Patent ID: 6592203
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method of printing with an ink jet printer, comprising the steps of:providing a printhead having a plurality of first nozzles with a first size and a plurality of second nozzles with a second size larger than said first size, said first nozzles and said second nozzles being alternatingly disposed in a vertical direction; providing print data corresponding to first columns of pixel locations, the print data including for each pixel location in said first columns both a respective large dot print datum and a respective small dot print datum; printing one of said respective large dot print datum and said respective small dot print datum at a first pixel location of said pixel locations in said first columns; providing second columns of pixel locations interleaved with said first columns of pixel locations; and printing an other of said respective large dot print datum and said respective small dot print datum not printed in said first pixel location of said first columns at a first pixel location of said second columns of pixel locations.