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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Donald J. Drake, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a technique for obscuring the stitch error perceived the eye of a viewer, a first plurality of drops of fluid are ejected in a first firing sequence at a medium in a first swath from a print head including at least one die having a plurality of nozzles while moving in a first direction relative to the medium. Thereafter, the medium is advanced in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The print head is again moved in the first direction and a second plurality of drops of the fluid are fired at the medium in a second swath adjacent the first swath. A controller randomly modulates the spot size resulting from the drops of the fluid. The stitch error may be a misplacement of the second swath relative to the first swath and the second plurality of drops includes a random variety of drop sizes.