Patents by Inventor Susan M. Lubecki

Susan M. Lubecki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus of optimizing discrete drop volumes for multidrop capable inkjet printers
    Patent number: 6776468
    Abstract: An ink jet printer apparatus and method includes a print head having at least one nozzle. In response to a signal related to media type that is to be recorded upon, gray level image data relating to at least three different drop volumes including no ink drop are recorded at different pixel locations to form dots of different dot size or dot density on the recording medium. In recording image data of the same multitone image data value on different media, drop volumes deposited on one medium by the nozzle are different than drop volumes deposited on another medium by that nozzle. In some embodiments or printing modes image data is also recorded by depositing a variable size dot on a reference raster location and a supplementary dot at an adjacent pixel location on a shifted raster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Rodney L. Miller, Jason C. Van Blargan, Susan M. Lubecki, James S. Newkirk
  • Method and apparatus of optimizing discrete drop volumes for multidrop capable inkjet printers
    Publication number: 20030081023
    Abstract: An ink jet printer apparatus and method includes a print head having at least one nozzle. In response to a signal related to media type that is to be recorded upon, gray level image data relating to at least three different drop volumes including no ink drop are recorded at different pixel locations to form dots of different dot size or dot density on the recording medium. In recording image data of the same multitone image data value on different media, drop volumes deposited on one medium by the nozzle are different than drop volumes deposited on another medium by that nozzle. In some embodiments or printing modes image data is also recorded by depositing a variable size dot on a reference raster location and a supplementary dot at an adjacent pixel location on a shifted raster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Rodney L. Miller, Jason C. Van Blargan, Susan M. Lubecki, James S. Newkirk