SPLICE INTERRUPT MECHANISM
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240300764A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18179500

    申请日:2023-03-07

    摘要: A system is disclosed. The system comprises one or more print controllers to generate print interrupt instructions in response to receiving a web splice signal indicating that a web splice on a web print medium has been detected, wherein the print interrupt instructions indicate a first side sheet image and a second side sheet image within a print job to pause prior to stopping printing, wherein the print interrupt instructions comprise gap instructions to open a first printhead gap at the first print engine and to open a second printhead gap at the second print engine, control printing of the first side sheet image on a first side of a web at a first print engine based on the print interrupt instructions, control printing of the second side sheet image to a second side of the web at a second print engine based on the print interrupt instructions, wherein the print interrupt instructions are generated based on a determination of an interrupted first side sheet image to be paused prior to opening the first printhead gap and a determination of an interrupted second side sheet image to be paused prior to opening the second printhead gap.

    Adaptive ink flushing of overlap nozzles of a printer

    公开(公告)号:US11999166B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17821229

    申请日:2022-08-22

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165 B41J2/21

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1652 B41J2/21

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for enhanced flushing of printing systems. One embodiment is a printing system that includes an ink flushing controller. The ink flushing controller is able to identify an overlap region wherein nozzles at adjacent printheads of a marking engine overlap along a widthwise direction, to detect primary nozzles that print image data within the overlap region, and to detect overlap nozzles that do not have firing instructions to eject ink within the overlap region. The ink flushing controller is further able to analyze nozzle firing data for each overlap nozzle to determine inactive firing spans for each overlap nozzle, and in response to determining that an inactive firing span for an overlap nozzle exceeds a threshold, to generate a firing instruction directing the overlap nozzle to eject ink.

    Drop size monitoring mechanism
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11731420B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17693570

    申请日:2022-03-14

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/125 B41J2/145

    摘要: A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design, generate first ink drop count data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the first halftone design and print job data, generate second ink drop count data for each of the plurality of color planes based on a second halftone design and the print job data and generate second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with the second halftone design based on the first ink drop count data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink drop count data.

    Drop size monitoring mechanism
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11755865B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US17684252

    申请日:2022-03-01

    IPC分类号: G06K15/02

    CPC分类号: G06K15/1881

    摘要: A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to receive first ink usage drop fraction data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design, a first transfer function, and print job data, wherein ink usage drop fraction data represents the fraction of ink drops for each instructed drop size corresponding to each input digital count for a halftoning module, receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design and the first transfer function, receive second ink usage drop fraction data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design, a second transfer function and the print job data and generate second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the first ink usage drop fraction data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink usage drop fraction data.

    DROP SIZE MONITORING MECHANISM
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230281413A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US17684252

    申请日:2022-03-01

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/21 G06K15/02

    摘要: A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to receive first ink usage drop fraction data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design, a first transfer function, and print job data, wherein ink usage drop fraction data represents the fraction of ink drops for each instructed drop size corresponding to each input digital count for a halftoning module, receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design and the first transfer function, receive second ink usage drop fraction data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design, a second transfer function and the print job data and generate second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the first ink usage drop fraction data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink usage drop fraction data.

    DROP SIZE MONITORING MECHANISM
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230286265A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US17693570

    申请日:2022-03-14

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/145 B41J2/125

    摘要: A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the drop size logic to receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design, generate first ink drop count data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the first halftone design and print job data, generate second ink drop count data for each of the plurality of color planes based on a second halftone design and the print job data and generate second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with the second halftone design based on the first ink drop count data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink drop count data.

    ADAPTIVE INK FLUSHING OF OVERLAP NOZZLES OF A PRINTER

    公开(公告)号:US20240059066A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US17821229

    申请日:2022-08-22

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165 B41J2/21

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1652 B41J2/21

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for enhanced flushing of printing systems. One embodiment is a printing system that includes an ink flushing controller. The ink flushing controller is able to identify an overlap region wherein nozzles at adjacent printheads of a marking engine overlap along a widthwise direction, to detect primary nozzles that print image data within the overlap region, and to detect overlap nozzles that do not have firing instructions to eject ink within the overlap region. The ink flushing controller is further able to analyze nozzle firing data for each overlap nozzle to determine inactive firing spans for each overlap nozzle, and in response to determining that an inactive firing span for an overlap nozzle exceeds a threshold, to generate a firing instruction directing the overlap nozzle to eject ink.

    Printer calibration mechanism
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11922241B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US18182932

    申请日:2023-03-13

    IPC分类号: G06K15/02 B41J2/045

    摘要: A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to receive a reference halftone design, receive reference ink drop size data, receive a reference printer transfer function corresponding to the reference halftone design, a reference printer response target and a reference print substrate, receive first print measurement data corresponding to the reference halftone design, the reference printer transfer function and a first print substrate, receive first printer response target, generate a first intermediate print substrate transfer function based on the first print measurement data and the first printer response target, generate a first printer transfer function based on the first intermediate print substrate transfer function, the reference halftone design, the reference ink drop size data and the reference printer transfer function and generate a first print substrate transfer function as an approximation of a function with input values determined as the first printer transfer function evaluated at digital count values and output values determined as the composition of the first intermediate print substrate transfer function and the reference printer transfer function evaluated at the digital count values, wherein a transfer function comprises a mapping of an input digital count to an output digital count.

    Print defect detection mechanism
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11373294B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US17034262

    申请日:2020-09-28

    IPC分类号: G06T7/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more images of bitmap data applied to a print medium as print medium image data, register the print medium image data to the bitmap data, detecting one or more candidate defects based on whether a difference between the print medium image data at a location and the bitmap data at the location exceeds a predetermined threshold, detecting one or more defects among the candidate defects and transmitting information about the one or more candidate defects classified as defects.