High speed printing system for printing magnetic ink
AssigneeRicoh Production Print Solutions LLC
InventorJohn Seibt
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Abstract
High speed printing system for printing magnetic ink systems and associated methods are disclosed. A color of the magnetic ink may be designed to resemble one of the non-magnetic inks so that instead of ejecting the one non-magnetic ink, the printing system ejects the magnetic ink. Nozzles in a printhead may also be arranged to be adjacent to each other and may be appropriately spaced without causing the inks to be mixed in the printhead. Additionally, a color transform system may be provided to transform a sheet image in accordance with ejecting at least the magnetic and the non-magnetic ink from the printhead.
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A printing system, comprising:
- a color transform system operable to transform a sheet image to separate a black color plane from a sheet image, and to generate a first bitmap based on the black color plane for printing magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from a single printhead, the magnetic ink;
- the color transform system further operable to transform the sheet image to generate a second bitmap for printing non-magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from the single printhead, the non-magnetic ink;
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- the single printhead operable to receive the first bitmap and the second bitmap, and to concurrently eject the magnetic ink based on the first bitmap and the non-magnetic ink based on the second bitmap.
A method of printing magnetic ink, comprising:
- transforming a sheet image to separate a black color plane from a sheet image;
- generating a first bitmap based on the black color plane for printing magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from a single printhead, the magnetic ink;
- transforming the sheet image to generate a second bitmap for printing non-magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from the single printhead, non-magnetic ink;
- receiving the first bitmap and the second bitmap at the single printhead;
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- ejecting the magnetic ink based on the first bitmap and the non-magnetic ink based on the second bitmap concurrently.
A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a computer system, are operable to execute a method of printing magnetic ink, the method comprising:
- transforming a sheet image to separate a black color plane from a sheet image;
- generating a first bitmap based on the black color plane for printing magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from a single printhead, the magnetic ink;
- transforming the sheetside image to generate a second bitmap for printing non-magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from the single printhead, the the non-magnetic ink;
- receiving the first bitmap and the second bitmap at the single printhead;
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- ejecting the magnetic ink based on the first bitmap and the non-magnetic ink based on the second bitmap concurrently.
A printing system, comprising:
- a color transform system operable to transform a sheet image based on an International Color Consortium (“ICC”) profile that corresponds with a magnetic ink and a non-magnetic ink to generate at least a first bitmap for printing the magnetic ink and a second bitmap for printing the non-magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from a single printhead, the magnetic ink and the non-magnetic ink;
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- the single printhead operable to receive the first bitmap and the second bitmap, and to concurrently eject the magnetic ink based on the first bitmap and the non-magnetic ink based on the second bitmap.
A method of printing magnetic ink, comprising:
- transforming a sheet image based on an International Color Consortium (“ICC”) profile that corresponds with a magnetic ink and a non-magnetic ink to generate at least a first bitmap for printing the magnetic ink and a second bitmap for printing the non-magnetic ink in accordance with ejecting, from a single printhead, the magnetic ink and the non-magnetic ink;
- receiving the first bitmap and the second bitmap at the single printhead;
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- ejecting the magnetic ink based on the first bitmap and the non-magnetic ink based on the second bitmap concurrently.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.