Patent ID: 7093915

Claim:
A method of printing with a fluid jet printer having a printhead with a fluid ejecting face facing a recording medium, the fluid ejecting face having at least one fluid ejector arranged thereon, the method comprising: (a) imparting movement to at least one of the fluid ejector and the recording medium such that the recording medium moves relative to the fluid ejector along a fast scan direction at a velocity (v m ); and, (b) selectively ejecting fluid from the fluid ejector toward the recording medium as the movement is being imparted, such that: (i) a main drop is formed and has a first velocity (v d ) in a first direction; and, (ii) a satellite droplet is formed and has a second velocity (v s ) in a second direction that forms an angle (θ) with respect to the first direction, wherein θ substantially satisfies the equation: tan θ=v m [1/( v s cos θ)−1 /v d ] where tan is the trigonometry tangent function, and cos is the trigonometry cosine function.