Method for maintaining proper page sequence while reducing printer artifacts

The method of claim 1 wherein the next print job is a duplex print job comprising a plurality of even and odd numbered pages, and wherein the method further comprises printing each of a plurality of pairs of the even numbered pages consecutively during the duplex print job and printing each of a plurality of pairs of the odd numbered pages consecutively during the duplex print job.

A printing method comprising:

• determining a position of a receiver media in a thermal printer as being nearer to one of two thermal printheads in the printer at an end of a print job;
• and
• starting a next print job in duplex format using either one of said two thermal printheads depending on which one of said two thermal printheads was determined to be nearer the receiving media, including printing a second page of the duplex print job using the one of said two thermal printheads that was determined to be nearer the receiving media before printing a first page of the duplex print job using one of said two thermal printheads that was not determined to be nearer the receiving media before starting said next print job.

A printing method comprising:

• determining which one of two printheads in a printer was most recently used for printing a last page of a preceding print job;
• and
• starting a next print job using said one of the two printheads that was most recently used.