US 11,745,501 B1
Drop size monitoring mechanism
Walter F. Kailey, Boulder, CO (US); and Mikel Stanich, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Walter F. Kailey, Boulder, CO (US); and Mikel Stanich, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,804.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01); H04N 1/52 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04535 (2013.01) [B41J 2/0456 (2013.01); H04N 1/52 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one physical memory device to store drop size logic; and
one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the drop size logic to:
receive first ink usage amount data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with a first halftone design and print job data;
receive first ink drop size data for each of a plurality of color planes associated with the first halftone design;
receive second ink drop count data for each of the plurality of color planes associated with a second halftone design and the print job data; and
determine second ink drop size data for each of the plurality of color planes based on corresponding first ink usage amount data, the first ink drop size data and the second ink drop count data.