EP0347257A3 - Image recording apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0347257A3
EP0347257A3 EP89306160A EP89306160A EP0347257A3 EP 0347257 A3 EP0347257 A3 EP 0347257A3 EP 89306160 A EP89306160 A EP 89306160A EP 89306160 A EP89306160 A EP 89306160A EP 0347257 A3 EP0347257 A3 EP 0347257A3
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recording apparatus
image recording
image
recording
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EP0347257A2 (en
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Akio Suzuki
Yoshihiro Takada
Masami Izumizaki
Hisashi Fukushima
Toshimitsu Danzuka
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP14822988A external-priority patent/JP2620313B2/en
Priority claimed from JP17534188A external-priority patent/JP2620317B2/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/21—Ink jet for multi-colour printing
    • B41J2/2132—Print quality control characterised by dot disposition, e.g. for reducing white stripes or banding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)
EP89306160A 1988-06-17 1989-06-16 Image recording apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0347257B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP148229/88 1988-06-17
JP14822988A JP2620313B2 (en) 1988-06-17 1988-06-17 Image recording device
JP17534188A JP2620317B2 (en) 1988-07-14 1988-07-14 Image recording device
JP175341/88 1988-07-14

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EP0347257A2 EP0347257A2 (en) 1989-12-20
EP0347257A3 true EP0347257A3 (en) 1990-05-23
EP0347257B1 EP0347257B1 (en) 1993-12-15

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EP89306160A Expired - Lifetime EP0347257B1 (en) 1988-06-17 1989-06-16 Image recording apparatus

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DE (1) DE68911393T2 (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5557304A (en) * 1993-05-10 1996-09-17 Compaq Computer Corporation Spot size modulatable ink jet printhead
US5847721A (en) † 1995-03-06 1998-12-08 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus and method
AUPN234595A0 (en) * 1995-04-12 1995-05-04 Eastman Kodak Company Improvements in image halftoning
US5805178A (en) * 1995-04-12 1998-09-08 Eastman Kodak Company Ink jet halftoning with different ink concentrations

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4272771A (en) * 1978-09-25 1981-06-09 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Ink jet printer with multiple nozzle print head and interlacing or dither means
US4528576A (en) * 1982-04-15 1985-07-09 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus
US4547784A (en) * 1984-12-24 1985-10-15 Polaroid Corporation Thermal recording system and method
US4595948A (en) * 1982-10-13 1986-06-17 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Multicolor ink jet recording apparatus having means for preventing blurring of ink
US4714964A (en) * 1984-07-13 1987-12-22 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Intermediate gradient image forming method

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4272771A (en) * 1978-09-25 1981-06-09 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Ink jet printer with multiple nozzle print head and interlacing or dither means
US4528576A (en) * 1982-04-15 1985-07-09 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus
US4595948A (en) * 1982-10-13 1986-06-17 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Multicolor ink jet recording apparatus having means for preventing blurring of ink
US4714964A (en) * 1984-07-13 1987-12-22 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Intermediate gradient image forming method
US4547784A (en) * 1984-12-24 1985-10-15 Polaroid Corporation Thermal recording system and method

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, unexamined applications, M field, vol. 11, no. 301, September 30, 1987 page 105 M 628 *

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DE68911393T2 (en) 1994-07-14
DE68911393D1 (en) 1994-01-27
EP0347257B1 (en) 1993-12-15
EP0347257A2 (en) 1989-12-20

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