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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
Brian Christopher Morahan, Balmain, AU;
Alireza Moini, Balmain, AU;
Timothy Peter Gillespie, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Brian Robert Brown, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
Brian Christopher Morahan, Balmain, AU;
Alireza Moini, Balmain, AU;
Timothy Peter Gillespie, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Brian Robert Brown, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
An inkjet printer comprising: an array of nozzles arranged into rows, each row consisting of a plurality of nozzle groups, the nozzles in each group being interspersed with nozzles from the other groups; and, associated drive circuitry for actuating the nozzles in the row in accordance with a firing sequence, the firing sequence enabling the nozzles in each group to eject printing fluid simultaneously, and enabling each of the groups to eject printing fluid in succession; wherein, the nozzles in each group are spaced from each other by at least a predetermined minimum number of nozzles and, each of the nozzles in a group is spaced from the nozzles in the subsequently enabled group by at least the predetermined minimum number of nozzles.