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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Howard A. Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael C. Mongeon, Walworth, NY (US);
Helen Haekyung Shin, Fairport, NY (US);
Yeqing Zhang, Penfield, NY (US);
Howard A. Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael C. Mongeon, Walworth, NY (US);
Helen HaeKyung Shin, Fairport, NY (US);
Yeqing Zhang, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A test pattern printed by printheads in an inkjet printer enables image analysis of the test pattern that identifies positions of the printheads and the inkjets operating in the printheads. The test pattern includes a plurality of arrangements of dashes, each arrangement of dashes having a predetermined number of rows and a predetermined number of columns, each dash in a row of dashes in the arrangement of dashes being separated by a first predetermined distance and each dash in a column of dashes in the arrangement of dashes being separated by a second predetermined distance, each dash in a column of an arrangement of dashes being ejected by a single inkjet ejector in a printhead of the inkjet printer, and a plurality of unprinted areas interspersed between the plurality of arrangements of dashes.