Patent ID: 8057010
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing an image on a substrate in multiple passes using a page-wide-array printer having an array of print heads, the method comprising the steps of: printing, with an array of print heads of a page-wide array printer, a first portion of the image as relative movement in a first direction occurs between the substrate and the print heads; causing a second relative movement between the substrate and the print heads in a second direction that is opposite of said first direction, a distance of said second relative movement being less than a length of said first portion, the length of the first portion being parallel to the direction of relative movement; and printing, with the array of print heads, a second portion of the image as relative movement occurs in the first direction between the substrate and the print heads, such that there exists an area of overlap between the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image.