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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Jeffrey S. Gerstenberger, Rochester, NY (US);
Keith A. Hadley, Rochester, NY (US);
Manh Tang, Penfield, NY (US);
Jeffrey S. Gerstenberger, Rochester, NY (US);
Keith A. Hadley, Rochester, NY (US);
Manh Tang, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of producing ink drops () in a printing apparatus () sends print-nonprint data from a controller () to at least one inkjet nozzle (). The print-nonprint data includes data on a current ink drop and data on at least one previous ink drop. A set of waveforms () is provided to the at least one nozzle and a waveform based on the print-nonprint data is selected. The selected waveform is supplied to an ink droplet formation device associated with the at least one nozzle and an ink drop is produced from the at least one nozzle.