Method and apparatus for printing large format lenticular images
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsRoger A. Morton, Timothy J. Tredwell
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for printing large format lenticular images on a lenticular sheet (902) having a plurality of generally parallel lenticules (903) on a front side of the lenticular sheet (902). A sensor (209) senses a beginning of each lenticule (903). A printhead (102) prints interleaved image information on the lenticular sheet (902) in a series of swaths (220). A width of each of the swaths (220) is less than a width of the lenticular sheet (902). Each of the swaths (220) is printed in a direction parallel to the lenticules (903) and each of the swaths (220) is printed in a direction perpendicular to the lenticules (903).
Claims26
An apparatus for printing large format lenticular images on a lenticular sheet having a plurality of generally parallel lenticules on a front side of said lenticular sheet comprising:
- a sensor which senses a position of each of said lenticules;
- a printhead for printing interleaved image information on said lenticular sheet;
- wherein said interleaved image information is printed in a series of swaths wherein a width of each of said swaths is less than a width of said lenticular sheet;
- a controller which receives a lenticule position signal from said sensor and controls a relative position of said printhead and said lenticular sheet;
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- wherein a line of a first swath is aligned with a line of a second swath.
An apparatus for printing large format lenticular images on a lenticular sheet having a plurality of generally parallel lenticules on a front side of said lenticular sheet comprising:
- a sensor which senses a beginning of each of said lenticules;
- a printhead for printing interleaved image information on said lenticular sheet;
- wherein said interleaved image information is printed in a series of swaths wherein a width of each of said swaths is less than a width of said lenticular sheet;
- a controller which receives a lenticule position signal from said sensor and controls a relative position of said printhead and said lenticular sheet;
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- wherein boundary pixels of one swath are aligned with boundary pixels of an adjacent swath by aligning each of said boundary pixels with one of said lenticule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.