Image formation with a flexible number of passes

K Hudson - US Patent App. 10/814,910, 2005 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of printing with a flexible number of passes is provided. Print data
may be obtained. The print data may have a content defined by data elements …

Adjustment method of printing positions, a printing apparatus and a printing system

M Fujita, H Tajika, Y Konno, S Murakami… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
By using an inkjet head, which has for each color two parallel columns of nozzles arranged
side by Side in the main scan direction and shifted from each other by one-half the pitch at …

Compact printer housing

K Silverbrook, P Lapstun, SR Walmsley - US Patent 7,265,869, 2007 - Google Patents
G06K 15/00(200601) A pnnter hous1ng cover serves the dual purpose of protect (52) U 5 Cl
358/1 3_ 358/1 12 ing the printer's paper entry slot and user interface in a closed con …

Dithered image for bi-level printing

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 7,177,052, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of printing a contone image in the form an array of contone color
pixel values using a printer adapted to print bi-level dots. In the method comprising the …

Adjustment method of printing positions, a printing apparatus and a printing system

M Fujita, H Tajika, Y Konno, S Murakami… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
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Drop size control

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 7,469,983, 2008 - Google Patents
The invention will be described with reference to a high performance color printer which
combines photographic quality image reproduction with magazine-quality text repro duction …

Printing method using PC rendering

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 7,072,076, 2006 - Google Patents
1 Introduction The invention will be described with reference to a high-performance color
printer which combines photo graphic-quality image reproduction with magazine-quality text …

Method of adjusting the duration of printing pulses

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 7,070,251, 2006 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method of printing using dots of ink discharged from
nozzles to form the image. To ensure quality and efficiency of printing, a feedback mecha …

Multiple simultaneous access

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 6,687,022, 2004 - Google Patents
This invention concerns a resource held in computer memory and multiple parallel
processors which require simultaneous access to the resource. The resource may be a …

Page expansion and printing method incorporating halftoning and compositing

P Lapstun, SR Walmsley, K Silverbrook - US Patent 7,639,397, 2009 - Google Patents
Provided is a page expansion and printing method for a pagewidth inkjet printer. The
method features the step of receiving a page description having a bi-level black layer and a …