{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8477377","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8477377","title":"Mechanism for integration of print quality enhancement (PQE) and multi-bit halftone data","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N","H04N","H04N"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"A mechanism for integrating print quality enhancement (PQE) and multi-bit halftone data is disclosed. A system of embodiments of the invention includes a print control unit communicably coupled to a printer, the print control unit operable to process received multi-bit input print data for printing by the printer. The system further comprises a PQE card communicably coupled with the printer, the PQE card configured to separate multi-bit text and line art input data from multi-bit halftone image input data in the multi-bit input print data, ignore any of the identified multi-bit halftone image input data for purposes of applying PQE technology to the identified multi-bit halftone image input data, and apply the PQE technology to the identified multi-bit text and line art input data. Lastly, the system includes a print head communicably coupled to the printer, the print head operable to print multi-bit output created by the PQE card."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Mechanism for integration of print quality enhancement (PQE) and multi-bit halftone data","description":"A mechanism for integrating print quality enhancement (PQE) and multi-bit halftone data is disclosed. A system of embodiments of the invention includes a print control unit communicably coupled to a p","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8477377","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8477377","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Mechanism for integration of print quality enhancement (PQE) and multi-bit halftone data\" (US-8477377). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8477377","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8477377","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8477377","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T17:15:55.295Z"}