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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v., Venlo, NL;
Albertine P. Wijnheijmer, Venlo, NL;
Bart Teussink, Venlo, NL;
Johannes A.T. Gollatz, Venlo, NL;
Jacques J.M. Geraets, Venlo, NL;
Gerhardus R.B. Leus, Venlo, NL;
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A method of ink jet printing using an ink jet imaging device including a plurality of nozzles arranged for expelling droplets of an ink by actuation of an ink channel includes the steps of: a) providing a bit map of a spit pattern comprising an arrangement of refresh dots to be printed by each of the plurality of nozzles; and d) printing the bitmap of the spit pattern. The spit pattern includes a plurality of clusters of refresh dots, each cluster including at least two sequential refresh dots expelled from a single nozzle. A spit pattern for use in such a method is disclosed.