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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David L Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronics, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347103 ; 347 43 ;
Abstract
An ink jet printer includes an image transfer drum and a print head for ejecting drops of ink toward the image transfer drum as the drum rotates relative to the print head undergo. A control mechanism controls operation of the print head relative to rotation of the drum in response to a dot clock signal. The control mechanism includes a position encoder which generates an encoder signal at a frequency dependent on rotation of the image transfer drum and a digital phase locked loop circuit which receives the encoder signal and generates the dot clock signal at a frequency equal to the frequency of the encoder signal multiplied by a rational number.