Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Controller
Reexamination Certificate
2009-06-28
2010-10-05
Nguyen, Thinh H (Department: 2861)
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Controller
C347S040000, C347S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07806500
ABSTRACT:
A printer comprises a processor and a printhead. The processor comprises an address, data and control bus; an expander unit and a decoder unit each coupled to the bus and configured respectively to decompress a bi-level black layer and a contone layer of a page to be printed; and a halftoner/compositor unit which is coupled to the bus, and is configured to halftone the decompressed contone layer to form a bi-level cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (CYMK) layer and then composite the decompressed bi-level black layer over the bi-level CYMK layer to form a bi-level CYMK image of the page to be printed The printhead is interfaced to the processor and comprises a plurality of nozzles grouped in pods, the nozzles of a pod sharing a common ink reservoir.
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Nguyen Thinh H
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
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