Patent ID: 6231160
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer for forming an image on print media, comprising:a print media driver adapted to advance the print media along a print media scan axis in a print media advance direction; anda printer carriage adapted to reciprocatingly scan along a carriage scan axis; anda printhead including an integrally formed nozzle plate and a plurality of nozzles in the integrally formed nozzle plate in an array extending along the print media scan axis, the nozzles being arranged such that spacing, measured along the print media scan axis, between the nozzles in at least a first pair of adjacent nozzles is different than the spacing between the nozzles in at least a second pair of adjacent nozzles and spacing between the nozzles in at least a third pair of adjacent nozzles is different than the spacing between the nozzles in the first and second pairs of adjacent nozzles, the third pair of adjacent nozzles including one nozzle from the first pair of adjacent nozzles and one nozzle from the second pair of adjacent nozzles.