Patent ID: 8403447

Claim:
A system for use in fluid jetting, the system comprising: a first print module comprising a first row of nozzles; a second print module comprising a second row of nozzles; and a controller to receive a first data packet from a remote device at a first moment and a second data packet from the remote device at a second moment after the first moment, the first data packet and the second data packet each containing image data for the first print module and the second print module; wherein upon receipt of the first data packet, the controller is configured to cause at least some nozzles in the first row, at a third moment, to eject fluid droplets onto a line on a substrate, and upon receipt of the second data packet, the controller is configured to cause at least some nozzles in the second row, at a fourth moment separated from the third moment by a time delay, to eject fluid droplets onto the line on the substrate, wherein the time delay comprises a first portion being integer times a length of a jetting cycle and a second portion being a fraction of the length of a jetting cycle, and wherein the time difference between the first and second moments equals the first portion of the time delay and the second portion of the time delay is encoded in at least one of the first and second data packets.