Patent ID: 8018634

Claim:
A method for reconstructing an image on a dot matrix printer having a print head assembly arranged to print a mutually interstitial sub-image during a print pass along a fast scan orientation, the method comprising: separating the image into a primary series of M (M>1) mutually interstitial sub-images; separating each one of the M mutually interstitial sub-images of the primary series into a secondary series of N (N>1) mutually interstitial sub-images to obtain N*M mutually interstitial sub-images of the secondary series; printing the N*M mutually interstitial sub-images of the secondary series; and performing at least a partial curing on the N*M mutually interstitial sub-images; wherein the printing and the at least partial curing of at least two of the N*M mutually interstitial sub-images of the secondary series that are derived from a same one of the M mutually interstitial sub-images of the primary series occurs during a same print pass of the print head assembly.