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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Antoni Gil Miguel, Barcelona, ES;
Francisco Guerrero, Barcelona, ES;
Joan Manuel Garcia, Barcelona, ES;
Antoni Gil Miguel, Barcelona, ES;
Francisco Guerrero, Barcelona, ES;
Joan Manuel Garcia, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A printer is made by one firm; a RIP made/programmed by a separate RIP firm processes and sends to the printer image data; a two-bit data pipeline passes data through the RIP; a drop table converts data in the pipe to printer resolution. RIP firms set up the table with output dot-per-pixel structure different from the pipe. Ideally the table is in the printer but formed by the RIP; the RIP has precooked printmask instructions, and the printer, popup instructions to refine mask instructions; the instructions hide nozzle-out error and fix which pass prints each pixel; a computer, monitor etc. receive/create data and pass them to the RIP. Another aspect: a printer has a plural-bit data pipe, and interface to accept an external table to convert data from the pipe to numbers of dots per pixel. The interface best accepts a printmode recipe too.