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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mutoh Industries Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/205 ; B41J 2/15 ; B41J 2/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/205 ; B41J 2/15 ; B41J 2/21 ;
Abstract
An inkjet printer capable of minimizing chromatic variation due to an ink overlapping (or overlaying) order when printing in a bidirectional mode. Bright color ink dots and dark color ink dots are arranged alternately within the same swath when printing in the bidirectional mode. Plural swaths with different overlapped colors consisting of these dots are arranged alternately in both the main and sub directions to perform overall chromatic averaging.