Patent ID: 7258410

Claim:
A method for reducing intercolor bleed in an ink jet printing process implementing a first and second configuration of drops, said first configuration including relatively large drops and said second configuration including a combination of relatively large drops and relatively small drops, the method comprising: detecting an edge between a black portion and a color portion of an image to be printed, the edge being disposed within a region of color pixels and black pixels to be printed in a first configuration of drops; modifying the first configuration of drops to be printed within the region including removing at least some of selected relatively large drops in order to obtain a second configuration of drops to be printed within the region wherein the second configuration of drops to be printed includes the combination of relatively large drops and relatively small drops; and, printing the image by ejecting the drops from a printhead based on the second configuration, the printhead having nozzles operative to eject the drops, the nozzles being of sizes corresponding to the relatively large drops and the relatively small drops.