Patent ID: 8681370

Claim:
A method comprising: while moving a handheld image translation device over a medium, determining a position of the handheld image translation device with respect to the medium, based upon the determined position of the handheld image translation device with respect to the medium, determining a location of a first row of nozzles of the handheld image translation device relative to a reference location, wherein the first row of nozzles comprises a first plurality of nozzles, wherein the first plurality of nozzles is configured to deposit printing substance of a first color on the medium, mapping the location of the first row of nozzles to a first plurality of locations within a first plurality of memory locations that have a respective plurality of bits representing a first color plane of a print image, wherein the first color plane corresponds to the first color, selecting a first plurality of bits from the first plurality of locations within the first plurality of memory locations, and based at least in part on the first plurality of bits from the first plurality of locations within the first plurality of memory locations, controlling the first row of nozzles to deposit the printing substance of the first color on the medium.