Patent ID: 6293657
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method of pausing and resuming printing operations with a swath printer having a movable carriage mounting a printhead including an array of print nozzles, the carriage movable across a print area along a swath direction in a sequence of swaths each constituting one or more passes of the carriage across the print area to print rows of image pixels, the method comprising:commencing printing in a multi-pass print mode wherein the rows constituting a swath are printed during a plurality of passes in an interleaved manner;determining a pause row location at which printing is to be paused;completing the printing of all rows and all pixels from said commencement of printing through said row location, and wherein no pixels in rows immediately following said row location are printed;pausing said printing for a time interval; andresuming said printing at a resume row location immediately following said pause row location to print only rows following said pause row, wherein wet ink is not applied to locations printed prior to said pausing.