CN100377879C - Ink-jet fault-tolerance method - Google Patents

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CN100377879C
CN100377879C CNB2004101036187A CN200410103618A CN100377879C CN 100377879 C CN100377879 C CN 100377879C CN B2004101036187 A CNB2004101036187 A CN B2004101036187A CN 200410103618 A CN200410103618 A CN 200410103618A CN 100377879 C CN100377879 C CN 100377879C
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The present invention relates to a printing method which is used for recognizing one part of the pictures which can not be printed because of the equipment fault, and probably, the ink dots are longitudinally or transversally moved to the contiguous rows or columns so as to reduce the visual effect because the pictures are not printed on the original position.

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The method of ink-jet fault-tolerance
The application is to be on June 30th, 2000 applying date, and application number is 00819709.1 (PCT/AU00/00752), and denomination of invention is divided an application for the application of " apparatus and method of ink-jet fault-tolerance ".
Technical field
The present invention relates to figure punch, relate in particular to use and China ink is ejected into the printing of printing the equipment on the matrix.But use of the present invention is not limited to ink jet printing device again, and it also can be applied to laser printer, light emitting diode printer and digital copying machines.
Background technology
In ink jet printing device, printhead has row's nozzle, when printing matrix and move with respect to printhead, China ink by by nozzle selection be ejected on the matrix.Printhead can pass through across matrix scanning and printing level band, perhaps, if the full page wide printhead can vertically be printed along the page length direction.If a spray nozzle clogging is arranged, then under the situation of sweep type printhead, will cause many horizontal stray lines, and a blank vertical line will appear in page width printing head.This stray line is not expected to occur, because they have reduced the effect of printing.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the method that a kind of correction image is printed, use this method, can reduce or eliminate effectively that the nozzle of one or more obstructions produces during normal use for the tangible visual effect of observer's eyes.Certainly, the present invention also can be applicable to the printing of other form, here, no matter is passive or active, repeatedly uses an equipment to produce ink dot etc. on a matrix.The present invention also can be applicable to laser printer, light emitting diode printer and copying machines, and wherein, the fault of imaging drum or light source may cause the mistake of repeatability in the image that produces.Image one speech mentioned in this article is a broad sense, makes a general reference any print What, as: text and stick figure.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of modification to treat by the method for the image of digital printing device printing, described device uses a plurality of bootable parts that described image is printed on the surface, but so that compensate the fault of at least one trouble unit in the described activation member,, said method comprising the steps of at one or more certain location stamping inks with correctly:
A) at least one trouble unit in the described trouble unit of identification is to determine described one or more ad-hoc locations;
B) will plan the print position that print position at least one ad-hoc location from described ad-hoc location moves to displacement, it is arranged in rows, but is not the part of the matrix of printed dots of original image;
Wherein said ad-hoc location refers to the plan print position of at least one trouble unit in the described trouble unit.
From another broad aspect, the invention provides a kind of correction and treat method by figure punch equipment print image, described equipment uses a plurality of like print images, fault with compensation equipment, with at the correct stamping ink of one or more ad-hoc locations, this method comprises the steps: to discern described one or more ad-hoc location, and will be by at least one ad-hoc location of first printing of described a plurality of parts for plan, the print position that is intended for use in the point of this ad-hoc location in the image is moved to the shift position of also not used by other points in the image, thus, one second of described a plurality of parts printing be intended for use in this shift position to the small part China ink.
Aspect from other broad sense, the invention provides a kind of printer, this printer has a row row can be ejected into the equipment on the matrix and makes described matrix be basically perpendicular to the device that the capable direction of described point moves with respect to this row's equipment edge, and this printer comprises:
A) determine the device of the one or more whether cisco unity malfunctions in the said equipment;
B) control device, the image that its analysis is to be printed is determined this by activating the time of faulty equipment printed dot, and this position in the mobile print image, and this point can be printed by a PRN device that activates the faulty equipment either side.
In the original plan the ink dot of printing by the fault PRN device can be laterally, vertically or not only laterally but also longitudinally move.Preferably China ink can be moved to the position nearest apart from the home position.
The fault PRN device can produce one or more defective lines in print image, so preferably ink dot is alternately moved to the both sides of defective lines.Preferred only laterally move China ink, if but, also can not only vertically but also horizontal and vertically move China ink along lines with there not being available print position in the delegation with respect to this line.China ink can move to the upstream or downstream of former line position.
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In order to understand the present invention better, see also accompanying drawing and to the narration of preferred embodiment, wherein,
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of one group of nozzle of ink jet-print head.
Fig. 2 is the arrays of dots schematic diagram of not having an error-correction operation that Fig. 1 printhead forms.
Fig. 3 is the arrays of dots schematic diagram same as shown in Figure 2 that is formed by Fig. 1 printhead, but has error-correction operation.
Fig. 4 dot matrix schematic diagram of not having an error-correction operation that to be another formed by Fig. 1 printhead.
Fig. 5 is the identical as shown in Figure 4 dot matrix schematic diagram that is formed by Fig. 1 printhead, but has error-correction operation.
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As shown in Figure 1, printhead 10 has one group of nozzle 12 array that is in line.For convenience of explanation, only show 14 nozzles among the figure, in fact delegation's nozzle can comprise dozens of, thousands of nozzle.Paper along the direction that is basically perpendicular to nozzle line from printhead below by, as shown in arrow 14.Printhead can be fixed, and also can be movably.When paper below printhead through out-of-date, nozzle A to N optionally prints to an ink dot matrix on the paper as required.This array is made up of a series of row and column, and the distance between them is respectively by distance between the nozzle and the decision of minimum paper feed step-length.Though preferably the level of these points and perpendicular separation equate, because the mechanism of command range is different, so this point not necessarily can realize.Printhead can use page width printing head or less printhead, and it scans to lay a series of landscape orientation bands along paper.
For convenience of explanation, suppose that nozzle a-g and i-n can operate as normal, and nozzle h cisco unity malfunction or do not work fully for a certain reason.Simultaneously, the diagnostic system (those skilled in the art will be appreciated that) of supposing printer has detected nozzle h cisco unity malfunction.Usually, it mainly is because nozzle is partly or entirely stopped up that nozzle is not worked, thereby causes print point China ink quantity not sufficient even inkless.
Fig. 2 be by printhead 10 print not with the schematic diagram of a part of print job of error correction, a blank column is wherein arranged, with " h " mark, corresponding nozzle h, and row a-g and i-n are correctly selected to print.According to printhead 10 is page width printing head or scan-type printhead, and this will cause occurring one or more stray line in print job.Label is that 16,18,20 and 22 the round representative that is not coated with shade should print to row h, and not have the ink droplet in the printing.Fig. 3 is the same image of being printed by printhead 10, but it is through the correction process of one embodiment of the invention.
As mentioned above, paper is along the direction process printhead of arrow 14, so that row 1 is at first printed.In the row 1, row h place should print point 16.Because whether nozzle h cisco unity malfunction needs printed dots so control system is judged adjacent nozzles g and i.Because these two nozzles do not need printed dots, so control system is selected one any is placed this respective column rather than row h from row g and row i.
Control system is alternately printed extra ink droplet in the both sides of defective nozzle usually, so preferred print position should be the opposite side of the ink dot of printing last time.Certainly data conditions before also existing not, for example: just detecting after this nozzle breaks down, or printer is when being restarted.In this case, control system will be chosen in left column or right row printing.
Because row g and row i are " vacant ",, control system prints single ink dot so, being chosen in position g according to mentioned above principle.
On row h, do not have a little in the row 2, so do not need to increase extra point.
Need have 1: 18 on the h at row in the row 3, and row g and row h be vacant, because the additional point of printing last time (being expert at 1) is to be printed among the row g, therefore, current additional ink dot printing is at row i.
On row h a print point 20 is arranged also in the row 4, still, specifically, row g and row h require a bit.There is not extra ink dot so be expert in 4.And in the row 5, row h does not require print point, and row g is vacant with row i.Because a last additional ink dot printing is at row i, so select row 5, row g to print in the original plan and be expert at 4, the point of printing among the row h.
Requiring in the row 6 also has a print point 22 on row h, but current, and row g and row h are occupied again.So, needing to next line, row 7 is printed extra ink dot.In the row 7, row h or row g do not plan print point, still, a plan print point are arranged among the row i.Can recall, some 20a is printed on row g, so the optimum position of current extra ink dot 22a should be row i.But this position is no longer idle, thus this point can only be printed on row g, although this can cause next extra ink dot still to need to print among the row g.Though this can seem uneven on microcosmic, say still to be balanced on the macroscopic view.
Fig. 4 and Figure 5 shows that two groups of print jobs, on average, they are more than point that Fig. 2, Fig. 3 need.Here, still suppose nozzle h cisco unity malfunction.At first print line 1, needs print point 30 among the row h.Owing to have only the row g free time, some 30a is printed on row g.The row h of row 2, row 3 needs to print a point, but because row g is unavailable, all is printed among the row i with some 34a so put 32a, and no matter to replacing " needs " of printing.
Row 4, row 6 do not need a little, but row 5, row 7 need a little.Owing to have only delegation to use, some 36a and some 38a print to respectively among capable g and the row i.
In addition, the present invention can also print the large scale ink dot in adjacent or close with unprinted position non-moving position, and/or print extra ink dot between the row adjacent or close with unprinted position.This starts adjacent out of order nozzle usually by the control device of printer operation printing nozzle is embodied as or prints a little bigger or with the corresponding printing system of upper frequency print point.
Although the technology of Jie Shaoing is only considered the row in the back printing of former row when determining where to place ink dot here, be appreciated that and see before using that feature places the former row before that begins with point.For example: if according to after see criterion, point should be placed the right side of defective nozzle; If but before see that will find that ensuing several provisional capitals need printed dots in these row, so, better solution is exactly the left column that ink dot is printed on former row.Equally, this embodiment also can move to next line with point.See feature before the utilization, the dot printing that can will require according to the needs of printing effect to print is to requiring position row before usually.
In addition, the present invention's digital printer that also can cooperate laser printer, LED printer, copying machines and other to utilize parts independently to print different ink dots uses jointly.For example, in the LED printer, certain LED may go wrong; In laser printer, certain photosensitive imaging drum may go wrong.In both cases, the defective that equipment fault produces can be hidden or alleviate to transfer point, improves the visual effect of image.

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1. a modification is treated by the method for the image of digital printing device printing, described device uses a plurality of bootable parts that described image is printed on the surface, but so that compensate the fault of at least one trouble unit in the described activation member,, said method comprising the steps of at one or more certain location stamping inks with correctly:
A) at least one trouble unit in the described trouble unit of identification is to determine described one or more ad-hoc locations;
B) will plan the print position that print position at least one ad-hoc location from described ad-hoc location moves to displacement, it is arranged in rows, but is not the part of the matrix of printed dots of original image;
Wherein said ad-hoc location refers to the plan print position of at least one trouble unit in the described trouble unit.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described plan print position is laterally moved.
3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described plan print position is vertically moved.
4. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described plan print position had both laterally been moved and also vertically moved.
5. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, when described plan print position can be moved to two or more possible positions, the print position of selected described displacement was subjected near position or the position of the nearest displacement China ink of printing or the influence of the two of any displacement China ink.
6. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, when described image comprised linable a plurality of ad-hoc location, the print position of described displacement about 50% was in a side of this line, and 50% opposite side at this line.
7. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, when described image comprised a plurality of ad-hoc location that is arranged in a line, described China ink was with respect to this line:
A) only laterally move; Or
B) horizontal and vertical moving.
8. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, the print position of described displacement is at horizontal or vertical or this both direction and original position direct neighbor.
9. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, prints additional China ink with contiguous described each ad-hoc location of the form of large scale ink droplet.
10. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, prints additional China ink with contiguous described each ad-hoc location of the form of extra ink droplet.
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