Patent ID: 7513597
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium having instructions for controlling a computing-controlled printing apparatus to perform a method for printing a substrate by depositing printing ink thereon, the method itself comprising the steps of: a) incrementally advancing a substrate to predetermined printing positions disposed along a path of travel; b) at each printing position, passing a print head having a predetermined nozzle length L c) during a pass, actuating a nozzle to deposit printing ink on a predetermined number Q of selected print locations on the given scan line addressed by that nozzle on that pass; and d) repeating steps a) through c) P the method being characterized in that, on any given pass, the number Q of selected print locations onto which printing ink is deposited by each of the N nozzles varies from nozzle to nozzle along substantially the entire length L