Patent ID: 8702228

Claim:
An inkjet printing system comprising: a receiver transport system having an actuator that moves a receiver along a direction of receiver movement to a first print line that is not parallel to the direction of receiver movement and then to a second print line, adjacent to the first print line, that is not parallel to the direction of receiver movement; a printing module having at least one printhead at the first print line and at least one printhead at the second print line; a plurality of caps with one cap about each of the printheads that extends from a barrier that is between the printheads toward the receiver to create a higher resistance flow area between the cap and the receiver and lower resistance flow channels around the caps; a co-linear airflow system generating an airflow that travels with the inkjet droplets from openings in the caps toward the receiver; a cross-module airflow system supplying a cross-module airflow between the barrier and the receiver; an integration assembly having a frame that positions at least one interline support surface relative to the first print line and the second print line to urge 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 using the printheads.