Patent ID: 8256875

Claim:
A two pass print mode method for limiting wind-related print defects produced during printing by an inkjet printer including a reciprocating carrier that carries a printhead having an array of columns of actuator-fired fluid-jetting nozzles along a bi-directional scanning path, said method comprising: printing an initial partial swath on a print medium during a first pass along said scanning path by firing actuators associated with a first plurality of segments of a given column of nozzles; and printing a final partial swath on the print medium during a second pass along said scanning path by firing actuators associated with a second plurality of segments of the given column of nozzles such that each of said segments of said nozzles of said first and second pluralities thereof includes more than one consecutive nozzle so that gaps are created in said partial swath printing that accommodate wind-related effects without causing wind-related print defects on the print medium, wherein said nozzles are laid out in a pattern so that sides of pairs of segments of adjacent pairs of the columns of nozzles that are active are mirror images of one another.