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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Lucas D. Barkley, Lexington, TX (US);
Stephen T. Olson, Lexington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/51 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 2/04535 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 2/2121 (2013.01); B41J 2/2135 (2013.01); B41J 2/51 (2013.01); B41J 19/142 (2013.01); B41J 19/145 (2013.01); B41J 19/147 (2013.01); B41J 25/005 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a print engine having a printhead that generates ink drops, and a printhead carrier that carries the printhead in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction. A controller determines an initial print direction based on ink drop information obtained by printing patches in the first direction and in the second direction, wherein the ink drop information includes a respective chromatic value of each of the patches. The controller is operatively coupled to the print engine to print an image based on the initial print direction.