A method for reducing streakiness in inkjet prints from a printer having a page-wide array of ink jetting units, that apply ink drops on a receiving medium, transported in a transverse direction underneath the page-wide array, in accordance with an input image, the method comprising the steps of: a. determining a first optical density profile across the width of the array for a first input image that comprises uniform test patterns of various density levels (S1); b. repeating step a with a second input image wherein the test patterns of the first input image are modified by intentionally blocking a number of jetting units from applying an ink drop to obtain a second optical density profile (S4); c. deriving an effect of a blocked ink jetting unit from a comparison of the first and second optical density profiles (S4); d. determining a characteristic property of an individual jetting unit using a third input image (S2); e. composing an ideal compensation table, which comprises for each ink jetting unit a density compensation factor that would make the first optical density profile uniform (S3); f. deriving from the ideal compensation table a practical compensation table , wherein the density compensation factor is made zero for a deviating ink jetting unit, that has the characteristic property outside a predetermined range, and wherein the density compensation factors of ink jetting units adjacent to a deviating ink jetting unit are modified using the result from step c for obtaining a uniform density response (S5), and g. printing an input image by processing for each ink jetting unit, an array of pixels associated with a particular ink jetting unit, using the corresponding compensation factor from the practical compensation table . a. determining a first optical density profile across the width of the array for a first input image that comprises uniform test patterns of various density levels (S1); b. repeating step a with a second input image wherein the test patterns of the first input image are modified by intentionally blocking a number of jetting units from applying an ink drop to obtain a second optical density profile (S4); c. deriving an effect of a blocked ink jetting unit from a comparison of the first and second optical density profiles (S4); d. determining a characteristic property of an individual jetting unit using a third input image (S2); e. composing an ideal compensation table, which comprises for each ink jetting unit a density compensation factor that would make the first optical density profile uniform (S3); f. deriving from the ideal compensation table a practical compensation table , wherein the density compensation factor is made zero for a deviating ink jetting unit, that has the characteristic property outside a predetermined range, and wherein the density compensation factors of ink jetting units adjacent to a deviating ink jetting unit are modified using the result from step c for obtaining a uniform density response (S5), and g. printing an input image by processing for each ink jetting unit, an array of pixels associated with a particular ink jetting unit, using the corresponding compensation factor from the practical compensation table . <EOS>