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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Howard A. Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
R. Enrique Viturro, Rochester, NY (US);
David A. Mantell, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Folkins, Rochester, NY (US);
Howard A. Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
R. Enrique Viturro, Rochester, NY (US);
David A. Mantell, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Folkins, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method enables a controller to align printheads in a printer. The method includes identifying a first cross-process position for each printhead in a plurality of printheads in a printer with reference to image data of a test pattern printed by the plurality of printheads on a media substrate, identifying a second cross-process position for each printhead in the plurality of printheads, calculating a printhead cross-process position error between the identified first cross-process position and the identified second cross-process position for each printhead, comparing a maximum printhead cross-process position error to a predetermined threshold, and operating a plurality of actuators with reference to the calculated printhead cross-process position errors to reposition the printheads in the plurality of printheads in response to the maximum printhead cross-process position error being equal to or less than the predetermined threshold.