Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism
Patent
1995-12-07
1998-01-20
Fuller, Benjamin R.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Ejector mechanism
347 43, B41J 2155, B41J 221
Patent
active
057105820
ABSTRACT:
An ink jet printer is configured in a hybrid architecture wherein a full width printbar is combined with a partial width color scanning assembly to provide the capability of selectively printing in black only or, alternately, of producing color prints by operating the color scan assembly exclusively. The cost of the hybrid system, when compared to a full width color system using four full width printbars, is greatly reduced. Throughput time is reduced by providing the control circuitry for distinguishing between black only and color operation and selectively controlling the printer mode of operation. The hybrid architecture is particularly useful in a LAN system since it provides a mechanism for balancing the relative color versus black page decomposition speed limitations. Also, the hybrid architecture enables a relatively simple implementation of a checkerboarding technique to suppress banding in output prints.
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Drake Donald J.
Hawkins William G.
Ims Dale R.
Markham Roger G.
Rezanka Ivan
Fuller Benjamin R.
Nguyen Thinh
Xerox Corporation
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