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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Anthony Marra, Iii, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall David Mayo, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Anthony Marra, III, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall David Mayo, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for performing drop placement by an imaging apparatus includes the steps of defining a matrix that identifies all possible drop locations at an output resolution; defining primary drop locations in the matrix for each color of interest based on predefined criteria; defining secondary drop locations in the matrix for the each color of interest; and establishing rules to assign input data received at an input resolution to particular locations of the primary drop locations and the secondary drop locations in the matrix.