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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen W. Bauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Grant A. Webster, Valley Center, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 ;
Abstract
Improved methods and apparatuses are provided for use in printing color swaths in a bi-directional printing device. The bi-directional printing device is configured to use a plurality of color inks including at least one light color ink and at least one dark color ink. One method includes selectively printing at least one dark color ink on a print media based on a non-uniform probabilistic print mask function, and selectively printing at least one light color ink on the print media based on a substantially uniform probabilistic print mask function.