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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Susan J. Zoltner, Newburg, OR (US);
Nicholas C. Hill, Portland, OR (US);
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Trevor James Snyder, Newberg, OR (US);
Susan J. Zoltner, Newburg, OR (US);
Nicholas C. Hill, Portland, OR (US);
Steven Van Cleve Korol, Dundee, OR (US);
Trevor James Snyder, Newberg, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for recycling ink in an inkjet printer includes combining purged inks having two or more colors with black ink to form a mixed ink. The printer identifies an optical characteristic of the mixed ink and compares it to the optical characteristic for black ink. A controller for the printer adjusts the operation of the printer to form ink images having an optical characteristic that is closer to black ink than ink images formed with the mixed ink alone.