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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000

Filed:

Apr. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:

Curt Paul Breswick, Georgetown, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 40 ; 347 12 ; 358-18 ;
Abstract

A system and method for printing an image on a recording medium using vertically aligned printhead having at least one vertical column of nozzles, the image being divided into rows and columns. A raster portion of the image data is selected. The raster data is sectioned into print sections, wherein each print section represents data for one column of nozzles during one scan of the printhead across the print medium. The print sections are grouped into print passes wherein each print pass represents one scan of the printhead across the print medium. Each print pass is rotated and sent to the appropriate channel for printing on the recording medium.


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