Method for compensating for failed printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine by using deviating nozzles

A method for compensating for failed printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine, the method comprising the following steps:

• measuring all existing printing nozzles regarding print failure and deviation of a printed dot beyond a defined threshold, marking the printing nozzles as functioning, failed, or printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to a printing direction, and saving measuring results on a computer in a nozzle list;
• using the computer to remove all functioning printing nozzles from the nozzle list;
• using the computer to mark all remaining isolated printing nozzles as failed printing nozzles;
• using the computer to group adjacent remaining printing nozzles, marking printing nozzles printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to the printing direction as functioning printing nozzles contributing to a compensation or as failed printing nozzles in accordance with a grouping rule;
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• using the computer to compensate for all printing nozzles having been marked as failed by producing an increased ink drop volume of adjacent printing nozzles.