Patent ID: 8220897
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A computer based method for adjusting page placement on a continuous feed print engine, wherein the continuous feed print engine includes: a feed system for displacing a continuous sheet of material in a process direction; and, at least one printhead with a plurality of ink ejectors, the method comprising: receiving from the print engine, using a processor for at least one specially programmed computer, ejector data regarding a defective ink ejector, from the plurality of ink ejectors, the ejector data including a position for the ejector with respect to a transverse direction orthogonal to the process direction; storing the ejector data in a first memory element for the at least one specially programmed computer; receiving, using the processor, print data regarding a page to be printed on the continuous sheet, the print data including positions, with respect to the transverse direction, for respective pixels on the page; creating, using the processor and the print data, a logical page for the page; and, creating, using the processor, the logical page, and the ejector data, a logical sheet by positioning the logical page, in the transverse direction, within the logical sheet such that the ink ejector and the positions for the respective pixels on the page are out of alignment in the process direction.