EP0622236A2 - Procédé pour alignement de cartouches d'impression par jet d'encre multiples - Google Patents

Procédé pour alignement de cartouches d'impression par jet d'encre multiples Download PDF

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EP0622236A2
EP0622236A2 EP94106209A EP94106209A EP0622236A2 EP 0622236 A2 EP0622236 A2 EP 0622236A2 EP 94106209 A EP94106209 A EP 94106209A EP 94106209 A EP94106209 A EP 94106209A EP 0622236 A2 EP0622236 A2 EP 0622236A2
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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
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  • the present invention relates to printers and plotters. More specifically, the present invention relates to inkjet printers and plotters having multiple pens for multi-color operation.
  • Inkjet printer/plotters such as those sold by Hewlett Packard Company, offer substantial improvements in speed over the conventional X-Y plotter.
  • Inkjet printer/plotters typically include a pen having an array of nozzles. The pens are mounted on a carriage which is moved across the page in successive swaths.
  • Each inkjet pen has heater circuits which, when activated, cause ink to be ejected from associated nozzles. As the pen is positioned over a given location, a jet of ink is ejected from the nozzle to provide a pixel of ink at a desired location.
  • the mosaic of pixels thus created provides a desired composite image.
  • a typical color inkjet printer/plotter has four inkjet pens, one that stores black ink, and three that store colored inks, e.g., magenta, cyan and yellow. The colors from the three color pens are mixed to obtain any particular color.
  • the pens are typically mounted in stalls within an assembly which is mounted on the carriage of the printer/plotter.
  • the carriage assembly positions the inkjet pens and typically holds the circuitry required for interface to the heater circuits in the inkjet pens.
  • the need in the art is addressed by the present invention which provides an improved media axis image registration system for a multi-color inkjet printer/plotter.
  • the inventive system comprises a carriage assembly for retaining multiple inkjet cartridges or pens. Each cartridge has a plurality of nozzles adapted to eject ink in response to the application of an electrical signal thereto.
  • a first mechanism is provided for moving the carriage assembly in a first (scan) axis.
  • a second mechanism is provided for moving print media in a second (media) axis transverse to the first axis.
  • a position encoder senses the position of the carriage assembly in the media axis.
  • a control circuit provides electrical signals which cause the nozzles in the inkjet cartridges to eject ink onto the media and create an image thereon in the form of a test pattern in response to timing signals.
  • the inventive system includes a sensor module which optically senses the image and provides a set of sensed signals in response thereto. The sensed signals are sampled in accordance with position encoder signals to provide corrected timing signals.
  • the test pattern is illuminated by a light source in the sensor module.
  • the light source has spectral energy in the color bands of interest.
  • the test pattern includes a plurality of vertically spaced bars which, when scanned by the sensor module, allow the module to generate an output signal of a given frequency.
  • the output signal is sampled and processed to provide the corrected timing signals for activation of the nozzles. By detecting the position of the pattern, the misalignment of a particular pen may be corrected.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a thermal inkjet large format printer/plotter incorporating the teachings of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carriage assembly, the carriage positioning mechanism, and the paper positioning mechanism of the inventive printer/plotter.
  • Fig. 3 is perspective view of a simplified representation of a media positioning system utilized in the inventive printer.
  • Fig. 4 is a right-bottom perspective view of the carriage assembly of the present invention showing the sensor module.
  • Fig. 5 is a magnified view of the test pattern utilized to effect pen alignment in accordance with the present teachings.
  • Fig. 6a is a right-front perspective view of the sensor module utilized in the system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6b is a right-rear perspective view of the sensor module utilized in the system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6c shows a right-rear perspective view of the sensor module partially disassembled to reveal an outer housing and an inner assembly.
  • Fig. 6d is a right-rear perspective view of the inner assembly of the sensor module of the present invention partially disassembled.
  • Fig. 6e is a right-rear perspective view of the optical component holder of the sensor module of the present invention disassembled.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the optical components of the sensor module of the present invention.
  • Fig. 8a is a top view of the phase plate of the sensor module of the present invention.
  • Fig. 8b is illustrative of the carriage axis patterns of the test pattern utilized in alignment system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 8c is illustrative of the media axis patterns of the test pattern utilized in alignment system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 shows a frontal representation of first, second, third and fourth inkjet cartridges positioned over media for movement along the carriage scan axis.
  • Fig. 10 is a block diagram of the electronic circuit utilized in the alignment system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 11 is a graph illustrative of the outputs of the carriage and media position encoders.
  • Fig. 12 illustrates the sample pulses generated by the sample pulse generator circuit of the present invention.
  • Fig. 13 illustrates the output of the sensor module of the present invention.
  • Fig. 14 shows how the output of the sensor module of the present invention appears after amplification and filtering.
  • Fig. 15 is a graph which illustrates how the output of the amplification and filtering circuit is sampled to provide data which is input to the slave microprocessor controller of the invention.
  • Fig. 16 is a magnified bottom view of the thermal inkjet nozzles of each of the pen cartridges.
  • Fig. 17 shows offsets due to speed and the effect of platen curvature for a print image.
  • Fig. 18 is a magnified side view of a nozzle above a curved platen.
  • Fig. 19 is a graph of print image delay (B) versus carriage speed for the illustrative thermal inkjet printer of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a thermal inkjet large format printer/plotter incorporating the teachings of the present invention.
  • the printer 10 includes a housing 12 mounted on a stand 14. The housing has left and right drive mechanism enclosures 16 and 18. A control panel 20 is mounted on the right enclosure 18.
  • a carriage assembly 100 illustrated in phantom under a transparent cover 22, is adapted for reciprocal motion along a carriage bar 24, also shown in phantom.
  • the position of the carriage assembly 100 in a horizontal or carriage scan axis is determined by a carriage positioning mechanism 110 (not shown) with respect to an encoder strip 120 (not shown) as discussed more fully below.
  • a print medium 30 such as paper is positioned along a vertical or media axis by a media axis drive mechanism (not shown).
  • the media axis is denoted as the 'x' axis and the scan axis is denoted as the 'y' axis.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carriage assembly 100, the carriage positioning mechanism 110 and the encoder strip 120.
  • the carriage positioning mechanism 110 includes a carriage position motor 112 which has a shaft 114 extending therefrom through which the motor drives a small belt 116. Through the small belt 116, the carriage position motor 112 drives an idler 122 via the shaft 118 thereof. In turn, the idler 122 drives a belt 124 which is secured by a second idler 126.
  • the belt 124 is attached to the carriage 100 and adapted to slide therethrough.
  • the position of the carriage assembly in the scan axis is determined precisely by the use of the code strip 120.
  • the code strip 120 is secured by a first stanchion 128 on one end and a second stanchion 129 on the other end.
  • the code strip 120 may be implemented in the manner disclosed in EP-A-0 544 409, filed by the same applicant as the present application.
  • an optical reader (not shown) is disposed on the carriage assembly and provides carriage position signals which are utilized by the invention to achieve optimal image registration in the manner described below.
  • Fig. 3 is perspective view of a simplified representation of a media positioning system 150 utilized in the inventive printer.
  • the media positioning system 150 includes a motor 152 which is coaxial with a media roller 154.
  • the position of the media roller 154 is determined by a media position encoder 156.
  • the media position encoder includes a disc 158 having a plurality of apertures 159 therein.
  • An optical reader 160 provides a plurality of output pulses which facilitate the determination of the roller 154 and, therefore, the position of the media 30 as well.
  • Position encoders are well known in the art. See for example, Economical, High-Performance Optical Encoders by Howard C. Epstein et al, published in the Hewlett Packard Journal, October 1988, pages 99 - 106.
  • the media and carriage position information is provided to a processor on a circuit board 170 disposed on the carriage assembly 100 (Fig. 2) for use in connection with pen alignment techniques of the present invention.
  • a processor on a circuit board 170 disposed on the carriage assembly 100 FIG. 2
  • pen alignment techniques of the present invention The terms pen and cartridge are used interchangeably herein as is common in the art.
  • the printer 10 has four inkjet pens, 102, 104, 106, and 108 that store ink of different colors, e.g., black, yellow, magenta and cyan ink, respectively.
  • inkjet pens 102, 104, 106, and 108 that store ink of different colors, e.g., black, yellow, magenta and cyan ink, respectively.
  • selected nozzles in the thermal inkjet cartridge pens 102, 104, 106, and 108 are activated and ink is applied to the medium 30.
  • the colors from the three color inkjet pens are mixed to obtain any other particular color.
  • Fig. 4 is a right-bottom perspective view of the carriage assembly 100 of the present invention showing the sensor module 200.
  • the carriage assembly 100 positions the inkjet pens and holds the circuitry required for interface to the heater circuits in the inkjet pens.
  • the carriage assembly 100 includes a carriage 101 adapted for reciprocal motion on a front slider 103 and a rear slider 105.
  • a first pen cartridge 102 is mounted in a first stall of the carriage 101. Note that the ink jet nozzles 107 of each pen are in line with the sensor module 200.
  • test pattern 40 is generated whenever any of the cartridges are disturbed by activation of selected nozzles in selected pens.
  • the test pattern is depicted in the magnified view of Fig. 5. The manner by which the test pattern 40 is generated and utilized to effect accurate image registration is discussed more fully below.
  • an optical sensor module 200 is mounted on the carriage assembly 200.
  • Optical sensors are known in the art. See for example, U. S. Patent No. 5,170,047 entitled Optical Sensor for Plotter Pen Verification, issued December 8, 1992 to Beauchamp et al., the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the sensor module 200 optically senses the test pattern and provides electrical signals to the processor on the circuit board 170 indicative of the registration of the images thereon.
  • Fig. 6a is a right-front perspective view of the sensor module 200 utilized in the system of the present invention.
  • the sensor module 200 includes an outer housing 210 with two protrusions 212 and 214 adapted to receive first and second mounting screws.
  • the outer housing 210 provides electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for the module 200.
  • ESD electrostatic discharge
  • Fig. 6b is a right-rear perspective view of the sensor module 200.
  • Fig. 6c shows a right-rear perspective view of the sensor module partially disassembled to reveal the outer housing 210 and an inner assembly 220.
  • the inner assembly 220 is adapted to be retained within the outer housing 210.
  • a flexible circuit 216 is disposed on the inner housing 220.
  • the flexible circuit 216 includes an amplifier and contacts for interfacing the sensor module to the processor circuit as discussed more fully below.
  • Fig. 6d is a right-rear perspective view of the inner assembly 220 of the sensor module 200 of the present invention partially disassembled. As illustrated in Fig. 6d, the inner assembly includes an optical component holder 222 and a cover 224.
  • Fig. 6e is a right-rear perspective view of the optical component holder of the sensor module of the present invention disassembled.
  • the optical component holder 222 is adapted to hold first and second lenses 226 and 228 in a fixed position relative to a phase plate 230.
  • first and second light emitting diodes (LEDs) 232 and 234 are mounted on the flexible circuit 240 along with a photodetector 240 and amplifier and other circuit elements (not shown).
  • the light emitting diodes and the photodetector are of conventional design and have a bandwidth which encompasses the frequencies of the colors of the inks provided by the pens 102 - 108 (even numbers only).
  • the LEDs 232 and 234 are retained at an angle by first and second apertures 236 and 238, respectively, in the cover 224 of the holder 222.
  • the cover 224 is secured to the holder 222 by first and second screws 231 and 233 which extend through first and second apertures 235 and 236, respectively, in the cover 224 and which are received by threads (not shown) in the holder 222.
  • the functional relationships of the components of the sensor module are illustrated in the schematic diagram of Fig. 7.
  • Light energy from the LEDs 232 and 234 impinges upon the test pattern 40 on the media 30 and is reflected to the photodetector 240 via the first and second lenses 226 and 228, respectively, and the phase plate 230.
  • the lenses 226 and 228 focus energy on photodetector 240 via the phase plate 230.
  • the phase plate 230 is a symmetrical grating constructed of plastic or other suitably opaque material.
  • Fig. 8a is a top view of the phase plate 230.
  • a symmetrical array of transparent openings 242 are provided in the opaque material.
  • the line widths in the test pattern 40 for the carriage axis patterns 404 and 406 of Fig. 5 are equal to the horizontal spacings between the transparent openings 242 in the phase plate 230.
  • the line widths in the test pattern 40 in the media axis patterns 408 of Fig. 5 are equal to the vertical spacings between the transparent openings 242 in the phase plate 230.
  • the use of the phase plate 230 permits a simple, inexpensive optical arrangement to be used to quickly scan the pattern in each direction of movement.
  • an output signal is provided which varies as a sine wave.
  • the circuitry of the present invention stores these signals and examines the phase relationships thereof to determine the alignment of the pens for each direction of movement. The alignment procedure of the present invention by which the system corrects for carriage axis misalignment, paper axis misalignment and offsets due to speed and curvature will now be disclosed.
  • the test pattern 40 of Fig. 5 is generated.
  • the first pattern 402 is generated in the scan axis for the purpose of exercising the pens 102 - 108 (even numbers only).
  • the first pattern 402 includes one segment for each cartridge utilized. For example, the first segment 410 is yellow, the second segment 412 is cyan, the third segment 416 is magenta and the fourth segment 418 is black.
  • the second, third and fourth patterns 404, 406 and 408, respectively, are generated.
  • the second pattern 404 is used to test for pen offsets due to speed and curvature.
  • the third pattern 406 is used to test for misalignments in the carriage scan axis.
  • the fourth patterns 408 are used to test for misalignments in the media axis.
  • the invention is best understood with reference to the carriage and media scan axis alignment techniques thereof.
  • the carriage scan axis alignment pattern 406 is generated by causing each pen to print a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical bars. As mentioned above, the thickness of the bars is equal to the spacing therebetween which is also equal to the width of the transparent openings in the phase plate 230 and the spacings therebetween.
  • Fig. 9 shows a frontal representation of the first, second, third and fourth inkjet cartridges 102, 104, 106 and 108 positioned a height 'h' over the media 30 for movement along the carriage scan axis.
  • the distances D12, D23, and D34 between the cartridges vary because of the mechanical tolerances and imperfections in the manufacturing of the device. This results in undesired displacements in the placement of the ink drops of one cartridge with respect to another cartridge.
  • Pen misalignments in the carriage scan axis are corrected by scanning the third pattern 406 along the carriage scan axis with the sensor module 200.
  • the sensors 226 and 228 thereof focus an image on the phase plate 230 and the photodetector 240.
  • the photodetector 240 generates a sinusoidal output signal which is the mathematical convolution of the phase plate pattern and the test pattern 406.
  • Fig. 10 is a block diagram of the electronic circuit 300 utilized in the alignment system of the present invention.
  • the circuit 300 includes an amplification and filtering circuit 302, an analog to digital converter 304, a slave microprocessor controller 306, a sample pulse generator circuit 308, a carriage position encoder 310, a media position encoder 312, a master control and data processing unit 314, a carriage and media axis servo-control mechanism 316, a digital to analog converter 318 and a light control circuit 320.
  • the electrical signals from the sensor module 200 are amplified, filtered and sampled by the slave microprocessor 306.
  • the carriage position encoder 310 provides sample pulses as the carriage assembly 100 moves along the encoder strip 120 of Figs. 1 and 2.
  • a sample pulse generator circuit 308 selects pulses from the carriage position encoder 310 or the media position encoder 312 depending on the test being performed.
  • Fig. 11 is a graph illustrative of the quadrature outputs of the carriage and media position encoders.
  • Fig. 12 illustrates the sample pulses generated by the sample pulse generator circuit 308.
  • the slave microprocessor 306 uses the sample pulses to generate sample control signals for the analog-to-digital converter 304.
  • the analog-to-digital converter 304 samples the output of the amplification and filter circuit 302.
  • Figs. 13, 14 and 15. The output of the sensor module 200 is illustrated in Fig. 13.
  • Fig. 14 shows how the output of the sensor module 200 appears after amplification and filtering.
  • Fig. 15 is a graph which illustrates how the output of the amplification and filtering circuit 302 is sampled to provide data which is input to the slave microprocessor controller 306.
  • the digitized samples are stored in memory for each direction of movement in the slave microprocessor controller 306.
  • the master control and data processing unit 314 mathematically fits a reference sine wave to the sample points stored in memory, using a least squares fit algorithm or other suitable conventional algorithm, and computes a phase difference between the reference sine wave and the sensed sine wave. The location of the phase difference provides an indication as to which cartridge is out of alignment.
  • the polarity of the phase difference indicates the direction of misalignment and the magnitude of the phase difference indicates the magnitude of the misalignment.
  • Offsets for each cartridge are generated by the master control and data processing unit which are stored in the machine. These offsets are used to control activation of the pens as the assembly is scanned in the carriage axis via the servo mechanisms 316.
  • Sensor module light activation is provided by the slave microprocessor controller 306, a digital-to-analog converter 318 and a light control circuit 320.
  • corrections which must be made in the carriage scan axis are for 1) image displacement due to the velocity of the carriage and 2) image displacements due to curvature of the platen.
  • Fig. 16 is a magnified bottom view of the thermal inkjet nozzles of each of the pen cartridges 102, 104, 106 and 108, respectively.
  • Typically, only 96 of the 104 nozzles e.g., nozzles numbered 5 - 100 are used for printing. The remaining eight nozzles are used for offset adjustment as discussed more fully below.
  • Fig. 17 shows offsets due to speed and the effect of platen curvature for a print image. At a higher speed V2, a greater offset from ideal results.
  • a height differential ⁇ as illustrated in Fig. 18, exists.
  • Fig. 18 is a magnified side view of a nozzle 102 above a curved platen 154.
  • the variation in height due to curvature of the platen increases the delay time for the ink to reach the media. This manifests as curvature in the line as illustrated at (d) in Fig. 17 where the dashed line represents the ideal image shape and location.
  • the present invention corrects for offsets due to speed and curvature as discussed below. Offsets due to speed are corrected first by printing images from a single cartridge (e.g., the black cartridge 102) at three different speeds in a each direction. This is illustrated at 430 - 440 (even numbers only) in the bidirectional pattern 404 of the test pattern 40 of Fig. 5.
  • the bidirectional pattern 404 is generated by causing each pen to print a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical bars. As mentioned above, the thickness of the bars is equal to the spacing therebetween which is also equal to the width of the transparent openings in the phase plate 230 and the spacings therebetween.
  • the first section 430 is printed at the lowest speed, e.g., 13.33 inches per second (ips) from right to left.
  • the second section 432 is printed at the same speed from left to right.
  • the third section 432 is printed at the next highest speed (16.67 ips) from right to left and the fourth section 436 is printed from left to right at the same speed.
  • the fourth section 438 is printed from right to left and then the sixth section 440 is printed from left to right at the that speed.
  • the pattern 404 is scanned and a phase for each section is determined in the manner described above.
  • the measured phase difference between sections allows for a correction due to speed as illustrated in Fig. 17(e).
  • correction for paper or media slippage is effected by first printing the media axis test pattern 408 of the test pattern 40 of Fig. 5.
  • the pattern 408 includes five columns of vertically spaced horizontal bars 1 - 5.
  • Each column has three rows segments 1 - 3.
  • the first row in each column is created by scanning the carriage assembly 100 in the carriage axis and causing one cartridge (e.g., the cartridge containing cyan ink) to print.
  • each column has a first row of cyan colored bars.
  • a different colored cartridge is activated in each column with the exception that the cyan cartridge 108 is activated in the second row of the first and fifth columns.
  • the cyan cartridge is activated for the third row of each column in the pattern 408.
  • Media axis pen alignment is effected by scanning the pattern 408 with the sensor module 200 along the media axis, column by column and calculating phase data P ij , in the manner described above, where i denotes the row and j denotes the column.
  • P m/c (P22 - P12) - 1/2(P32 - P12) [3]
  • P y/c (P23 - P13) - 1/2(P33 - P13) [4]
  • P k/c (P24 - P14) - 1/2(P34 - P14) [5]
  • P m/c represents pen offset in the media axis between the cyan pen 108 and the magenta pen 106
  • P y/c represents pen offset in the media axis between the cyan pen 108 and the yellow pen 104
  • P k/c represents pen offset in the media axis between the cyan pen 108 and the black pen 102.
  • the pen offsets in the media axis between pens are corrected by selecting certain nozzles for activation.
  • nozzles 5 through 100 may be activated for all pens.
  • This selective nozzle activation scheme has the effect of offsetting the images produced by the pen in the media axis.

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