Patent ID: 7154515

Claim:
A method for combining at least two adjacent image segments to print a composite image on a photosensitive surface, comprising: defining a buffer region as an area of an image to be printed on the photosensitive surface comprising pixels from a first image segment and pixels from a second image segment; increasing the width of the first image segment to be printed on the photosensitive surface by adding pixels from the second image segment, wherein the pixels added from the second image segment substantially correspond to the area defined by the buffer region; printing, with a printing device, the first image segment and the portion of the second image segment added to increase the width of the first image segment onto the photosensitive surface, while modifying the intensity of the pixels printed in the buffer region by one of an increasing or decreasing first ramp value; increasing the width of the second image segment to be printed on the photosensitive surface by adding pixels from the first image segment, wherein the pixels added from the first image segment substantially correspond to the area defined by the buffer region; after printing the first image segment, printing, with the printing device, the second image segment and the portion of the first image segment added to increase the width of the second image segment, onto the photosensitive surface, while modifying the intensity of the pixels printed in the buffer region by the other of an increasing or decreasing second ramp value; whereby the first image segment and the second image segment substantially overlap in the buffer region to form the larger composite image on the photosensitive surface while reducing the visible seam between the first image segment and the second image segment.