IP Library Granted Patent US 11,077,656
Granted Patent B2
US 11,077,656 · App. 16/888,968 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Inkjet recording apparatus

Inventor: Naosuke Ino (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
B41J2/04516B41J2/04586B41J2/14201
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Patent No.
US 11,077,656
App. No.
16/888,968
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an inkjet recording apparatus including: a nozzle configured to eject droplets including a first droplet and a second droplet larger than the first droplet; a moving mechanism that moves a sheet relative to the nozzle; and a processor configured to generate ejection data for the droplets, the ejection data corresponding to a dot image formed by ejecting the droplets from the nozzle on the sheet moved relatively to the nozzle by the moving mechanism, wherein the processor is configured to replace the second droplet for a pixel of interest in an original ejection data for generating the ejection data with the first droplet when the droplets are not ejected for n pixels in a row after the pixel of interest to generate the ejection data, where n is an integer of 2 or more.

Claims (16)

1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

a nozzle configured to eject droplets comprising a first droplet and a second droplet larger than the first droplet;

a moving mechanism that moves a sheet relative to the nozzle; and

a processor configured to generate ejection data for the droplets, the ejection data corresponding to a dot image formed by ejecting the droplets from the nozzle on the sheet moved relatively to the nozzle by the moving mechanism,

wherein the processor is configured to replace the second droplet for a pixel of interest in an original ejection data for generating the ejection data with the first droplet when the droplets are not ejected for n pixels in a row after the pixel of interest to generate the ejection data, where n is an integer of 2 or more.

2. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor does not replace the second droplet for the pixel of interest when the total number of droplets disposed on seven adjacent pixels other than a pixel after the pixel of interest in the original ejection data is larger than a predetermined number.

3. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to increase the integer n as a velocity of the sheet relative to the nozzle increases.

4. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to perform:

a first halftone processing for forming a first original ejection data; and

a second halftone processing for forming a second original ejection data in which number of row pixels in front-back direction where the droplets are ejected is larger than in the first original ejection data,

wherein the processor is configured to:

set the integer n to a first predetermined value for the first halftone processing, and;

set the integer n to a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value for the second halftone processing to generate the ejection data.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056226/0612 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: INO, NAOSUKE
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052946/0128 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-182748 · Oct 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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