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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans Koehler, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Ralf Tita, Hirschhorn, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for compensating for failed printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine uses a computer to provide an increased ink drop volume of adjacent nozzles. All existing printing nozzles are measured regarding print failure and deviation of a printed dot beyond a specific threshold, so that the printing nozzles are marked either as functioning, failed, or printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to the printing direction, and the results are saved on the computer. The computer hides all functioning printing nozzles and marks all remaining isolated printing nozzles as failed nozzles. The computer groups adjacent remaining printing nozzles by marking nozzles printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to the printing direction as functioning printing nozzles contributing to the compensation or as failed printing nozzles in accordance with a rule, and the computer compensates for all printing nozzles having been marked as failed.