Patent ID: 8358431

Claim:
A method for forming an image, comprising: providing a media support adapted to receive media; providing a recording head comprising a plurality of recording channels, wherein each recording channel is adapted to form an image pixel column while scanning over the media; providing an image data file comprising a plurality of image data columns including a first image data column and a second image data column; assigning different portions of each of the first image data column and the second image data column to different recording channels; substituting first image data assigned to a first recording channel from the first image data column with zero image data, and operating the first recording channel to form a first image pixel column in accordance with at least the zero image data and second image data assigned to the first recording channel from the second image data column; operating the recording head to form the image; comprising assigning the first image data to a second recording channel; and wherein the first image pixel column is formed while scanning along a first direction, and the method comprises operating the second recording channel to form a second image pixel column in accordance with at least the first image data, wherein the second image pixel column is formed while scanning along a second direction that is different than the first direction.