Self-configuring ink jet printer

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EP 0 863 003 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/09

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21)	Application number: 97310715.4

(22)	Date of filing: 31.12.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B41J 2/01

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

03.03.1997 US 810653

(71)	Applicant: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
	Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bowers, Mark C. Vandalia, Ohio 45377 (US)

(74)	Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al
	Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane London, WC2A 1QU London, WC2A 1QU (GB)

(54)	Self-configuring ink jet printer

(57) A method is provided for optimizing ink jet printing system operation. A computer is used for interactive control of an ink jet printing system, and ink jet characteristics are stored in the computer memory. The computer can then access and matrix the stored ink jet characteristics. The matrix is interpreted to optimize operation of the ink jet printing system.

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