Patent ID: 6478414
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An inkjet printing method comprising the steps of:generating a first stream of ink droplets traveling along a first flow path; and generating a second stream of ink droplets traveling along a second flow path which intersects the first flow path at a predetermined location, the second stream of ink droplets including droplets traveling in timed relation to the droplets of the first stream so as to collide with the droplets of the first stream at the predetermined location and be diverted to an ink receptacle, the second stream of ink droplets also including selected droplets traveling in timed relation to the droplets of the first stream so as to pass between the droplets of the first stream at the predetermined location and continue along the second flow path for impinging a receiver at a downstream location along the second flow path for forming an image on the receiver, wherein the selected droplets comprise successive droplets disposed between other droplets of the second stream larger than the successive droplets.