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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2022
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Stuart A. Schweid, Pittsford, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
John T. Newell, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of inkjet printer operation produces a sneeze pattern having a uniform sneeze pattern portion and a tapered area portion within the uniform sneeze pattern to operate inkjets in the printer to eject ink drops within an image area of media sheets passing through the printer to maintain the operational status of the inkjets. A dynamic threshold is applied to a portion of an uniform sneeze pattern to produce the tapered area within the uniform sneeze pattern. The dynamic threshold is changed as a function of distance between a pixel in the portion of the uniform sneeze pattern and the closest edge of an image area of the media sheet on which the tapered area of the sneeze pattern is to be printed. A second threshold can also be changed to alter a volume of ink associated with a pixel in the tapered area within the uniform sneeze pattern.