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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Chung-Hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);

David R. Brent, Walworth, NY (US);

Frederick Edward Altrieth, III, Scottsville, NY (US);

Stacy M. Munechika, Fairport, NY (US);

Richard George Allen, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/29 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/027 (2013.01); G03G 15/043 (2013.01); G06K 15/1247 (2013.01); H04N 1/29 (2013.01); H04N 1/40031 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A print engine includes a printer module for printing image data in a plurality of different print modes, wherein each print mode has an associated line print time. A data interface receives image data and associated metadata for a print job from a pre-processing system, the metadata including print mode metadata. A digital memory stores a plurality of pulse timing functions, each pulse timing function corresponding to one of the line print times associated with the plurality of print modes. A metadata interpreter interprets the metadata and determines the print mode to be used to print the image data. A printer module controller controls the printer module to print the image data using the pulse timing function corresponding to the line print time associated with the print mode, wherein each light source is activated for a pulse count corresponding to a pixel code value of an associated image pixel.


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