Background technology
In the information prosperity, today of a large amount of circulations of data is in the society, and printing equipment such as photoprinter, facsimile recorder and printer have become the output device of normal use of digital Age people.Generally speaking, above-mentioned printing equipment all is to print many small inkspots thick and fast to be combined into literal to be printed or image on file to be printed.Be in the digital Age of a large amount of use Figure and Image, how represent, print and enrich multi-level image information, become the important topic of modern printing equipment development.
Please refer to Fig. 1.Fig. 1 forms the synoptic diagram of structure for existing printing equipment 10.Printing equipment 10 comprises a controller 150, a paper advance mechanism 140 and can be along the ink gun 100 of a slide rail 170 move left and right.A plurality of nozzles 110 (only drawing four nozzles 110 among Fig. 1 as representative) are arranged on the ink gun 100.Printing equipment 10 is used for printing character or image on file 20.Dividing on the file 20 has one to print zone 30, and print area 30 more further is subdivided into many ink jetting positions 50.Each lattice among Fig. 1 in the print area 30 is just represented an ink jetting position 50.In the process of printing, controller 150 can be controlled ink gun 100 along slide rail 170 move left and right, and in time control paper advance mechanism 140 with file 20 forward (promptly along among Fig. 1 perpendicular to the direction of slide rail) move, make ink gun 100 can contain all ink jetting positions 50 in the print area 30.Gradually contain in regular turn in the process of print area 30 at ink gun 100, the position of each nozzle 110 all can correspond to an ink jetting position 50 on the ink gun 100.
For reaching multi-level printing effect, can in same ink jetting position 50, print a plurality of ink-jet water spots.Print the different inkspot of number at same ink jetting position and can show the different colourity of the depth (rank), reach the effect of multistage printing, show and enrich multi-level print result.
In existing printing equipment with the multistage printing of multiple ink dot printing (multi-drop) realization, ink gun only can skim over same ink jetting position once, and prints a plurality of inkspots on this ink jetting position.In this kind prior art, this printing equipment can be printed the number of maximum inkspots at same ink jetting position, has directly determined the colourity number that this printing equipment can represent.If this printing equipment multipotency on same ink jetting position is printed 16 inkspots, this printing equipment just can show by 17 colourities of 0 to 16.
In addition, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 923 proposes another kind of existing printers No. 349, and it is controlled ink gun with software and realizes multistage printing in the mode of multiple print routine (multi-pass).The ink gun of this printer only can be printed an inkspot on each ink jetting position, but this ink gun can repeatedly pass through same ink jetting position, and whenever carrying out a print routine (printing pass) will be through once.Accumulate the inkspot that each time print routine is printed at same ink jetting position, just can represent the effect of multistage printing.In this kind prior art, this printer can print the number of times of program at same ink jetting position, has directly determined the colourity that this printer can represent.Carry out print routine as the multipotency of this printer four times at same ink jetting position, this printer just can show by five colourities of 0 to 4.In order to determine to print to finish at the predetermined inkspot of printing of a certain ink jetting position in which time print routine, this existing printer must use a series of printing shade (print mask).Whenever carry out a print routine, this existing printer utilizes one to print shade, and decision is in this print routine, and which ink jetting position should the stamping ink water spot.If this kind existing printer will realize 17 colourities of 0 to 16, will carry out print routine 16 times, lose time in the extreme, and each print routine all will have the printing shade of a correspondence, store these printing shades and need storage space in addition, and each printing all will be carried out computing at the printing shade of correspondence and want the stamping ink water spot to determine which ink jetting position, accumulates 16 times operation time, must reduce the speed and the efficient of printing.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, describe embodiments of the invention in detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of existing printing equipment structure;
Fig. 2 A prints a synoptic diagram of counting in the predetermined marking ink of each ink jetting position of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 B prints an employed remainder allocation list of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 C prints one of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention and distributes predetermined marking ink to count in the allocation result of first print routine row;
Fig. 2 D prints one of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention and distributes predetermined marking ink to count in the allocation result of second print routine row;
Fig. 2 E prints one of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention and distributes predetermined marking ink to count in the allocation result of the 3rd print routine row;
Fig. 2 F prints one of principle utilization example for printing equipment of the present invention and distributes predetermined marking ink to count in the allocation result of the 4th print routine row;
Fig. 3 A carries out first embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of first print job for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 B carries out first embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of second print job for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 A carries out second embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of first print job for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 B carries out second embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of second print job for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 C carries out second embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of the 3rd print job for printing equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 D carries out second embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of the 4th print job for printing equipment of the present invention.
Embodiment
Please refer to Fig. 1.The explanation of brought forward face, the hardware configuration of printing equipment 10 of the present invention are promptly as shown in Figure 1.Printing equipment 10 of the present invention can printed a plurality of inkspots in the print routine each time in same ink jetting position 50.To each ink jetting position 50, printing equipment 10 of the present invention can carry out a plurality of print routines.In conjunction with multiple inkspot, multiple print routine both, printing equipment 10 of the present invention can be realized multistage printing.The colourity number that the present invention can represent then with single print routine, same ink jetting position at most printable ink count and same ink jetting position in the product of number of the program that prints relevant.For example, if printing equipment 10 of the present invention can be printed four inkspots at most in same ink jetting position 50 in a print routine, and controller 150 may command ink guns 100 carry out print routine four times at same ink jetting position, and printing equipment 10 then of the present invention can represent altogether by 0 to 16 17 colourities of (promptly 4 * 4).
Since 10 pairs of same ink jetting positions 50 of printing equipment of the present invention can be printed the different inkspot of number in different print routines,, prints by printing equipment of the present invention 10 total adopting a predetermined printing principle decision how the predetermined ink of printing in a certain ink jetting position 50 to be counted to be distributed in the different print routines.As previously mentioned, No. the 5th, 923,349, existing printer such as United States Patent (USP) are disclosed is how predetermined total ink of printing in a certain ink jetting position 50 to be counted to be distributed in the different print routines with the printing type decision of printing shade to print.But it is consuming time to print the principle computing, reduces the efficient of print job; The storage print shade also need take storage space in addition.Print the shortcoming of principle in order to overcome existing printing equipment, the printing principle that printing equipment 10 of the present invention adopts the idea development of mean allocation, remainder configuration to make new advances is to replace the existing printing principle of printing shade.
The printing principle of printing equipment 10 of the present invention distributes predetermined printing always to count can be described below in the method for each print routine: earlier a certain ink jetting position 50 predetermined total inks of printing are counted divided by the print routine number that carries out in advance, obtain after the quotient with this quotient mean allocation in each print routine; Can't be had unnecessary ink to count by mean allocation fully if total ink is counted after the mean allocation, then how will this unnecessary ink counting with remainder allocation list decision be dispensed in each print routine again.This remainder allocation list is pointed out the print routine that first unnecessary inkspot will be assigned to, and next unnecessary inkspot is to be assigned to next print routine in regular turn all to be assigned with up to all unnecessary inkspots and to finish.If until all unnecessary inkspots of last print routine still can't assign, then later continue to distribute by first print routine, all be assigned with up to all unnecessary inkspots and finish.
In order further to explain orally the printing principle of printing equipment 10 of the present invention, please refer to Fig. 2 A.Fig. 2 A prints the synoptic diagram that one of principle utilization example is counted in the predetermined marking ink of each ink jetting position for printing equipment 10 of the present invention.In this example, printing equipment 10 of the present invention can be printed four inkspots at most on same ink jetting position in each print routine, and can carry out four times print routine on same ink jetting position.So on each ink jetting position, printing equipment 10 of the present invention can represent by 0 to 16 (be maximum ink-jets count 4 with both products of print routine at most several 4) totally 17 colourities.4 * 4 forms among Fig. 2 A are promptly represented the print area of being made up of 4 * 4 ink jetting positions 50 2000.Each ink jetting position 50 is all by blockage representative in print area 2000, and the numeral in the blockage is promptly represented and is predefined in total ink of printing on this ink jetting position and counts.As aforementioned, it is 16 that the present invention's printable maximum total ink on each ink jetting position 50 is counted, so may print 0 to 16 inkspot on an ink jetting position.Please refer to Fig. 2 B.Each ink jetting position 50 in the corresponding print area 2000, the printing principle of printing equipment 10 of the present invention is provided with a remainder allocation list 1800.Remainder among Fig. 2 B is joined each ink jetting position 50 in the black table 1800 cooperation print area 2000, so be one 4 * 4 tables of comparisons, wherein each grid 182 has determined how the unnecessary inkspot of corresponding ink jetting position 50 is dispensed to each print routine.For example, if grid 182 is shown as P2, then representing the assigned print routine of first unnecessary inkspot is second print routine, next unnecessary inkspot is to be assigned to next print routine (the 3rd print routine just) in regular turn, the rest may be inferred, all is assigned with up to all unnecessary inkspots to finish.
Being shown in printing principle that allocation result 2100,2200,2300 and 2400 among Fig. 2 C, Fig. 2 D, Fig. 2 E and Fig. 2 F represents printing equipment of the present invention respectively prints total ink and counts and be respectively allocated to the result of the first, second, third and the 4th print routine each ink jetting position of print area 2,000 50 are predetermined.Being shown in respectively all has 4 * 4 big grids 212 in each allocation result among Fig. 2 C, Fig. 2 D, Fig. 2 E and Fig. 2 F, each big grid 212 comprises the lattice 214 of upper left lattice 216, lower-left and the grid 218 on the right.Each grid 212 corresponding ink jetting position 50, numeral in its medium square 216 is that the total ink of the predetermined printing of corresponding ink jetting position is counted earlier with the result of quotient mean allocation in each print routine, on behalf of unnecessary ink, the numeral in the grid 214 promptly in each corresponding ink jetting position to count according to remainder allocation list 1800 distribution result, add up to the result's (just with the digital addition of grid 216) in grid 216 and the grid 214 with grid 214, be exactly this print routine the ink that should print count the numeral in the grid 218 just.
For example, being designated as in the print area 2000 among Fig. 2 A that the predetermined ink of printing of 2011 ink jetting position counts is 7.Carry out print routine on the same ink jetting position four times if be predefined in, then ink is counted 7 divided by 4, mean allocation is given four print routines, each print routine is assigned to 1 inkspot (just 7 be 1 divided by 4 resulting quotients) at least, promptly respectively at shown in Fig. 2 C, 2D, 2E, 2F medium square 2111,2211,2311,2411 upper left corner lattices 216.After the quotient mean allocation, remaining 3 unnecessary inkspots (just 7 be 3 divided by 4 resulting remainders), then the grid 1811 according to the remainder allocation list 1800 among Fig. 2 B distributes.The P1 that is remembered according to the grid 1811 of remainder allocation list 1800 corresponding ink jetting positions 2011, represent these 3 unnecessary inkspots to begin to distribute by first print routine, each print routine distributes a unnecessary inkspot in regular turn, up to the 3rd print routine all 3 unnecessary inkspots are all assigned, just the shown numeral of lower left corner lattice 214 in the grid 2111,2211,2311,2411 of corresponding first to the 4th print routine respectively.With the addition of two lattices in the left side in grid 2111,2211,2311 and 2411 numeral, can obtain the numeral on each grid the right 218 respectively, just each print routine the ink that should print count.Can find out by this last distribution result, predetermined 7 inkspots that are printed on ink jetting position 2011 (please refer to Fig. 2 A 2011) are made of jointly 2 inkspots of first print routine ejection (please refer to Fig. 2 C 2111), 2 inkspots of second print routine ejection (please refer to Fig. 2 D 2211), 2 inkspots of the 3rd print routine ejection (please refer to Fig. 2 E 2311) and 1 inkspot of the 4th print routine ejection (please refer to Fig. 2 F 2411).
In like manner, in above-mentioned mode, can determine in the print area 2000 the predetermined printing of other ink jetting positions always to count and be allocated in the situation of each print routine.Counting as the predetermined total ink printed of the ink jetting position of label 2043 in the print area 2000 among Fig. 2 A is 10, give each print routine with its mean allocation, be about to 10 (total ink is counted) and obtain quotient 2 divided by 4 (print routine numbers), so each print routine will be printed 2 inkspots at least, as respectively in the grid among Fig. 2 C, 2D, 2E and the 2F 2143,2243,2343 and 2443 shown in the upper left corner lattice 216.As for above-mentioned 10 divided by 4 remainder 2, be 2 unnecessary after mean allocation inkspots, then according to the content P4 of remainder allocation list 1800 medium squares 1843 among Fig. 2 B, begin to distribute the 1st inkspot by the 4th print routine, the inkspot that another is unnecessary is then in regular turn from i.e. first print routine distribution of next print routine.Can find out last distribution result by the grid 218 on the grid in Fig. 2 C, 2D, 2E and 2F 2143,2243,2343 and 2443 the right respectively, just predetermined 10 inkspots that are printed on ink jetting position 2043 (please refer to Fig. 2 A 2043) are combined by 3 inkspots of 2 inkspots of 2 inkspots of 3 inkspots of first print routine (please refer to Fig. 2 C 2143), second print routine (please refer to Fig. 2 D 2243), the 3rd print routine (please refer to Fig. 2 E 2343) and the 4th print routine (please refer to Fig. 2 F 2443) respectively.
The frequency number of times that please notes mark P1, P2 in the employed remainder allocation list 1800 of printing equipment of the present invention, P3, P4 appearance is identical, makes each print routine be sprayed the even odds of first unnecessary inkspot.Illustrated as the front that the mark P1 representative inkspot that first is unnecessary was allocated in first print routine, the mark P2 representative inkspot that first is unnecessary is allocated in second print routine, by that analogy.Mark P1 to P4 occurrence number equates in the remainder allocation list 1800, is distributed in having equal opportunities of first to fourth print routine with regard to representing first unnecessary inkspot.So arrange to promote the homogeneity that each print routine is mutual, make the difference of distributing ink to count between each print routine can be not excessive.
Remainder allocation list among the present invention can be used to not only determine that an ink jetting position begins to distribute the print routine of unnecessary inkspot, also can be used to the print routine that determines one not distribute unnecessary inkspot in addition, visual actual conditions with need do various variations.
Carry out the situation of multiple print routine in order to explain orally printing equipment of the present invention, at first please refer to Fig. 3 A.Fig. 3 A carries out first embodiment of print job of multiple print routine at the synoptic diagram of first print job for printing equipment of the present invention 10.As aforementioned, printing equipment 10 of the present invention can carry out repeatedly print routine at same ink jetting position.Be first embodiment of these a plurality of print routine executive modes shown in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B.Four nozzles 110 are arranged on the ink gun 100 among Fig. 3 A, and each nozzle 110 can be corresponding with one of all ink jetting positions 50 in the print area 400, but and ink gun 100 move left and right print work; In Fig. 3 A, 3B, print the zone of work respectively by the defined print job of oblique line zone 410,420 expression ink guns 100.For convenience of description, the brought forward example is also set printing equipment of the present invention and can be carried out print routine four times at same ink jetting position.Please refer to Fig. 3 A.In the present embodiment, ink gun 100 can carry out first print job earlier, move around in print job zone 410, all ink jetting positions have all carried out print routine four times in print job zone 410, that is to say that ink gun 100 all ink jetting positions in print job zone 410 have all been finished a plurality of print routines that should carry out.Please continue 3B with reference to figure.In ensuing second print job, controller 150 can the control paper advance mechanism 140 be presented file forward, and the print job zone also moves to the print job zone 420 in the print area 400 thereupon; 420 in print job zone is adjacent to the zone (being the zone that print job zone 410 is contained) of having finished all print routines in first print job.Similarly, in second print job, ink gun 100 can move around in print job zone 420, all ink jetting positions in the printing perform region 420 is carried out all print routines that should carry out.By that analogy to finish all print jobs.
Please refer to Fig. 4 A.Fig. 4 A carries out second embodiment of many print routines in the synoptic diagram of first print job for printing equipment of the present invention.With Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B is example, four nozzles 110 are arranged on the ink gun 100, a plurality of ink jetting positions 50 are arranged in the print area 500, and printing equipment of the present invention is set each ink jetting position is carried out printing four inkspots in four print routines, the each print routine on each ink jetting position.510,520,530 and 540 print job zones that defined in each print job of hatched example areas in Fig. 4 A, Fig. 4 B, Fig. 4 C and Fig. 4 D respectively.Please refer to Fig. 4 A.Ink gun 100 can carry out print routine one time to all ink jetting positions 50 (ink jetting position capable 501 among Fig. 4 A just) in the printing perform region 510 when carrying out first print job of present embodiment.Please continue 4B with reference to figure.In ensuing second print job, paper advance mechanism 140 can upwards send file the height (being equivalent to 1/4 height of printing block (swath) herein) of an ink jetting position, carries out print routine in print job zone 520 one time.Notice that the ink jetting position in the ink jetting position capable 501 this moment has experienced print routine twice, because ink jetting position capable 501 has been contained in print job zone 520.In ensuing the 3rd (please refer to Fig. 4 C) and the 4th print job (please refer to Fig. 4 D), ink gun 100 530,540 carries out print routine one time in the print job zone respectively.Similarly, capable 501 because print job zone 530 and 540 also comprises ink jetting position, all ink jetting positions in the ink jetting position capable 501 have carried out one time print routine again respectively in the 3rd and the 4th print job.Total is by first to the 4th print job, and all ink jetting positions have been finished four times predetermined print routines in the ink jetting position capable 501.In ensuing print job, file can be presented the height of an ink jetting position more forward, makes ink jetting position all in the ink jetting position capable 501 break away from the scope that ink gun 100 contains and can not be printed again.In other words, in ink jetting position capable 501 four print routines that should carry out, in four print jobs, finish respectively.
Generally speaking, printing equipment of the present invention is the function that realizes multistage printing with the technology of many print routines, many inkspots.Have the printing equipment of realizing multistage printing with many inkspots technology now,, all must in single print routine, finish at the inkspot that the predetermined printing of each ink jetting position, number do not wait.By contrast, printing equipment of the present invention predetermined inkspot of printing on each ink jetting position then can be dispersed in several print routines and finish.
On the other hand, the existing printing equipment of realizing multistage printing with many print routines, it is printed principle and must determine to have in each print routine which ink jetting position to need the stamping ink water spot with a series of printing shade, but this a series of printing shade must be in addition with the note memory stores, the computing of printing principle is also very time-consuming, increases the burden of software, hardware.Relatively, the printing principle of printing equipment of the present invention at first is scheduled to the inkspot mean allocation of printing to each print routine with the rule of mean allocation with each ink jetting position, reduce the uneven degree of ink gun between each print routine, the unnecessary ink of each ink jetting position is counted after the mean allocation, with remainder allocation list 1800 row distribution again.As the present invention among Fig. 3 print principle utilization example two shown in, the function of remainder allocation list 1800 also can distribute unnecessary ink to count in each print routine fifty-fifty, makes each print routine spray the even odds of first unnecessary inkspot.The printing principle of printing equipment of the present invention can not only reduce the irregular degree of ink gun between each print routine, and the burden of software and hardware is also lacked than prior art.Printing equipment of the present invention is printed the process of principle mean allocation and can be reached with translation (shift) operator, reduces operation time.No matter becheduleding for same ink jetting position, printing equipment of the present invention carries out print routine several times, the printing principle of printing equipment of the present invention need only be stored a remainder allocation list 1800, needn't must cooperate the number of times of print routine to store a series of printing shade as prior art.The above listed all kinds of fact suffices to show that printing equipment of the present invention is the invention that is better than existing printing equipment.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of being done according to claim scope of the present invention change and modify, and all should belong to the covering scope of patent of the present invention.Especially color printing system, each independently Color plane all can use printing principle among the present invention, also should belong to the scope that patent of the present invention contains certainly.