Patent ID: 8355162
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for forming an image, comprising: providing a media support comprising a cylindrical surface adapted to receive media; providing a recording head adapted to scan over the media; providing image data representative of the image; operating the recording head to form a first portion of the image in accordance with a first portion of the image data while helically scanning over the media; operating the recording head to form a second portion of the image in accordance with a second portion of the image data while circularly scanning over the media; wherein the media comprises a plurality of surfaces, and the method comprises operating the recording head to form the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image on a same surface of the media; and wherein the media support is adapted to rotate about a rotation axis and the recording head is adapted to move along a path substantially parallel to the rotation axis, and the method comprises varying a speed of the recording head while the recording head moves along a portion of the path between the formation of one of the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image and the formation of the other of the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image.