Patent ID: 8721019

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a media transport configured to move a print medium in a process direction through the printer; a plurality of inkjets in a print zone configured to eject ink drops onto the print medium; a first fluid emitter located after the print zone in the process direction; a second fluid emitter located after the print zone in the process direction and opposed to the first fluid emitter; and a controller operatively connected to the media transport, the plurality of inkjets, the first fluid emitter, and the second fluid emitter, the controller being further configured to: activate the media transport to move the print medium through the print zone in the process direction; generate a first plurality of firing signals with reference to first image data to eject a first plurality of ink drops from the plurality of inkjets onto a first surface of the print medium to form a first ink image; generate a second plurality of firing signals with reference to second image data to eject a second plurality of ink drops from the plurality of inkjets onto a second surface of the print medium to form a second ink image; operate the first fluid emitter with reference to the first image data to spray fluid directly onto the first ink image; and operate the second fluid emitter with reference to the second image data to spray fluid directly onto the second ink image.