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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2017
Applicants:

William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);

Mikel John Stanich, Longmont, CO (US);

Inventors:

William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);

Mikel John Stanich, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2/04536 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for test patterns that detect misalignment. One embodiment is a printer that includes a marking engine having rows of nozzles. The rows are separated along a Y direction, and each row of nozzles extends in an X direction. The printer also includes a controller that directs the marking engine to print multiple bands of a test pattern. Each band is printed by selecting nozzles in a first row, selecting nozzles in a second row that occupy adjacent X positions to the selected nozzles of the first row, and forming a band having multiple marks. Each mark includes a continuous line from a nozzle in the first row and a continuous line from a nozzle in the second row. Each band of the test pattern is printed by ejecting ink from nozzles in a different combination of nozzles.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Manchester, William. (2018). Test patterns for optimizing nozzle alignment of an ink-jet marking engine (U.S. Patent No. 9956799). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9956799

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