Object oriented images forming
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorDavid A. Mantell
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for object oriented image forming is disclosed. An image forming system including a method for printing one or more objects in an image with an image forming device such as a printhead. The method ensures that objects requiring fewer passes are printed with the smaller number of passes. A determination is made by a computing apparatus or processor as to a what is a minimum number of passes of the printhead required to print each object. Then, each object is printed in only the minimum number of passes determined to be required to properly print that object, regardless of how many passes may be required by other objects in a same printing swath.
Claims18
In an image forming system, a method for printing one or more objects in an image with a printhead, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying said one or more objects in said image;
- based on each of said one or more objects determining a minimum number of passes of said printhead required to print each of said one or more objects in said image;
- and
- printing each of said one or more objects in only said minimum number of passes.
A method for printing an object in an image with a printhead in an image forming system, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more objects in said image printed, wherein said one or more objects spans between multiple swaths;
- and
- printing said one or more objects spanning between said multiple swaths in a same number of printhead passes in each of said multiple swaths.
An image forming system, comprising:
- at least one printhead;
- and
- a processor in electronic communication with said printhead, said processor adapted for receiving information regarding one or more objects in an image to be printed with said printhead, and adapted for processing said information to direct a printing pattern based on said objects in said image to print said objects in their entirety in a minimum number of passes of said printhead required for each of said objects, wherein each object is printed in a minimum number of passes for said object for an entirety of said object.
In an image forming system, a method for printing one or more objects in an image with a printhead, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying said one or more objects in said image;
- based on each of said one or more objects determining a print mode in which to print each object;
- and
- printing each of said one or more objects in said print mode appropriate to each of said one or more objects.
An image forming system, comprising:
- at least one printhead;
- and
- a processor in electronic communication with said printhead, said processor adapted for receiving information regarding one or more objects in an image to be printed with said printhead, printing a maximum number drops on a first number of passes, such that objects requiring fewer than said maximum number of drops are completely printed on said first number of passes while objects requiring an amount of drops exceeding said maximum number of drops are printed in an additional number of passes, and skipping swaths requiring no drops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.