Print mode for improved leading and trailing edges and text print quality

A method for incremental printing with an inkjet swath printer by depositing multiple drops of an ink from a printhead in each column of an image, in each scanning pass of the printhead over a print medium, comprising:

• obtaining the image;
• analyzing the image to determine which drops of ink will define leading edges in each row of the image element with respect to a scanning direction;
• removing at least one drop of ink after the drop defining the leading edges in each of the rows;
• and
• depositing the remaining drops of the ink on the medium while passing the printhead over the media in the scanning direction.

A method of printing with an inkjet printing system scanning over a print medium, comprising:

• providing a printhead having a supply of ink and a plurality of ink ejection chambers for ejecting ink onto the print medium, each of the ink ejection chambers depositing the ink onto a corresponding row, the ink ejection chambers ejecting ink drops in a range of frequencies between a base firing frequency and a maximum firing frequency;
• obtaining an image;
• analyzing the image to determine which drops of ink will define trailing edges in each row of the image element with respect to a scanning direction;
• ejecting the drop of ink defining the trailing edges in each of the rows at an ejection frequency less than the maximum frequency;
• and
• depositing the remaining drops of the ink on the medium while passing the printhead over the media in the scanning direction.

A method of printing with an inkjet printing system scanning over a print medium, comprising:

• providing a printhead having a supply of ink and a plurality of ink ejection chambers for ejecting ink onto the print medium, each of the ink ejection chambers depositing the ink onto a corresponding row, the ink ejection chambers ejecting ink drops in a range of frequencies between a base firing frequency and a maximum firing frequency;
• obtaining an image;
• analyzing the image to determine which drops of ink will define leading edges in each row of the image element with respect to a scanning direction;
• ejecting the drop of ink defining the leading edges in each of the rows at an ejection frequency less than the maximum frequency;
• and
• depositing the remaining drops of the ink on the medium while passing the printhead over the media in the scanning direction.