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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaru Inora, Niigata, JP;
Hideyuki Kobayashi, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347-7 ; 399 25 ;
Abstract
In an inkjet printer, print image data indicating a pattern of ejection and non-ejection nozzles is produced from print data received from a host computer and the print image data is searched in blocks for an effective block including data indicating at least one ejection nozzle to count effective blocks, wherein a block has a predetermined size. Ink consumption caused by a print operation is detected based on a count of the effective blocks.