Claims
- 1. A printing method for printing an image on a sheet printing medium using a page wide printing head and a transporting device which provides relative movement between the sheet printing media and a first print head, the method comprising,
presenting a series of sheet printing media to the first print head for printing in sequence, printing with the first print head a first sub-image of at least one set of monochromatic mutually interstitially printed sub-images of a first image onto a first sheet of printing medium of the series in one pass, printing in succession a sub-image of an image on each remaining one of the series of sheet printing media followed by printing a further sub-image of the at least one set of monochromatic mutually interstitially printed sub-images of the first image onto the first sheet printing medium.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the number of sub-images and the sequence of printing of the sub-images are independently settable.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the print head is elongate having a longitudinal axis, further comprising the step of moving the print head along its longitudinal axis after a printing pass.
- 4. The method according to claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of print heads and different sub-images of an image are printed on different print heads.
- 5. The method according to claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of print heads, further comprising the step of printing a different colour with each print head.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing the series of sheet printing media on the transporting device.
- 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the transporting device stores S+1 sheets of printing media where S is the number of sub-images to be printed to complete printing of the first image.
- 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the printing steps are non-contact printing steps.
- 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the printing steps are ink jet printing steps.
Priority Claims (1)
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02102049.0 |
Jul 2002 |
EP |
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Parent Case Info
[0001] The application claims the ben fit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/403,287 filed Aug. 14, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60403287 |
Aug 2002 |
US |