Patent ID: 7543927
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing on a print media using nozzles in a printhead, the print media having an end and being advanced past the printhead by print media feed means in a print media advance direction, wherein, when said end of the print media is released by the feed means, the method comprises the steps of causing the print media to undertake a relatively large print media advance movement and correspondingly using different nozzles of the printhead to print on the print media, wherein the print media includes a main region and an end region at said end, and printing occurs on said main region using a first group of adjacent ones of said nozzles extending in a direction parallel to the direction of print media advance, and printing occurs on said end region using a second group of adjacent ones of said nozzles extending in said direction, wherein in said main and end regions, the print media undergoes an advance movement between each application of ink by the printhead nozzles, and around a transition between said main region and said end region, the size of the print media advance movement is changed so that the print media advance movement in said end region is smaller than the print media advance movement in said main region.