Patent ID: 8436883

Claim:
A method comprising: providing pixel data corresponding to an image to be printed on a print medium, wherein the pixel data comprises lines of pixel data and shared lines of pixel data, the shared lines of pixel data comprising pixels that are split into half pixels, the shared lines of pixel data configured such that a first laser and a second laser of a plurality of lasers within a laser printing arrangement will print the shared lines of pixel data during printing of the image on the print medium, wherein the shared lines of pixel data comprises a first shared line of pixel data, wherein the first shared line of pixel data comprises a plurality of sections, wherein the plurality of sections comprise a first group of sections and a second group of sections, wherein each section of the first group of sections results in only a single pulse for the first laser, wherein each section of the second group of sections results in only a single pulse for the second laser, and wherein a section of the first group of sections is interleaved between two corresponding sections of the second group of sections; and printing the image, including repeatedly moving the plurality of lasers and the optical photoconductor (OPC) relative to one another, while moving the plurality of lasers and the OPC relative to one another, firing the plurality of lasers in accordance with the lines of pixel data and the shared lines of pixel data, and moving the print medium and the OPC relative to one another, wherein during moving of the plurality of lasers and the OPC medium relative to one another, the first laser fires in accordance with lines of the shared lines of pixel data and the second laser fires in accordance with lines of the shared lines of pixel data, the firing of the second laser beginning printing of lines of the image and the firing of the first laser completing printing of lines of the image.