A printing system comprising: a processor to obtain image data comprising first image data defining a first color plane of the image and comprising second image data defining a second color plane of the image; wherein the processor is to manipulate the image data such that the second color plane is shifted relative to the first color plane in a medium axis direction of a printer; and a printer to print the manipulated image data with the printer; characterised in that the processor is to split the manipulated image data into a first part and a second part, and to control the printer such that the first part is printed during a first printing pass and such that the second part is printed during a second printing pass; wherein the processor is to split the first and the second manipulated image parts at a border perpendicular to the medium axis direction, wherein a first printed image part is obtained based on printing the first manipulated image part during the first pass and wherein a second printed image part is obtained based on printing the second manipulated image part during the second pass, wherein a shift between a first set of nozzles to print the first color plane and a second set of nozzles to print the second color plane results in a shift of the printed second color plane relative to the printed first color plane in the first printed image part and the second printed image part such that a first ramp region of the first printed image part, which comprises only one of the first and second color planes, and a second ramp region of the second printed image part, which comprises the other of the first and second color plane different from the color in the first ramp region, is obtained; and wherein the first printed image part and the second printed image part are printed such that they at least partially overlap in the ramp regions. a processor to obtain image data comprising first image data defining a first color plane of the image and comprising second image data defining a second color plane of the image; wherein the processor is to manipulate the image data such that the second color plane is shifted relative to the first color plane in a medium axis direction of a printer; and a printer to print the manipulated image data with the printer; characterised in that the processor is to split the manipulated image data into a first part and a second part, and to control the printer such that the first part is printed during a first printing pass and such that the second part is printed during a second printing pass; wherein the processor is to split the first and the second manipulated image parts at a border perpendicular to the medium axis direction, wherein a first printed image part is obtained based on printing the first manipulated image part during the first pass and wherein a second printed image part is obtained based on printing the second manipulated image part during the second pass, wherein a shift between a first set of nozzles to print the first color plane and a second set of nozzles to print the second color plane results in a shift of the printed second color plane relative to the printed first color plane in the first printed image part and the second printed image part such that a first ramp region of the first printed image part, which comprises only one of the first and second color planes, and a second ramp region of the second printed image part, which comprises the other of the first and second color plane different from the color in the first ramp region, is obtained; and wherein the first printed image part and the second printed image part are printed such that they at least partially overlap in the ramp regions. <EOS>