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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Pascal Ruiz, Barcelona, ES;
David Toussaint, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Serra, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of determining an angle between a first direction of movement of a print head and a second direction of movement of a print media, comprises: printing an array of markings on said print media, said array of markings extending along said first direction and along said second direction; traversing a sensor device along said first direction, and detecting a signal corresponding to said plurality of markings; identifying a plurality of peaks in said sensor signal as a plurality of data co-ordinates; and obtaining an angle data describing an angle between said plurality of data co-ordinates and a reference data.