METHOD FOR REDUCING STRIATIONS IN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTING

• Main Authors: SPECKHARD, THOMAS, A, HORIKAWA, TAKASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.12.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRINTING; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A method of reducing striations in electrostatic printing is provided by varying plate firing sequences in a pattern of nib groups on the writing head of an electrostatic printer to visually mute the effects of sequence striations. This variation, in combination with other techniques, minimize multi...