Fill-and-line print mode

摘要

An N-pass hybrid fill-and-line print mode is used to print an image on a print medium. In this mode, each sequence of N longitudinally overlapping printhead passes over said print media includes at least one transverse forward pass using a fill mask and at least one transverse reverse pass using a line mask.

主权项

1. A process comprising:
selecting a line mask and a fill mask, wherein the line mask defines a pattern for a single pixel and wherein the fill mask defines a pattern that repeats across multiple pixels; and printing an image on a tangible print medium using an N-pass hybrid fill-and-line print mode in which a pixel position on a print medium is passed over by a sequence of N longitudinally overlapping printhead passes, each of the sequences including at least one transverse forward pass using a fill mask to print at least the pattern that repeats across multiple pixels and at least one transverse reverse pass using a line mask to print at least the pattern for the single pixel.