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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
John B. Bates, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Bruce A. Deboard, Lexington, KY (US);
Kenneth W. Linville, Winchester, KY (US);
Randall D. Mayo, Georgetown, KY (US);
John B. Bates, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Bruce A. DeBoard, Lexington, KY (US);
Kenneth W. Linville, Winchester, KY (US);
Randall D. Mayo, Georgetown, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method of printing on a print medium includes using a first quantity of nozzles of a printhead to print a first set of scan lines of a plurality of scan lines at an edge of the print medium; using a second quantity of nozzles of the printhead to print a second set of scan lines of the plurality of scan lines in an interior region of the print medium; using a third quantity of nozzles to print a third set of scan lines of the plurality of scan lines to transition between the edge and the interior region, the third quantity of nozzles being greater in number than the first quantity of nozzles and less in number than the second quantity of nozzles; and printing each scan line of the plurality of scan lines forming the image with a same number of multiple passes of the printhead, regardless of the number of nozzles used for printing during a particular pass of the printhead.