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    Publication numberWO2003004280 A3
    Publication typeApplication
    Application numberPCT/CA2001/000996
    Publication dateAug 7, 2003
    Filing dateJul 5, 2001
    Priority dateJul 5, 2001
    Also published asWO2003004280A2
    Publication numberPCT/2001/996, PCT/CA/1/000996, PCT/CA/1/00996, PCT/CA/2001/000996, PCT/CA/2001/00996, PCT/CA1/000996, PCT/CA1/00996, PCT/CA1000996, PCT/CA100996, PCT/CA2001/000996, PCT/CA2001/00996, PCT/CA2001000996, PCT/CA200100996, WO 03004280 A3, WO 03004280A3, WO 2003/004280 A3, WO 2003004280 A3, WO 2003004280A3, WO-A3-03004280, WO-A3-2003004280, WO03004280 A3, WO03004280A3, WO2003/004280A3, WO2003004280 A3, WO2003004280A3
    InventorsDaniel Gelbart, Amos Michelson
    ApplicantCreo Srl, Daniel Gelbart, Amos Michelson
    Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
    Patent Citations (7), Non-Patent Citations (1), Classifications (12), Legal Events (7)
    External Links: Patentscope, Espacenet
    Improved uniformity ink jet system
    WO 2003004280 A3
    Abstract
    Ink jet printers and other systems using multi-nozzle ink jet heads can be made to print with a high degree of uniformity by assigning multiple jets (1-a, 1-b, 1-c) to each track (6). In order to avoid the throughput loss caused by simple overwriting, the marks created by the nozzles of a given track write in an interleaved mode, with interleaving performed along the track. Since each track is formed by multiple nozzles a high degree of redundancy can be achieved at a low overhead by having one or more spare nozzles (1-e) in each track.
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    JPS60104338A * Title not available
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    * Cited by examiner
    Non-Patent Citations
    Reference
    1 *PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 252 (M - 420) 9 October 1985 (1985-10-09)
    * Cited by examiner
    Classifications
    International ClassificationB29C67/00, B41J2/21, B41J2/165, B41J29/393
    Cooperative ClassificationB41J2/2139, B41J2/2132, B41J29/393, B29C67/0059
    European ClassificationB41J2/21D, B41J2/21D2, B41J29/393, B29C67/00R2B
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