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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Richard Thomas Plunkett, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Richard Thomas Plunkett, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module, the at least one printhead module comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, wherein the printhead module includes at least first and second rows configured to print ink of a similar type or color, the printer controller being configured to supply the dot data to the at least one printhead module such that, in the event a nozzle in the first row is faulty, a corresponding nozzle in the second row prints an ink dot at a position on print media at or adjacent a position where the faulty nozzle would otherwise have printed it.