Patent ID: 7168785

Claim:
A method of printing on a print medium with a plurality of scan lines formed using a printhead, comprising: using a first quantity of nozzles of said printhead to print a first set of scan lines of said plurality of scan lines at an edge of said print medium; using a second quantity of nozzles of said printhead to print a second set of scan lines of said plurality of scan lines in an interior region of said print medium; using a third quantity of nozzles to print a third set of scan lines of said plurality of scan lines to transition between said edge and said interior region, said third quantity of nozzles being greater in number than said first quantity of nozzles and less in number than said second quantity of nozzles; and printing each scan line of said plurality of scan lines forming said image with a same number of multiple passes of said printhead, regardless of said number of nozzles used for printing during a particular pass of said printhead.