US 12,277,459 B2
Generating a print data for an image
Alex Campa Coloma, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); and Utpal Kumar Sarkar, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES)
Assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,531.
Prior Publication US 2024/0362443 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/10 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/105 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04595 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating print data, comprising:
receiving image data indicating an average number of drops of printing fluid per pixel;
distributing the average number of drops into a first plane and a second plane; and
generating print data from the first plane and the second plane, such that drops of printing fluid in the first plane are deposited to a print medium during a pass in a first direction and drops of printing fluid of the second plane are deposited to the print medium during a pass in an opposite second direction.