Patent ID: 6578943
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method performed by an inkjet printer, for printing a black object having a height that is greater than a swath height of the inkjet printer, said printer moving one or more printheads relative to a medium while said one or more printheads are printing on said medium, said one or more printheads including a first set of nozzles for printing dots of a first fluid, and a second set of nozzles for printing dots of a second fluid, said second fluid for interacting with said first fluid on said medium; said method comprising:adjusting a volume of the first fluid, wherein the first fluid is black ink and is printed over the second fluid, and the black ink volume is greater than a volume of the second fluid, wherein the volume of black ink is increased by increasing a number of nozzles in the first set of nozzles compared to a number of nozzles in the second set of nozzles.