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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lluis Vinals, San Diego, CA (US);
Josep Maria Serra, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/15 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/15 ;
Abstract
Multiple-pass printing is performed with no print medium advance between selected pairs of printing passes. In some embodiments, an entire printing operation ( ) can be conducted in one multiple-pass mode. Alternatively, a switch from n-pass to m-pass mode may occur during a printing operation ( ) but with a uniform print medium advance throughout. Different printing masks are used for the different stages.