Patent ID: 6338544
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method of ejecting a fluid at a medium, the method comprising:moving an ejection head, the ejection head having a first die, the first die having a first plurality of nozzles for firing drops of the fluid at the medium; firing a first plurality of drops of the fluid at the medium from the first plurality of nozzles in a first firing sequence while the ejection head moves relative to the medium; and firing a second plurality of drops of the fluid at the medium from one of the first plurality of nozzles and a second plurality of nozzles, the second plurality of nozzles being in a second die of the ejection head, the second plurality of drops being fired in a second sequence different from the first sequence while the ejection head moves relative to the medium, wherein a drop of the first plurality of drops is adjacent a drop of the second plurality of drops, the adjacent drops fired at different times; and a stitch error between the drop of the first plurality of drops and the drop of the second plurality of drops is smaller than if the second sequence equals the first sequence.