Patent ID: 6217150
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method of printing on a print medium with an ink jet printer using a plurality of different color inks including a first color ink, the print medium being movable in an advance direction, said method comprising the steps of:providing a movable carriage assembly carrying at least one printhead, said carriage assembly being movable at a first carriage speed and a second carriage speed different from said first carriage speed across the print medium in a direction transverse to the advance direction;defining an image area on the print medium having a plurality of rows of pixels, said plurality of rows being adjacent to each other in an advance direction of the print medium and extending across the print medium in a transverse direction;moving said carriage assembly across the print medium at said first carriage speed and printing on the print medium on at least one pixel within one of said rows of pixels using the first color ink; andmoving said carriage assembly across the print medium at said second carriage speed and printing on the print medium on at least one pixel within said one of said rows of pixels using the first color ink.