Patent ID: 6540315
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A method for ejecting fluid onto a receiving medium, comprising:ejecting the fluid in a plurality of swaths, where each swath overlaps at least one other swath to form an overlap region for those swaths; and modifying, for the swaths defining an overlap region, fluid ejection data for pixels within that overlap region to reduce an amount of fluid ejected for each pixel within that overlap region for at least one of the overlapping swaths based on at least one of a position of that pixel within the overlap region and a control value associated with that pixel, wherein modifying the amount of fluid ejected for each pixel within the overlap region for at least one of the overlapping swaths comprises ejecting a successively smaller amount of fluid for each scanline within the overlap region of a first swath, while subsequently ejecting a successively larger amount of fluid for each scanline within the overlap region of a second swath that overlaps the first swath.