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EP 0787335 A1 19970806 - ANTI-ALIASING PRINTER

Title (en)

ANTI-ALIASING PRINTER

Title (de)

ANTIALIASING-DRUCKER

Title (fr)

IMPRIMANTE ANTICRENELAGE

Publication

EP 0787335 A1 19970806 (EN)

Application

EP 95933544 A 19951012

Priority

GB 9502419 W 19951012
GB 9420604 A 19941012
GB 9420602 A 19941012

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9612251A1] The present invention concerns a method of and apparatus for printing characters in which anti-aliasing is carried out by printing at the edges of the characters discrete pixels of ink of the same colour as the characters but of lower density.

IPC 1-7

G06K 15/02

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/52 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06K 15/102 (2013.01); H04N 1/40087 (2013.01); G06K 2215/006 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9612251A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9612251 A1 19960425; EP 0787335 A1 19970806; JP H10507137 A 19980714

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9502419 W 19951012; EP 95933544 A 19951012; JP 51302996 A 19951012