Patent ID: 6905191
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing with a printer of the type which is adapted to receive a plurality of pens arranged to traverse a scan axis, each pen comprising an array of ink ejection elements, wherein the method comprises: mantaining a first set of inactive ink ejection elements at one or both ends of one of said arrays during the printing of a swath, and maintaining a second set of inactive ink ejection elements at one or both ends of another of said arrays during the printing of the swath, whereby the first and second set are selected such that the boundaries of the respective portions of the swath printed by the respective arrays are offset from one another in a printing advance direction (PAD), wherein said one array prints a swath in a first ink and wherein said another array prints a swath in a second ink, and wherein the first ink and the second ink are of identical or of similar colours.