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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Douglas R. Taylor, Webster, NY (US);
Robert E. Rosdahl, Jr., Ontario, NY (US);
Brian R. Conrow, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of printer operation enables visual detection of defective inkjets. The method includes operating inkjets in a predetermined number of printheads that eject a same color of ink to form a test pattern having three portions. One portion is printed by the even-numbered inkjets in each printhead, one portion is printed by the odd-numbered inkjets in each printhead, and a third portion is printed by all of the inkjets in each printhead. The portions are printed immediately adjacent to one another in a process direction with the third portion between the other two portions.