Patent ID: 8459778

Claim:
A system for printing images on a variety of substrates, comprising: a plurality of print heads, each print head comprising a plurality of substantially adjacent ink nozzles positioned within said print head to define an array of nozzles having m nozzle columns with n nozzles per column, said print head nozzle columns defining a native vertical resolution for said print head, said print heads arranged to position said nozzles within each of said print heads for any one color of ink substantially end-to-end with those nozzles of each other print head on a printing system carriage that is formed to hold said print heads in a configuration that jets out ink individually from each of said nozzles onto a substrate during a multi-pass printing application; wherein said print heads are arranged to minimize or substantially eliminate gloss banding (tire tracking) by simultaneously applying ink from said nozzles from two or more of said print heads to said substrate over an extended vertical portion of the substrate defined by said plurality of print heads at a density that does not exceed said print head native resolution.