US 12,333,358 B2
Shrink film colour adjustment
Eleanor Susanne Betton, Cambridge (GB); Jaime Calero López, Cambridge (GB); and Neil James Harrop, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Domino UK Limited, (GB)
Appl. No. 18/280,392
Filed by DOMINO UK LIMITED, Cambridge (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055759
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/184941, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2103127 (GB), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078401 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/1843 (2013.01) [B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); G06K 15/021 (2013.01); G06K 15/1848 (2013.01); G06K 15/1868 (2013.01); G06K 2215/0094 (2013.01); G06K 2215/101 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling the operation of an inkjet printer when printing on to a substrate that is to be shrink wrapped on to an object, the method comprising the steps of:
loading an image file on to a raster image processor;
undertaking raster image processing on the loaded image file to generate raster image data for controlling discharge of ink droplets on to the substrate;
receiving an indication of a shape of the object; and
manipulating the generated raster image data in response to the indication of the shape of the object to alter the distribution or size of droplets applied to the substrate to take into account anticipated changes in a dimension of the substrate due to shrinkage into contact with the object.