| 发明名称 | Printing apparatus and method of printing | ||
| 摘要 | A method of printing including testing the status of a printhead (12) having a plurality of printing elements (14) each of which is operable to transfer a marking medium from a web (16) to a substrate (18), wherein the method includes testing the status of each printing element (14), and providing a preview of an image (30) to be printed and, in the event that the print quality of the image is inadequate owing to the position of one or more damaged printing elements (14a, 14b) relative to the image (30) to be printed, adjusting the position of a component (30a, 30b) of the image (30) relative to the printhead (12) to improve the print quality. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9145020(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.09.29 |
| 申请号 | US201214125902 | 申请日期 | 2012.06.07 |
| 申请人 | Markem-Imaje Industries Limited | 发明人 | Cupit James |
| 分类号 | B41J2/35;B41J29/393;B41J2/21;B41J2/355 | 主分类号 | B41J2/35 |
| 代理机构 | Fish & Richardson P.C. | 代理人 | Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| 主权项 | 1. A method of printing including testing the status of a printhead having a plurality of printing elements each of which is operable to transfer a marking medium from a web to a substrate, wherein the method includes testing the status of each printing element, and providing a preview of an image to be printed and, in the event that the print quality of the image is inadequate owing to the position of one or more damaged printing elements relative to the image to be printed, adjusting the position of at least one component of the image relative to the printhead to improve the print quality, wherein the image includes more than one component and the method includes adjusting the position of at least one component relative to the or each other component whereby at least one damaged element falls outside a boundary of a component of the image. | ||
| 地址 | Nottingham GB | ||