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Automatic Density Control for Increased Print Uniformity and Printer Reliability with Inline Linear Array Sensing

Mizes et al., 2008

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Document ID
13829880531422358135
Author
Mizes H
Calamita J
Conrow B
Fillion C
LeStrange J
Mihalyov K
Paul P
Schweid S
Taylor D
Updegraff S
Viturro E
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NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference

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Color electrophotographic printing requires consistent and uniform color within a single page. One approach to increase and maintain uniform color is to measure any residual nonuniformity and then adjust the image to compensate for it. To make this measurement …
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