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US 7,458,658 B2Granted
Printing method
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsChia-Ming Chang, Chao-Kai Cheng, Chih-Jian Lin, Chih-Hsuan Chiu, Chun-Hung Liu
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Abstract
A printing method is provided. In the printing method, a printing head is rotated with an angle, such that all the nozzles of the printing head are aligned with the dots of the data to be printed. After being rotated, the printing head performs the printing. If some nozzles of the printing head cannot be aligned with the dots of the data to be printed after the printing head is rotated, the resolution of the data to be printed is increased to solve the misalignment.
Claims19
A printing method, comprising:
- providing a printing head having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a row in an arrangement direction, wherein the distance between any two neighboring nozzles is P;
- determining an angle θ that makes (P×cos θ)/YO and (P×sin θ)/XO both be closest to positive integers by calculating (P×cos θ)/YO and (P×sin θ)/XO at every an interval of a predetermined angle from an initial angle of θ, wherein the distance between the dots of a data to be printed in the first direction is X0, and the distance between the dots of the data to be printed in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction is Y0;
- increasing the resolution of the data to be printed, such that a distance between the dots of the data to be printed with increased resolution in the first direction is X1, and a distance between the dots of the data to be printed with increased resolution in the second direction is Y1;
- rotating the printing head, such that an angle exists between the arrangement direction and the second direction is the determined angle θ, P×sin θ is substantially an integral multiples of X1, and P×cos θ is substantially an integral multiples of Y1;
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- printing with the rotated printing head.
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