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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan R. Ireland, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/34 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus enables the effect of distance changes between ejectors in printheads of a printing system and the surface receiving ejected drops to be evaluated. The apparatus includes a housing with a cavity having a sloping floor to which a substrate is mounted to receive drops ejected by printheads in the printing system. The floor of the cavity can slope in either the process or cross-process direction. The substrate can include fiducial marks and target lines to enhance the analysis of the effect of changing distance on the ejected drops.