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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for use in printing an image in a multipass printing device, the method comprising obtaining information identifying two or more defective nozzles in a nozzle array, determining that a line of a printed image is associated with more than a first predetermined number of defective nozzles based on the obtained information identifying two or more defective nozzles and selected step sizes, and identifying adjusted step sizes such that no more than the first predetermined number of defective nozzles is associated with any line of the printed image.