EP0622236A3 - Multiple ink jet print cartridge alignment method. - Google Patents

Multiple ink jet print cartridge alignment method. Download PDF

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EP0622236A3
EP0622236A3 EP94106209A EP94106209A EP0622236A3 EP 0622236 A3 EP0622236 A3 EP 0622236A3 EP 94106209 A EP94106209 A EP 94106209A EP 94106209 A EP94106209 A EP 94106209A EP 0622236 A3 EP0622236 A3 EP 0622236A3
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Prior art keywords
ink jet
print cartridge
alignment method
jet print
multiple ink
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French (fr)
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EP0622236A2 (en
EP0622236B1 (en
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Robert W Beauchamp
Keith E Cobbs
Paul R Sorenson
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HP Inc
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Hewlett Packard Co
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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
    • B41J2/2135—Alignment of dots
    • 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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/34—Bodily-changeable print heads or carriages
EP19940106209 1993-04-30 1994-04-21 Multiple ink jet print cartridge alignment system Expired - Lifetime EP0622236B1 (en)

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US5562193A 1993-04-30 1993-04-30
US55621 1993-04-30

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EP0622236A2 EP0622236A2 (en) 1994-11-02
EP0622236A3 true EP0622236A3 (en) 1995-08-30
EP0622236B1 EP0622236B1 (en) 1998-08-26

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JP (1) JPH06340065A (en)
DE (1) DE69412689T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2119926T3 (en)

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EP0540244A2 (en) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-05 Hewlett-Packard Company Automatic print cartridge alignment sensor system
CH681929A5 (en) * 1990-06-08 1993-06-15 Ugra Verein Zur Foerderung Wis Quality control testing of printing processes - uses test pattern consisting of mixt. of line dot and chess board patterns

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US4183659A (en) * 1977-06-30 1980-01-15 Felix Brunner Means for controlling the change of thickness of lines of photographically produced briefs producible by the agency of a means for photographic reproduction
US4449052A (en) * 1981-11-30 1984-05-15 International Business Machines Corporation Method of printing and detecting optimum bar code test patterns
EP0452157A1 (en) * 1990-04-13 1991-10-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Image recording apparatus
CH681929A5 (en) * 1990-06-08 1993-06-15 Ugra Verein Zur Foerderung Wis Quality control testing of printing processes - uses test pattern consisting of mixt. of line dot and chess board patterns
EP0540244A2 (en) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-05 Hewlett-Packard Company Automatic print cartridge alignment sensor system

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JPH06340065A (en) 1994-12-13
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EP0622236B1 (en) 1998-08-26
DE69412689D1 (en) 1998-10-01
ES2119926T3 (en) 1998-10-16

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