US4856920A
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Dot matrix printing and scanning
Assignee: SANDERS DESIGN INTERNATIONAL Inc (AKA SDI INC)
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Filing: 1987-04-22
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2007-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A unique Dot Scanning System is described which gives superior quality speed performance. One form of this dot scanning system is intra-dot and is applicable to both serial and line impact dot matrix printers, line and serial thermal printers, ink jet, as well as laser and LCD printers. In general, the speed of quality printing is more than doubled for given printhead performance. Another aspect of the invention involves inter-dot scanning as well as intra-dot recording and can be used in all the above applications. The scanning is preferably perpendicular to the printhead motion over the paper.
Inventors
- 👤 Royden C. Sanders, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:42
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/12; G06K15/1238; B; B41; B41J; B41J25/00; B41J25/001; B41J25/006; G06K15/028; G06K15/10; G06K2215/00; G06K2215/0082
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A device for recording data on a display medium by use of dot matrix recording means having a predetermined matrix size, first and second dot creating means having refire times for creating dots, means for scanning the recording means with a linear motion in a major direction normal to advancement of the display medium relative to the dot matrix recording means occurring between scans in the major direction, said second dot creating means being spaced a predetermined distance from said first dot creating means in a direction normal to the major direction, and means for imposing on said motion is said major direction a cyclic variation transverse to said major direction, said cyclic variation having a peak to peak amplitude at least equal to said predetermined distance to provide an integral number of possible print positions of at least two during each cycle of said cyclic variation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
147 words
A device for recording data on a display medium by use of dot matrix recording means having a predetermined matrix size, first and second dot creating means having refire times for creating dots, means for scanning the recording means with a linear motion in a major direction normal to advancement of the display medium relative to the dot matrix recording means occurring between scans in the major direction, said second dot creating means being spaced a predetermined distance from said first dot creating means in a direction normal to the major direction, and means for imposing on said motion is said major direction a cyclic variation transverse to said major direction, said cyclic variation having a peak to peak amplitude at least equal to said predetermined distance to provide an integral number of possible print positions of at least two during each cycle of said cyclic variation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A device according to claim 1 said transverse scanning motion having a frequency sufficiently high to move said second dot creating means to a position adjacent, in the major scanning direction, to a dot created by the first dot creating means within a time shorter than the refire time of the first dot creating means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A device according to claim 1, said cyclic variation having a peak to peak amplitude between one and three times said predetermined distance and comprising means for activating said dot creating means at said integral number of possible print positions along each cycle of said cyclic variation, said integral number being at least twenty.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said cyclic variation completes one cycle in a space of 1/60 inch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said cyclic variation completes one cycle in a space of 1/120 inch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said cyclic variation completes one cycle in a space of 1/90 inch for printing 10 and 15 characters per inch and 1/96 inch for printing 12 characters per inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the dots created are at least as large as the matrix size.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the device is a serial impact dot matrix printer.
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