Patent ID: 8915575
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a staggered inkjet printhead including at least two inkjet nozzle arrays arranged along first and second print lines in an alternating pattern, the first and second print lines being substantially parallel to each other and separated from each other along a media advance direction, each inkjet nozzle array including a corresponding group of nozzles extending along the corresponding print line in a nozzle array direction, the nozzles being adapted to eject drops of ink onto a receiver media which is moved along a media path past the first print line and then past the second print line, wherein the inkjet nozzle arrays along a particular print line alternate with non-printing regions, the positions of the inkjet nozzles arrays along the first and second print lines being offset from each other such that the non-printing regions along one of the print lines are aligned with the inkjet nozzle arrays along the other of the print lines; and a media guide including: