Recorders – Electric recording – Electrochemical
Patent
1988-08-16
1989-07-11
Evans, Arthur G.
Recorders
Electric recording
Electrochemical
346160, G01H 1500
Patent
active
048476412
ABSTRACT:
Print enhancement circuitry to enhance the printed image produced by a laser beam printer is interposed between the character generator circuits and the laser drive circuits to modify the laser drive signals provided by the character generator circuits. Bit data representing successive lines of the bit map for a desired image are stored in a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer. The bit pattern sample window having a central cell (bit) and a selected (arbitrary) number of neighboring bits is compared to a number of matching bit patterns or templates, each of which is associated with an error element or cell. When a logic matching network detects a match, a modification signal associated with a unique compensation cell (bit) is generated. The sample window central bit is then replaced (modified) with the unique compensation bit required by the matching template. In this manner, all bits in a desired bit map, or set of bit maps, are examined and their corresponding laser drive signals modified to compensate for the errors associated with the matched templates in a piece-wise manner.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4715006 (1987-12-01), Nagata
patent: 4786923 (1988-11-01), Shimizu
Evans Arthur G.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Murray Leslie G.
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