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Ink-jet printing method
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-02-08
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2002-02-08
Abstract
Abstract An ink-jet printing method for painting an image on a recording medium uses ink-jet heads equal in number to the least common multiple of numbers of rows or columns of two different sizes of dot matrices. The ink-jet heads are disposed in side-by-side arrangement so as to deposit ink dots on dot lines adjacent one another. When a dot matrix having m rows and k columns for a single picture element is selectively used, ink-jet heads are so classified into several sub-groups of m ink-jet heads as to deposit ink dots on several scanning lines each of which comprises m dot lines. On the other hand, if the ink-jet heads are classified into several sub-groups of n ink-jet heads each, then they deposit ink dots on several scanning lines each of which comprises n dot lines when a dot matrix having n rows and l columns for a single picture element is selectively used.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazutaka Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 08:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/06; H04N1/0671; H04N1/0678; H04N1/024; H04N1/032; H04N1/034; H04N1/19; H04N1/191; H04N1/1911
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
In a method for painting images with ink dots deposited on a recording medium by a plurality of ink-jet heads disposed close to said recording medium, wherein said recording medium moves in a primary scanning direction and said plurality of ink-jet heads move intermittently in a secondary scanning direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction; the improvement comprising providing ink-jet heads equal in number to the least common multiple of arbitrary integers m and n; arranging said ink-jet heads in such manner that ink dots are deposited with separation by a distance equal to the size of a single cell of a dot matrix used in the secondary scanning direction; and dividing said ink-jet heads into a plurality of sub-groups of ink-jet heads, each sub-group containing a number of heads equal to a whole number factor of the number of possible dots in a said matrix, said whole number factor being greater than one.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
In a method for painting images with ink dots deposited on a recording medium by a plurality of ink-jet heads disposed close to said recording medium, wherein said recording medium moves in a primary scanning direction and said plurality of ink-jet heads move intermittently in a secondary scanning direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction; the improvement comprising providing ink-jet heads equal in number to the least common multiple of arbitrary integers m and n; arranging said ink-jet heads in such manner that ink dots are deposited with separation by a distance equal to the size of a single cell of a dot matrix used in the secondary scanning direction; and dividing said ink-jet heads into a plurality of sub-groups of ink-jet heads, each sub-group containing a number of heads equal to a whole number factor of the number of possible dots in a said matrix, said whole number factor being greater than one.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as defined in claim 1, comprising using six ink-jet heads; and dividing said six ink-jet heads into three sub-groups of two ink-jet heads, thereby to provide a 2×2 dot matrix for a single picture element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as defined in claim 1, comprising using six ink-jet heads; and dividing said six ink-jet heads into two sub-groups of three ink-jet heads, thereby to provide a 3×3 dot matrix for a single picture element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method as defined in claim 1, comprising using twelve ink-jet heads; and dividing said twelve ink-jet heads into sub-groups of ink-jet heads each having a number of heads equal to a whole number factor of twelve which is greater than one, thereby providing a dot matrix having that whole number factor of dots along each side.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said ink-jet heads are disposed in side-by-side arrangement in a line in the primary scanning direction and are directed toward the recording medium respectively in different directions that diverge from each other in the direction of the recording medium so as to eject ink drops toward different positions on the recording medium with separation by a distance equal to the size of a single cell in the secondary scanning direction.
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