Patent ID: 8820916

Claim:
A method for operating an inkjet printing system comprising: moving a receiver along a direction of receiver movement to at least one printhead at a first print line that is not parallel to the direction of receiver movement and then to at least one printhead at a second print line that is not parallel to the direction of receiver movement; using a cap about each of the printheads that extends from a barrier that is between the inkjet printheads toward the receiver to create a higher resistance flow area between the cap and the receiver and a lower resistance flow channel around the cap; using the at least one printhead to direct droplets of an ink having a vaporizable carrier toward the receiver at the first print line; using the at least one printhead to direct droplets of an ink having a vaporizable carrier toward the receiver at the first print line; generating a co-linear airflow that travels with the inkjet droplets through openings in the caps toward the receiver; supplying a cross-module airflow to remove vaporized carrier fluid from between the barrier and the receiver; urging the receiver away from the barrier as the receiver is moved from the first print line to the second print line to create an integration volume between the first print line, the second print line, the receiver and the barrier within which the co-linear air flow and the cross-module airflow can integrate to allow the co-linear airflow and the cross-module airflow to flow in combination into the lower resistance flow channels without creating flows into the higher resistance flow areas that cause an observable artifact in a print made by the printheads on the receiver.