Patent ID: 6923521
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of printing with an ink jet printer, comprising the steps of: providing a printhead having a plurality of first nozzles with a first size and a plurality of second nozzles with a second size larger than said first size, said first nozzles and said second nozzles being alternatingly disposed in a vertical direction; defining a first set of pixel locations receiving ink only from said first nozzles; defining a second set of pixel locations receiving ink only from said second nozzles, said pixel locations from said first set and said pixel locations from said second set being alternatingly disposed in a horizontal direction, wherein each said pixel location in said second set corresponds to a respective pixel location in said first set; using said first nozzles to ink onto said first set of pixel locations; and using said second nozzles to jet ink onto said second set of pixel locations.