Patent ID: 9434155
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating printheads in a printer comprising: operating with a controller a first actuator to move in a cross-process direction a first printhead having a first plurality of inkjets from a first position at which only a first portion of the first plurality of inkjets are positioned to eject ink onto a surface of a print medium and a second portion of the first plurality of inkjets are not positioned to eject ink onto the surface of the print medium and halts movement of the first printhead at a second position at which both the first portion and the second portion of the first plurality of inkjets are positioned to eject ink onto the print medium and a subset of the first portion of the first plurality of inkjets overlaps in the cross-process direction with a first portion of a second plurality of inkjets in a second printhead; and operating with the controller a plurality of inkjets in each printhead of a plurality of printheads including the first plurality of inkjets in the first printhead and the second plurality of inkjets in the second printhead to eject drops of ink across a full width of a document zone on the surface of the print medium while each printhead in the plurality of printheads remains stationary in the cross-process direction.