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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Tomas Jonsson, Mölndal, SE;
Array Printers AB, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Abstract
A direct electrostatic printing device and method print an image to an information carrier with increased density during printing. This is attained by measuring undesired image density variations in a direction parallel to the relative movement between an image receiving member and a printhead structure. The density variations are caused by distance variations between the printhead structure and a pigment particle source during printing, which at least in part is caused by a relative movement between at least a part of the pigment particle source and the printhead structure. A control unit is arranged to control the transport of pigment particles in such a way as to compensate for these undesired image density variations during printing, thus attaining a percepted uniform image density along a printed image for a specific desired image density.