EP 1452319 B1 20151021 - Printing method and printer with failure compensation
Title (en)
Printing method and printer with failure compensation
Title (de)
Druckverfahren und Drucker mit Ausfallkompensation
Title (fr)
Méthode d'impression et imprimante avec compensation de défaillance
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 04075451 A 20040213
- EP 03075838 A 20030226
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1452319A1] A printer comprising a transport system for a recording medium, a printhead with a plurality of print units each of which is capable of printing a pixel line when the printhead is scanned over the recording medium, and a failure compensation unit (46) controlling the print operation such that a failure of a print unit is compensated, characterized in that a segmentation unit (54) is provided for dividing an image to be printed into segments containing different types of image information, and in that the failure compensation unit (46) comprises a memory (52) storing a plurality of compensation strategies and a controller (58) selecting one of said compensation strategies in accordance with the segment to be printed. <IMAGE>
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41J 2/04508 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04551 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2139 (2013.01)
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
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 04075451 A 20040213