Patent ID: 7438371

Claim:
A method of modulating a peak power requirement of an inkjet printhead, said printhead comprising a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles supplied with a same colored ink, said first nozzles and second nozzles being configured in a plurality of sets, wherein each set of nozzles comprises one first nozzle and one corresponding second nozzle, each nozzle in a set being configurable to print a dot of said ink onto a substantially same position on a print medium, said method comprising: (a) alternately selecting a firing first nozzle and a firing second nozzle from at least one set of nozzles; and (b) printing dots onto said print medium using said selected firing nozzles, wherein one set of nozzles is configured for printing a column of same-colored dots down said print medium, each nozzle in said set contributing dots to said column.