Patent ID: 6354692
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A method of printing on a print medium with a printer, the printer having a print controller and at least one printhead, the method comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of direction dependent color maps for cooperating with said controller to help reduce color hue shifts in said print medium; reading a first one of said plurality of color maps; traversing the at least one printhead across the print medium in a first direction expulsing a first swath of ink droplets onto the print medium as prescribed by said first one of said plurality of color maps; indexing the printing medium past said first swath of ink droplets; reading a second one of said plurality of color maps; traversing the printheads across the print medium in a second direction, opposite said first direction, expulsing a second swath, adjacent to said first swath, of ink droplets onto the print medium as prescribed by said second one of said plurality of color maps.