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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Paul R Krouss, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of generating with an inkjet printer system a halftone image from image data comprising a plurality of contone data values, the system comprising a printhead arranged to print drops on a print medium whilst moving relative to the print medium in first and second directions, the method comprising the steps of: generating a first plurality of halftone data, each of the first halftone data being generated from a first proportion of a corresponding contone data value; generating a second plurality of halftone data, each of the second halftone data being generated from a second proportion of a corresponding contone data value; printing drops corresponding to the first plurality of halftone data in the first direction; and, printing drops corresponding to the second plurality of halftone data in the second direction.