Patent ID: 8848233
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B29C,B33Y,B41C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for printing a three-dimensional image including pixels in a fast scan dimension x, a slow scan dimension y, and a z dimension that is orthogonal to the x and y dimensions on a printable surface by a printhead including a plurality of marking elements, the method comprising the steps of: subdividing the three dimensional image into multiple two-dimensional images defining multiple two-dimensional intermediate layers parallel to the fast scan dimension x and the slow scan dimension y; and printing the intermediate layers on top of each other in the z dimension by: the second set of marking elements that printed the second set of pixels in the overlapping portion in a second intermediate layer on top of a first intermediate layer is different from the first set of marking elements that printed the first set of pixels in the overlapping portion in the first intermediate layer.