HK71897A - Print quality assessment and adjustment in thermal ink jet printers - Google Patents

Print quality assessment and adjustment in thermal ink jet printers

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Publication number
HK71897A
HK71897A HK71897A HK71897A HK71897A HK 71897 A HK71897 A HK 71897A HK 71897 A HK71897 A HK 71897A HK 71897 A HK71897 A HK 71897A HK 71897 A HK71897 A HK 71897A
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Hong Kong
Prior art keywords
adjustment
ink jet
print quality
quality assessment
jet printers
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HK71897A
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English (en)
Inventor
Wistar W Rhoads
Lance Cleveland
Abdolreza Movaghar
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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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
    • B41J25/308—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with print gap adjustment mechanisms
    • B41J25/3082—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with print gap adjustment mechanisms with print gap adjustment means on the print head carriage, e.g. for rotation around a guide bar or using a rotatable eccentric bearing
    • 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
    • B41J2/2103—Features not dealing with the colouring process per se, e.g. construction of printers or heads, driving circuit adaptations
    • 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
    • B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
    • B41J25/308—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with print gap adjustment mechanisms
HK71897A 1993-05-03 1997-05-29 Print quality assessment and adjustment in thermal ink jet printers HK71897A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/056,959 US5455607A (en) 1993-05-03 1993-05-03 Black text quality in printers using multiple black and color pens

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HK71897A true HK71897A (en) 1997-06-06

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US (1) US5455607A (ja)
EP (1) EP0623474B1 (ja)
JP (1) JPH06328674A (ja)
DE (1) DE69402458T2 (ja)
HK (1) HK71897A (ja)

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DE69402458D1 (de) 1997-05-15
EP0623474B1 (en) 1997-04-09
US5455607A (en) 1995-10-03
JPH06328674A (ja) 1994-11-29
EP0623474A2 (en) 1994-11-09
EP0623474A3 (en) 1995-03-15
DE69402458T2 (de) 1997-11-06

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