Patent ID: 8894174
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor to cause the processor to: cause printing of a first swath by a print unit on a media that is to be followed by a second swath printed beneath and adjacent to the first swath, the first swath printed without compensating for non-constant advance errors for the media between the first swath and the second swath; advance the media with respect to the print unit; for a nominal version of the second swath, determine a plurality of adjustment regions along the width of the nominal version in accordance with a profile of the non-constant advance errors for the media; form an adjusted version of the second swath by, for each of the regions, adjusting the height of the nominal version in memory based on the determined amount of advancement error for the region; and cause printing of the adjusted version of the second swath by the print unit on the media, with just the adjusted version of the second swath and not the first swath compensating for the non-constant advance errors between the first swath and the second swath.