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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
David A. Mantell, Rochester, NY (US);
Patricia J. Donaldson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a printer analyzes a printed test pattern in a low-contrast printing configuration. The method includes forming a printed test pattern having a plurality of rows of negative marks on an image receiving member, each negative mark in the plurality of rows of negative marks being surrounded by ink from at least a portion of the plurality of inkjets. The method further includes generating scanned image data of the test pattern and identifying a plurality of locations in the cross-process direction for the negative marks in at least one row of negative marks in the scanned image data of the test pattern.