Patent Document ID: 20070076038
Application ID: 11240561
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A calibration method for a printer having a mechanism for advancing a medium in a direction of media advance comprising the following steps: a- providing a printhead, the printhead having a swath height in the direction of media advance; b- providing an estimate of either the swath height or the characteristic of the mechanism; c- printing a base pattern on a medium using the printhead; d- printing an overlay pattern on the medium using the printhead to form an interference pattern; e- advance the medium of a predetermined distance using the mechanism at a time between the printing of the base pattern and the printing of the overlay pattern; f- analyze an optical evaluation of the interference pattern; g- evaluate as either: i- the swath height if the characteristic of the mechanism is known or estimated; or ii- the characteristic of the mechanism if the swath height is known or estimated.