| US 7,457,001 B2 | ||
| Half-toner compositor for use in a print engine/controller | ||
| Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/39,866. | ||
| Application 11/039866 is a continuation of application No. 09/575110, filed on May 23, 2000, granted, now 6,859,289. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0122356 A1, Jun. 09, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.9 [358/3.06; 358/3.13; 347/12] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A half-toner compositor to composite image plane data, for use in an ink jet print head, the half-toner compositor comprising:
at least one dot merger receiving data from more than one buffer; and,
a color mask register holding masking bits in number equal to the number of image planes,
wherein input data to the at least one dot merger is combined with the masking bits to form an output data corresponding to
a type of ink in the print head.
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