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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Stephen M. Kroon, Sherwood, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of compensating for an inoperable inkjet in a printer includes applying a first modification to a first swath of image data that includes a raster corresponding to the inoperable inkjet in image data of a printed image. The method also includes applying a plurality of modifications to a plurality of swaths in the image data to generate a plurality of modified swaths in the image data, where each swath in the plurality of swaths includes a plurality of rasters that do not include the raster corresponding to the inoperable inkjet. The method further includes forming a printed image based on the modified swaths of image data to compensate for an inoperable inkjet in the printer.