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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Leticia Rubio, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Isabel Borrell, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Montserrat Solano, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a printer to print a pattern using a number of print head dies, each print head die including a number of nozzle trenches wherein each one of the number of nozzle trenches is associated with a different color, wherein the nozzles of neighboring dies overlap in respective overlap zones, the method comprising applying masks to the nozzles of neighboring dies in the respective overlap zones to distribute, in the overlap zones, the pattern to be printed between the nozzles of the respective neighboring dies, wherein the masks, in the overlap zones, retain the order in which the nozzles of selected nozzle trenches associated with a selected one of the colors are fired.