JPS58201657A - Color recording method for ink jet printer - Google Patents

Color recording method for ink jet printer

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Publication number
JPS58201657A
JPS58201657A JP8399482A JP8399482A JPS58201657A JP S58201657 A JPS58201657 A JP S58201657A JP 8399482 A JP8399482 A JP 8399482A JP 8399482 A JP8399482 A JP 8399482A JP S58201657 A JPS58201657 A JP S58201657A
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Prior art keywords
ink
color
droplets
ink droplets
nozzles
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Takashi Nishimura
孝 西村
Masato Kobayashi
正人 小林
Rikuo Takano
陸男 高野
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/205Ink jet for printing a discrete number of tones

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to record with a color gradation approximate to that of natural colors, by a method wherein ink droplets jetted from a plurality of nozzles having difference aperture diameters for each ink are superposed on each other on a paper, and the number of ink droplets jetted into a unit area is simultaneously controlled. CONSTITUTION:In a charge quantity control type ink jet color printer for printing in four colors of yellow, cyan, magenta and black, a plurality (three, in the figure) of nozzles 1a-1c having different aperture diameters are provided in ink nozzle parts 1-4 for each color, ink droplets having different diameters are jetted from the nozzle parts 1-4, a fixed electric charge is imparted to the ink droplets by charging electrodes 5, and the droplets are deflected by deflecting electrodes 6 impressed with a fixed high voltage. The ink droplets must be electrically charged for each of dots having different particle diameters. Therefore, the charging electrodes 5 are provided for each of the ink nozzles ports 1a-1c, and electrical charging is conducted by selecting the droplets so as to obtain the same phase.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 この発明け、カラーインクジェットプリンタを用いてカ
ラー自然画を印刷する場合に高解偉度で、かつ豊富な色
表現が可能となるよう忙したカラーインクジェットプリ
ンタの記録方法に関するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a recording method for a color inkjet printer that enables high resolution and rich color expression when printing color natural images using a color inkjet printer. be.

一般に、荷電量制御型のカラーインク2エツトプリンタ
により、カラー画像記録を行う場合に、そのカラー画像
構成法には、篤1図に示すような記録紙面上の同−記録
位flK2色のインク、例えばイエローYとマゼンダM
とを重ねて赤色Rを表現する重ね合わせ法および第2図
に示すようなイエロー、シアン、マゼンダ、ブランクの
4色のインク粒子のうち所要のものを記録紙面上の単位
面積内にマトリクス的に割当て画像を構成し、色ドツト
の集合を一つの色として認識させろ混色パターン法があ
る。第2図の例は、イエローYとマゼンダMとにより赤
色Rを表現している例である。
In general, when recording a color image using a charge amount control type color ink two-jet printer, the color image composition method includes ink of two colors flK at the same recording position on the recording paper as shown in Figure 1. For example, yellow Y and magenta M
The superimposition method expresses red R by overlapping the two colors, and the necessary ink particles of the four colors of yellow, cyan, magenta, and blank as shown in Figure 2 are placed in a matrix within a unit area on the recording paper surface. There is a color mixing pattern method that constructs an assigned image and allows a set of color dots to be recognized as one color. The example shown in FIG. 2 is an example in which red R is expressed by yellow Y and magenta M.

重ね合わせ法では、単色のインク粒子を複数個重ね合わ
せるため、ドツト径の拡大や減法混色による明度の低下
が起こるという欠点があった。
The overlapping method has disadvantages in that the dot diameter increases and brightness decreases due to subtractive color mixing because a plurality of monochromatic ink particles are overlaid.

また混色パターン法では、画像を構成する最小単位を人
間の肉眼で識別できる範囲とすると、この太きさけ色に
よって違いはあるもののおよそ300μmX 300μ
m福度であることが実験的に確められており、この範囲
内九打込めるインク粒子の敷け、インク粒子の記録ドツ
(径の条件より9個(縦横が3×3)ないし16個(縦
横が3×3)種度である。この場合には、計算上では5
5色ないし145色と色表現能力は大きくなるが、マト
リクス中の色ドツトの配置の仕方によつ℃は隣接する画
素との間でしまt発生したり、また記碌ドツト径80μ
m稚度かそれ以下にする必要があり、現在の技術では常
時安定な記鍮結果を得ることが難しいという欠点があっ
た。
In addition, in the mixed color pattern method, if the minimum unit that makes up the image is within the range that can be discerned by the human eye, it is approximately 300 μm x 300 μm, although it varies depending on the bold color.
It has been experimentally confirmed that the ink droplets can be placed within this range, and the recording dots of the ink particles (depending on the diameter condition, 9 (3 x 3 in length and width) or 16 ( The vertical and horizontal dimensions are 3 x 3) species degree.In this case, in calculation, 5
The color expression capability increases from 5 colors to 145 colors, but depending on how the color dots are arranged in the matrix, stripes may occur between adjacent pixels, and the recording dot diameter may be 80 μm.
The current technology has the disadvantage that it is difficult to always obtain stable recording results.

この発明け、上記欠点をなくし、より自然に近いカラー
階調表現を可能とするよう、各色インクごとに口径の異
なる複数のノズルから噴射されるインク粒子を記録紙面
上で重ね合わせ、かつ単位面積内に打込むインク粒子数
を同時に制御することによりカラー階調記録を行うよう
Kしたものである。以下、この発明を図面を用いて説明
する。
This invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and makes it possible to express color gradations closer to nature by overlapping ink particles ejected from multiple nozzles with different apertures for each color ink on the recording paper surface and Color gradation recording is performed by simultaneously controlling the number of ink droplets injected into the ink droplet. Hereinafter, this invention will be explained using the drawings.

第3図はこの発明の実施に用いる記鍮機構部の一例を示
すものである。この図で、1,2,3゜4はイエロー、
シアン、マゼンダ、ブラックの各インクに対するインク
ノズル部であり、その先端部には、1m+1b*1eの
ように口径の異なるインク噴射口をそれぞれ有している
。インクノズル部1,2.3.4より噴射された粒子径
の異なる各色インクの粒子は、それぞれの荷電電接5に
よりカラー情報に基づく一定の電荷を与えられ、一定の
高電圧が付加されている偏向電極6によって偏向され、
配録紙面上の所定の位置に衝突して4シ カラ情報に応じたドツトパターンが形成される。
FIG. 3 shows an example of a brass mechanism used in carrying out the present invention. In this diagram, 1, 2, 3°4 are yellow,
This is an ink nozzle section for each of cyan, magenta, and black inks, and the tip thereof has ink ejection openings with different diameters such as 1 m + 1 b * 1 e. The ink particles of each color having different particle diameters ejected from the ink nozzle sections 1, 2, 3, 4 are given a certain electric charge based on color information by the respective charging contacts 5, and a certain high voltage is applied. deflected by the deflection electrode 6,
The dots collide at predetermined positions on the recording paper surface to form a dot pattern corresponding to the four-shikara information.

ここで、各インク粒子への帯電は、粒子径の異なるドツ
トごとに行う必要があり、そのためインク噴射口1 、
a〜1cごとに荷電電極5を設け、さら忙位相が同一と
なるように粒子を選定して帯電させることによりカラー
階調記録が可能となる。なお、Tけインクパイプを示す
Here, it is necessary to charge each ink droplet for each dot with a different particle size, so that the ink ejection port 1,
Color gradation recording becomes possible by providing charging electrodes 5 for each of a to 1c and selecting and charging particles so that their busy phases are the same. Note that the T-ink pipe is shown.

纂4図は記録紙面上に形成されたドツトパターンの一構
成例を示す 図中、8〜16けマ) IJクス構成要素
であり、各マド6リクス構成要素8@6内にO印で示さ
れ各符号Ka、b、eが付加されているのけインク粒子
を示し、1は大粒子、bけ中粒子、Cけ小粒子を意味し
、人間の肉眼で単一の色として認識される単位面積に集
合した各ドツトであり、第3図で説明した口径の異なる
インク噴射口1m+1b、1eより噴射され、記録紙面
上で重ね合わされた例である。
Figure 4 shows an example of the configuration of a dot pattern formed on the recording paper surface (marks 8 to 16 in the figure). The symbols Ka, b, and e are added to indicate the ink particles, and 1 means large particles, b medium particles, and C small particles, which are recognized by the human eye as a single color. This is an example in which the dots are gathered in a unit area and are ejected from the ink ejection ports 1m+1b and 1e having different diameters as explained in FIG. 3, and are superimposed on the surface of the recording paper.

一例として、lIaの粒子をイエロー、8bの粒子をマ
ゼンダ、8eの粒子をブラックと仮定した場合に、減法
混色の考え方より、粒子8cの部分は暗い赤、粒子8b
の部分(環状の部分)は赤、粒子Beの部分(環状の部
分)はイエローとなり、この1ドツトは全体的に暗いだ
いだい色に見える。
As an example, if we assume that the particles of lIa are yellow, the particles of 8b are magenta, and the particles of 8e are black, based on the idea of subtractive color mixing, the part of particle 8c is dark red, the part of particle 8b is dark red, and the part of particle 8b is dark red.
The part (ring-shaped part) is red, the part (ring-shaped part) of the particle Be is yellow, and this one dot appears as a dark orange color as a whole.

ま1こ図中、マトリクス構成要素9,10内の粒子9c
、10bに示すようにドツト径を変えた同じ色インクの
粒子同士でも白部分に対する色ドツトの領域の違いによ
り階調の違いを生じさせられる。他のマトリクス構成要
素内の粒子についても同様に種々の階調を表わしている
ことを示している。
In the figure, particles 9c in matrix components 9 and 10
, 10b, even between particles of the same color ink with different dot diameters, differences in gradation occur due to differences in the area of the color dots relative to the white portion. It is shown that particles in other matrix components similarly exhibit various gradations.

この例において、1ドツト当たりで表現できる色数を計
算すると、同じ色のインクを2度用いないという条件を
付けても72通りとなる。一般に、口径の異なるノズル
a本、色インクをb色とした場合のlドラF当たりで可
能な色数8.け、S・” mcI ’ bP+ +aC
t・bP、+  ・・・・・・・・・の式−で表わされ
る。このように画偉の最小構成単位において、従来に比
べ10倍以上の色表現が可能となる。また人間の肉眼の
認識レベルの面積内に色インクを複数個打込んだ場合の
色表現け3×3のマトリクスとした場合、計算上は約2
.32 X10″色が可能となる。一般に、混色パター
ンのマトリクスを(mXn L  1画素当たりで表現
可能な色数をS・ とすれば、混色パターンで表現可能
な色数SmX++け で表わされる。このように、この発明のカラー記録方法
によれば、表現可能な色数は階乗的に増加し、自然に近
い色表現が可能となる。またドツト径の異なる色ドツト
を重ね合わせることにより、従来の重ね合わせで発生し
たドツトの拡大という問題点も解消される。
In this example, the number of colors that can be expressed per dot is calculated to be 72, even with the condition that the same color ink is not used twice. In general, when a number of nozzles with different apertures are used and color ink is used as color B, the number of colors possible per 1 drive F is 8. ke, S・” mcI ' bP+ +aC
It is expressed by the formula - of t·bP, + . In this way, it is possible to express more than 10 times more color in the smallest structural unit of the image than in the past. In addition, if the color representation when multiple colored inks are injected into an area that is perceptible to the human naked eye is a 3 x 3 matrix, the calculated value is approximately 2
.. 32 x 10" colors are possible. Generally speaking, if the matrix of the color mixture pattern is (mXn L) and the number of colors that can be expressed per pixel is S, then the number of colors that can be expressed by the color mixture pattern is expressed as SmX++. According to the color recording method of the present invention, the number of colors that can be expressed increases factorially, making it possible to express colors that are close to natural.Also, by overlapping color dots with different dot diameters, it is possible to The problem of enlargement of dots caused by superposition of dots is also solved.

さらに、第5図に示すよ5に、大きいインク粒子18に
対し、小さいインク粒子1Tの印字位置を大きいインク
粒子18の間に打込み、大きいインク粒子18の間隙を
重ね合わせを用いずに埋めるととにより明度の低下を防
ぎながら、色表現能力を増加させることも可能である。
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the printing position of the small ink droplet 1T is injected between the large ink particles 18 and the gap between the large ink particles 18 is filled without using overlapping. It is also possible to increase the color expression ability while preventing a decrease in brightness.

以上説明したようK、この発明のカラー記録方法は、同
一個所に大針さの異なるインク粒子を打込むようにした
ので、インク粒子のドツト径を最小の色表現単位とする
ことができ、解偉度を上げることが可能となるばかりで
なく、混色パターン法と組合わせることにより豊富なカ
ラー階調表現が可能となり、写真に近いカラーハードコ
ピーが得られろという利点がある。
As explained above, in the color recording method of the present invention, ink droplets with different needle sizes are ejected at the same location, so the dot diameter of the ink droplets can be used as the smallest unit of color expression, and Not only is it possible to increase the quality of the image, but when combined with the mixed color pattern method, it is possible to express a rich variety of color gradations, which has the advantage of producing a color hard copy that is close to that of a photograph.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1@け重ね合わせ法の一例を説明するための図、第2
図は混色パターン法の一例を説明するための図、第3図
はこの発明の一実施例を示す斜視図、第4図はこの発明
による記録パターンの一例を示す図、第5図はこの発明
による他の配碌パターンを示す図である。 図中、1,2.3.4けインクノズル部、1aは大口径
のインク噴射口、1bは中口径のインク噴射口、1cけ
小口径のインク噴射口、5け荷電電極、6け偏向電極、
8〜16はマトリクス構成要素である。 第1図 第3図 第4図 5 第5図
1st diagram for explaining an example of the superposition method, 2nd diagram
3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a recording pattern according to the invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the recording pattern according to the invention. FIG. In the figure, 1, 2, 3, and 4 ink nozzle parts, 1a are large-diameter ink jet ports, 1b are medium-diameter ink jet ports, 1c are small-diameter ink jet ports, 5 charging electrodes, and 6 deflectors. electrode,
8 to 16 are matrix components. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 5

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] イエgy −、シアン、マゼンダ、ブラックの4色のイ
ンクを用いてカラー画像を記録する荷電量制御型のイン
クジェットプリンタにおいて、各インクごとに口径の異
なる複数のノズルを備えておき、これらの各ノズルから
インク粒子径の異なるインク滴を噴射し、これらのイン
ク滴に偏向を加え記録紙面上でドツト径お・よび種類の
異なる所要の色インクを重ね合わせて1画素を最小単位
としてカラー階調表現を行う、ことを特徴とするインク
ジェットプリンタのカラー記録方法。
In a charge control type inkjet printer that records color images using inks of four colors: cyan, magenta, and black, a plurality of nozzles with different diameters are provided for each ink, and each of these nozzles Ink droplets with different ink particle diameters are ejected from the ink droplets, these ink droplets are deflected, and the desired color ink of different dot diameters and types are superimposed on the recording paper surface to express color gradation using one pixel as the minimum unit. A color recording method for an inkjet printer characterized by performing the following steps.
JP8399482A 1982-05-20 1982-05-20 Color recording method for ink jet printer Pending JPS58201657A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS61261058A (en) * 1985-05-15 1986-11-19 Nec Corp Ink jet recording device
US6102520A (en) * 1990-04-20 2000-08-15 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus with ink spot volume regulation

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS61261058A (en) * 1985-05-15 1986-11-19 Nec Corp Ink jet recording device
US6102520A (en) * 1990-04-20 2000-08-15 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus with ink spot volume regulation
US6290329B1 (en) 1990-04-20 2001-09-18 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording apparatus

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