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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Frederick Jensen, Endicott, NY (US);
John Carl Tamulis, Binghamton, NY (US);
Thomas Tomasky, Endicott, NY (US);
Jack Louis Zable, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 75 ;
Abstract
In an ink jet printer, drops are generated at a test frequency which is a harmonic of the drop generation rate for printing. If an error in velocity is detected at the test frequency, a coarse correction velocity is made to bring the correct number of drops within the range of one-half the wavelength at the nth drop location relative to a drop detector. Drops are then generated at the printing frequency and a fine correction in the velocity is made if a velocity error is detected.