Patent ID: 7510252

Claim:
An inkjet printing system, comprising: a media path; at least one printhead assembly with multiple printhead dies, the printhead assembly configured to be held substantially stationary and perpendicular to the media path during a printing pass; the multiple printhead dies each having at least one row of ink ejection nozzles, the multiple printhead dies mounted in the printhead assembly in a staggered pattern such that a span of at least one row of a first printhead die has a region of overlap with a span of at least one row of a second printhead die; a controller, the controller operable to disable a group of nozzles on the first printhead die within the region of overlap during an initial printing pass, and to disable a group of nozzles on the second printhead die within the region of overlap during a subsequent printing pass; and a rotatable drum, wherein a printing pass is achieved by rotating the drum past the at least one printhead assembly.