EP 1418053 A1 20040512 - Method of printing to improve the quality of image edges
Title (en)
Method of printing to improve the quality of image edges
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Verbessern der Bildrandqualität
Title (fr)
Méthode d'impression pour améliorer la qualité des bords d'image
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 03078432 A 20031103
- EP 02079712 A 20021106
Abstract (en)
Method of printing pixel images on a sheet or web of paper using an ink-jet printer, said printer having a print head which reciprocates across the sheet or web of paper along a first path in a first direction and along a second path in a second, opposite direction, wherein said pixel image consist of a plurality of pixels located adjacent to each other as viewed in said first and second directions, including first and second pixels to be placed at the leading or upstream edges of the image in question as considered in the first and second directions, wherein the print head is controlled to discharge an ink droplet for forming the first and second pixels only when moving in the first and second directions, respectively and is repeated over the image. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/505 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 2/5056 (2013.01); B41J 19/142 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] US 5992968 A 19991130 - UETSUKI MASAYA [JP], et al
- [Y] EP 0513989 A2 19921119 - HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]
- [A] EP 1221380 A1 20020710 - SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]
- [A] EP 1077134 A1 20010221 - SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]
- [A] EP 1201432 A1 20020502 - HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]
- [A] EP 0953444 A2 19991103 - CANON KK [JP]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
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EP 03078432 A 20031103