Ink jet printing with low coverage second pass
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsTrevor J. Snyder, David L. Knierim, Christine M. Greiser, James B. Jensen, Brent E. Fleming, James B. Campbell
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Abstract
A method of operating an ink jet printer including printing a first image having substantially solid fill regions on a transfer surface disposed on a print drum, printing a second image on the first image, wherein the second image comprises solid or dithered fill regions that correspond to portions of some of the solid fill regions of the interlaced image, and wherein the second image has a dot density that is less than a dot density of the first image.
Claims14
A method of operating an ink jet printer having a print drum and a printhead that selectively deposits drops of ink on a transfer surface disposed on the print drum, comprising:
- printing a first image having substantially solid fill regions on the transfer surface, the first image having a first two-dimensional dot density;
- printing a second image on the first image, the second image having second two-dimensional dot density that is less than the first two-dimensional dot density;
- wherein the second image comprises fill regions that correspond to selected portions of some of the substantially solid fill regions of the first image.
A method of operating an ink jet printer having a print drum and a printhead that selectively deposits drops of ink on a transfer surface disposed on the print drum, comprising:
- printing a first image having substantially solid fill regions on the transfer surface;
- printing a second image on the first image, the second image comprising fill regions that correspond to selected portions of some of the substantially solid fill regions of the first image;
- wherein the second image comprises dots that are more sparsely located than dots of the first image.
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