B41J 2/2132
Print quality control characterised by dot disposition
Official title: {Print quality control characterised by dot disposition, e.g. for reducing white stripes or banding (methods for local corrections by dot omission, image edge enhancement, or multi-pass mask selection G06K15/102; colour conversion H04N1/40)}
B41J2/2132 (Print quality control characterised by dot disposition) appears on 3,367 US grants and 3,520 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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| 2026 | 65 | 81 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Inkjet printer29 Sep 2026US 12,746,760 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus and method for dispensing treatment liquid29 Sep 2026US 12,751,239 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Method for aligning printing heads of a printing device and printing device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,471 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing program15 Sep 2026US 12,734,821 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Colorimetry system and printing device for measuring colors in printed matter15 Sep 2026US 12,734,822 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printed documents readily identifying indicia printing defects8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306937 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307405 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296003 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing system and printing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296048 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Analyzing calibration data to detect and correct maintenance issues1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296049 A1Xerox Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink-jet printer equipped for aligning the printheads243US 6,554,398 B2Agfa-Gevaert · 2003
- Method of extending the life of a printbar of a color ink jet printer170US 5,581,284 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Method and system for detecting nonfunctional elements in an ink jet printer162US 6,199,969 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001
- Spot deposition for liquid ink printing161US 4,748,453 AXerox Corporation · 1988
- Interlace printing process160US 4,967,203 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1990