CN104442038A - Printing compensation method suitable for printing module - Google Patents

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CN104442038A
CN104442038A CN201310419040.5A CN201310419040A CN104442038A CN 104442038 A CN104442038 A CN 104442038A CN 201310419040 A CN201310419040 A CN 201310419040A CN 104442038 A CN104442038 A CN 104442038A
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奚国元
施学冠
林致宏
吴奕锋
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The invention relates to a printing compensation method, and is suitable for an ink-jet printing system. The ink-jet printing system comprises a printing module, a dynamic compensation module and an image acquisition module, wherein the printing module is provided with a plurality of spray orifices. The printing compensation method at least includes the following steps of: (a) driving the plurality of spray orifices of the printing module to perform jet printing to generate spray orifice detection figures; (b) detecting the abnormity amount of the spray orifice detection figures by the image acquisition module so as to detect a printing lack position of the printing module generating jet printing abnormity, to determine if abnormal spray orifices exist in the plurality of spray orifices of the printing module, and to obtain information of an abnormal printing lack position according to determination results; (c) and driving the dynamic compensation module by the abnormal printing lack position to perform jet printing compensation operation on the printing lack position.

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Be applicable to the printing compensation method of print module
Technical field
The present invention has about a kind of Method of printing, espespecially a kind of printing compensation method being applicable to print module.
Background technology
Generally speaking, ink-jet print system is owing to having processing ease and printable in advantages such as multiple ink-jet media, and extensively liking by consuming public, therefore the utilization rate of ink-jet print system has high trend.
Because an ink-jet print system is made up of hundreds of even thousands of jet orifice, and the bore of these jet orifice is about micro-(micro, 10 -6) rice grade, so when ink-jet print system uses one section in the future, the situation having certain probability that jet orifice can occur to block or damage.
Known judge the jet orifice of ink-jet print system whether have block or damage mode be, the eyes of people are utilized test printing file and accurate mimeograph documents to be carried out correcting comparison to judge whether printing test file has the situation of aperture, the mode still adopted although can compare is not objective also inaccurate, and when determining that jet orifice occurs blocks or damage, the solution adopted is for changing another ink spray module, this, except increasing the not convenient property of user, further increases the cost of money.Another kind of settling mode then increases another ink spray module in ink-jet print system, and when an ink spray module is formed by multiple ink-jet submodule, money cost will significantly increase.
Therefore, how to develop a kind of printing compensation method being applicable to print module, real is problem in the urgent need to address at present.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of printing compensation method being applicable to print module, the eyes of people are utilized test printing file and accurate mimeograph documents to be carried out correcting comparison to judge whether printing test file has the situation of aperture in order to do the known ink-jet print system of solution, the mode adopted is not objective also inaccurate, and when determining that jet orifice occurs blocks or damage, the mode changed ink spray module or increase another ink spray module is adopted to solve problem, to the not convenient property of user be increased, and increase the shortcoming of too much money cost.
For achieving the above object, of the present invention one comparatively broad sense implement aspect for providing a kind of printing compensation method, be applicable to an ink-jet print system, there is a print module, a dynamic compensation module and an image acquisition module, print module has multiple spray orifice, and printing compensation method at least comprises the following step: (a) drives the plurality of spray orifice spray printing of this print module to produce a spray orifice test pattern; B () detects the abnormal amount of this spray orifice test pattern with this image acquisition module, to detect that print module produces the scarce print position of spray printing exception, judge, in the plurality of spray orifice of this print module, whether there is abnormal spray orifice, and when judged result is and is, obtain at least one abnormal scarce print positional information; C () this image acquisition module obtains the scarce print positional information of this exception, make this dynamic compensation module of this driving carry out lacking print position and implement the operation of spray printing benefit point.
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Fig. 1 is the configuration diagram of ink-jet print system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 A is the schematic diagram that the ink-jet submodule of print module of the present invention does not have abnormal scarce print.
The ink-jet submodule that Fig. 2 B is the print module shown in Fig. 2 A has the schematic diagram of abnormal scarce print.
Fig. 3 A is the flow chart of the printing compensation method of the present invention first preferred embodiment.
Fig. 3 B is the flow chart of the printing compensation method when image acquisition module shown in Fig. 1 of the present invention is scan module.
Fig. 3 C is the flow chart of the printing compensation method when image acquisition module shown in Fig. 1 is light detection module.
Detailed description of the invention
Some exemplary embodiments embodying feature & benefits of the present invention describe in detail in the explanation of back segment.Be understood that the present invention can have various changes in different aspects, it neither departs from the scope of the present invention, and explanation wherein and to be shown in be the use explained in essence, and nand architecture is in restriction the present invention.
Refer to Fig. 1, its configuration diagram being ink-jet print system of the present invention, as shown in the figure, ink-jet print system 1 of the present invention has print module 11, image acquisition module 12, dynamic compensation module 13, and print module 11 is a page width print module, can by single or multiple ink-jet submodule 111(as shown in figs. 2 a and 2b) formed, and there is multiple spray orifice 1111, and it is fixedly installed on a print platform 14(of ink-jet print system 1 as shown in figs. 2 a and 2b) on, namely print module 11 can't move, only there are ink-jet and not ink-jet two kinds of behaviors, main by ink-jet media, such as: paper, movement print, driving print module 11 is printed on ink-jet media, to produce the spray orifice test pattern 2 printed corresponding to the odd number row spray orifice 1111a and even rows spray orifice 1111b about print module 11.
Referring again to Fig. 2 B, dynamic compensation module 13 of the present invention can by single or multiple ink-jet submodule 131 formed, and each ink-jet submodule 131 is arranged on a fixed mechanism 15 movably, namely dynamic compensation module 13 can carry out unidirectionally back and forth moving around on print platform 14, and the moving direction of the ink-jet submodule 131 of dynamic compensation module 13 and the moving direction of ink-jet media orthogonal, below will have with dynamic compensation module 13 an ink-jet submodule 131 situation propose explanation.
Print module 11 of the present invention can by single or multiple ink-jet submodule 111 formed, and below situation about being distributed in the spray orifice of exception in an ink-jet submodule 111 is proposed explanation.Referring again to Fig. 2 A, when all not there is when all spray orifices 1111 that ink-jet submodule 111 comprises the anomalies such as obstruction or damage, the lines of the odd number row print result O1 and even rows print result E1 that spray orifice test pattern 2 presents are continuous print, do not occur the discontinuous situation of any breakage.
Referring again to Fig. 2 B, when having the anomalies such as obstruction or damage in the spray orifice 1111 that ink-jet submodule 111 comprises, the lines that spray orifice 1111 prints there will be damaged discontinuous situation, for example, when the 7th spray orifice 1111a7 in the odd number row spray orifice 1111a of ink-jet submodule 111 occurs abnormal, corresponding position in the 7th spray orifice 1111a7 is not had print data by the odd number row print result O2 printed in spray orifice test pattern 2, and the 2nd spray orifice 1111b2 in the even rows spray orifice 1111b of ink-jet submodule 111 is when occurring abnormal, corresponding position in the 2nd spray orifice 1111b2 is not had print data by the even rows print result E2 printed in spray orifice test pattern 2.
Referring again to Fig. 1,2A and 2B, image acquisition module 12 is in order to obtain the digital signal of spray orifice test pattern 2, and image acquisition module 12 of the present invention can be one scan module or a smooth detection module, scan module scans to obtain a digital signal to spray orifice test pattern 2, and digital signal is compared, make the scarce print positional information that can obtain when there is abnormal spray orifice in multiple spray orifice 1111 about exception, drive the ink-jet submodule 131 of dynamic compensation module 13 to compensate printing according to the scarce print positional information of exception.And light detection module detects the data of spray printing corresponding to each this spray orifice 1111 in spray orifice test pattern 2 and judges that whether its light volume reflection is normal, make the scarce print positional information that can obtain when there is abnormal spray orifice in the plurality of spray orifice 1111 about exception, drive the ink-jet submodule 131 of dynamic compensation module 13 to compensate printing according to the scarce print positional information of exception.
Refer to Fig. 3 A and coordinate Fig. 2 A and 2B, wherein Fig. 3 A is the flow chart of the printing compensation method of the present invention first preferred embodiment, as shown in the figure, the compensation Method of printing of the present embodiment comprises the following step: first, with the spray orifice test pattern 2(that prints corresponding to the odd number row spray orifice 1111a and even rows spray orifice 1111b producing print module 11 as stated in step s 31), follow-up, utilize image acquisition module 12 to obtain a digital signal (as shown in step S32) of spray orifice test pattern 2, to judge according to this digital signal whether there is in the plurality of spray orifice 1111 abnormal spray orifice (as shown in step S33).
When the judged result of step S33 is no, represents in multiple spray orifices 1111 of print module 11 that not there is abnormal scarce print position (as shown in Figure 2 A), do not need to carry out printing compensation.Otherwise, when the judged result of step S33 is for being, namely there is in the plurality of spray orifice 1111 abnormal scarce print position (as shown in Figure 2 B) really, represent that the ink ejecting state of current print module 11 needs to carry out printing compensation, and the quantity (as shown at step s 34) of the scarce print of the physical location of the scarce print situation obtaining the exception of this obstruction or damage further in print module 11 and exception, finally dynamic compensation module 13 is driven to move to position corresponding to abnormal scarce print according to the scarce print positional information of exception, to compensate printing, namely printing compensation is carried out to Fig. 2 B and export print result (as shown in step S35) as shown in Figure 2 A to make ink-jet print system 1.
In the present embodiment, when needs carry out printing compensation, 14 also can produce a notification signal, such as show with cresset or on computer screen, to inform that user carries out the installation of the ink-jet submodule 131 of dynamic compensation module 13 or to change the ink-jet of ink-jet submodule first-class, ink-jet submodule 131 needed for dynamic compensation module 13 to be determined is after installation, control dynamic compensation module 13 and move to desired position, to compensate printing, namely the ink-jet submodule 131 of dynamic compensation module 13 as shown in Figure 2 B carries out unidirectionally back and forth moving around on print platform 14, with the Data-parallel language of the non-spray printing of scarce print by exception, make the printable complete file data as shown in Figure 2 A of ink-jet print system 1.
Refer to Fig. 3 B, it is the flow chart of the printing compensation method when image acquisition module shown in Fig. 1 is scan module, in the present embodiment, to illustrate that image acquisition module 12 of the present invention is the process step of one scan module, the object can reached as function mode and the process step of step S31-S32 and step S34-35 and effect have been specified in the first preferred embodiment, therefore repeat no more.
Referring again to Fig. 3 B, when image acquisition module 12 of the present invention is one scan module, and produce after spray orifice test pattern 2 until step S31, scan module will scan this digital signal (as shown in step S321) obtaining spray orifice test pattern 2 to spray orifice test pattern 2, judge which spray orifice in the odd number row spray orifice 1111a and even rows spray orifice 1111b shown in Fig. 2 B is abnormal, to reach the position and quantity of automatically finding out abnormal scarce print.
Refer to Fig. 3 C, it is the flow chart of the printing compensation method when image acquisition module shown in Fig. 1 is light detection module, in the present embodiment, to illustrate that image acquisition module 12 of the present invention is the process step of a smooth detection module, the object can reached as function mode and the process step of step S31-S32 and step S34-35 and effect have been specified in the first preferred embodiment, therefore repeat no more.
Referring again to Fig. 2 B and 3C, when image acquisition module 12 of the present invention is a smooth detection module, and produce after spray orifice test pattern 2 until step S31, light detection module will detect the data of each this spray orifice 1111 spray printings in spray orifice test pattern 2 and judges that whether its light volume reflection is normal, to obtain the digital signal about light volume reflection out-of-the way position.Refer to Fig. 2 B, in the present embodiment, light detection module first can be arranged the light volume reflection (as shown in step S3221) of the data of each spray orifice institute spray printing in spray orifice 1111a with the odd number detecting ink-jet submodule 111 by left-to-right movement, namely the light volume reflection of print result O2 is arranged by left-to-right detection odd number, continue, by the light volume reflection (as shown in step S3222) of the data of each spray orifice institute spray printing in the right side to the even rows spray orifice 1111b moving left to detect ink-jet submodule 111, namely by the light volume reflection of the right side to left detection even rows print result E2, and judge that whether the light volume reflection of the data of each spray orifice institute spray printing is normal, to obtain the digital signal (as shown in step S3223) of light volume reflection out-of-the way position, judge the scarce print position of which exception in the odd number row spray orifice 1111a and even rows spray orifice 1111b shown in Fig. 2 B.
In sum, the printing compensation method being applicable to print module of the present invention is in time receiving a spray orifice testing requirement signal, drive this print module spray printing to produce a spray orifice test pattern, and obtain the digital signal about this spray orifice test pattern with image acquisition module, and when there is abnormal spray orifice in multiple spray orifice, obtain the scarce print positional information of an exception, printing is compensated to drive dynamic compensation module, make the exportable good printing achievement of ink-jet print system, the present invention can carry out printing compensation to the scarce print of exception by dynamic compensation module, except maintaining except print quality, more can reduce costs, during to solve known generation jet orifice obstruction or to damage, the mode changed ink spray module or increase another ink spray module need be adopted to solve problem, the not convenient property of user will be increased, and increase the problem of too much money cost, in addition, each spray orifice institute spray printing data out can be detected by image acquisition module, to judge whether this spray orifice exception occurs, can be objective and understand the spray orifice state of current print module exactly.
The present invention must appoint and executes craftsman and to think and for modifying as all by knowing the art person, so the scope of the claims of requiring of neither de-claims.

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1. a printing compensation method, is applicable to an ink-jet print system, and have a print module, a dynamic compensation module and an image acquisition module, and this print module has multiple spray orifice, this printing compensation method at least comprises the following step:
A () drives the plurality of spray orifice spray printing of this print module to produce a spray orifice test pattern;
B () detects the abnormal amount of this spray orifice test pattern with this image acquisition module, to detect that this print module produces the scarce print position of spray printing exception, judge, in the plurality of spray orifice of this print module, whether there is abnormal spray orifice, and when judged result is and is, obtain at least one abnormal scarce print positional information; And
C () this image acquisition module obtains the scarce print positional information of this exception, make this dynamic compensation module of this driving carry out lacking print position and implement the operation of spray printing benefit point.
2. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this spray orifice test pattern is carried out printing rear generation on ink-jet media by this print module.
3. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, this print module is a page width print module.
4. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, this print module is made up of at least one ink-jet submodule, and is fixedly installed on a print platform of this ink-jet print system.
5. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, this dynamic compensation module and this print platform carries out unidirectionally back and forth to move around.
6. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this image acquisition module is one scan module, and this step (c) also comprises step, and (this scan module of c1) ︰ is in order to this spray orifice test pattern of displacement Scanning Detction, and return the spray printing position of this spray orifice test pattern of institute's spray printing of this ink-jet chip of comparison, to judge to produce abnormal scarce print position.
7. printing compensation method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this image acquisition module is a smooth detection module, and this step (c) also comprise step (this light detection module of c1) ︰ in order at least one odd number spray printing position of this spray orifice test pattern of institute's spray printing of this ink-jet chip of displacement detecting and the reflected intensity of at least one even number spray printing position whether normal, to return the position of exceptional value, and judge to produce abnormal scarce print position.
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