Printer controller for causing expulsion of ink from nozzles in groups, alternately, starting at outside nozzles of each group

Abstract

A printer controller for supplying one or more control signals to a printhead module, the printhead module including at least one row that comprises a plurality of adjacent sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, the method comprising providing, for each set of nozzles, a fire signal in accordance with the sequence: [nozzle position 1, nozzle position n, nozzle position 2, nozzle position (n−1), . . . , nozzle position x], wherein nozzle position x is at or adjacent the centre of the set of nozzles.

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