打印质量，首先沿着顶部的边缘边缘进行打印，纸张最初会先进行，直到前缘在打印区域加热器上方，并保留第一个时间间隔。 然后在预热器的第一间隔期间，将纸张缩回以将起始位于纸路径未加热区域的纸张区域定位。 纸张在第二时间间隔内处于缩回位置，然后前进到打印区域开始打印操作。