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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Dustin W. Blair, Escondido, CA (US);
Brian E. Curcio, San Diego, CA (US);
David S. Vejtasa, Rancho Bernardo, CA (US);
Glenn Thomas Haddick, San Diego, CA (US);
Dustin W. Blair, Escondido, CA (US);
Brian E. Curcio, San Diego, CA (US);
David S. Vejtasa, Rancho Bernardo, CA (US);
Glenn Thomas Haddick, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to control gloss quality in printed images are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a print engine to print a plurality of images for respective ones of a plurality of colors, each image representing a plurality of different print parameter combinations, a scan module to measure a first plurality of light reflectances for respective ones of the plurality of images and the print parameter combinations, and a calibrator to calibrate an operation of the print engine for respective ones of the plurality of colors based on the first plurality of measured light reflectances, the operations of the print engine including at least one of an order of ink application, a rate of ink application, a density of ink application, or an applied amount of gloss enhancer.