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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Noyes, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Kazuyuki Masumoto, Irvine, CA (US);
Akitoshi Yamada, Irvine, CA (US);
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06E 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06E 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A printing system in which it is determined whether the print heads of a printer are effectively aligned and, depending on whether or not the print heads are effectively aligned, one of multiple different printing schemes is selected for controlling printing of a print job, wherein the selected printing scheme for the case when the print heads are not effectively aligned includes controlling printing by directing the printer to use only one selected print head.