Print on two pages concurrently

A printer comprising:

• a print head applying an image to media adjacent thereto;
• media transport moving at least two media in succession past said print head, said at least two media having a gap therebetween, said print head applying said image concurrently to said at least two media;
• and
• a gap detector identifying the size and location of said gap relative to said print head, said print head applying said image concurrently to said at least two media when said gap detection indicates presence of said gap adjacent said print head and indicates a size of said gap less than a swath height of said print head.

A method of applying an image presentation to a succession of media, said method comprising the steps:

• moving said succession of media past a print head, said print head having a swath height, said print head moving across a swath path transverse to said swath height;
• detecting presence of a gap between first and second consecutive ones of said succession of media and within said swath height;
• and
• applying concurrently a first portion of said image presentation to said first one of said consecutive ones of said media and a second portion of said image presentation to said second one of said consecutive ones of said media.

A method of applying an image presentation to a succession of media, said method comprising the steps:

• moving said succession of media past a print head, said print head having a swath height, said print head moving across a swath path transverse to said swath height;
• detecting presence of a gap between first and second consecutive ones of said succession of media and within said swath height;
• and
• applying a first portion of said image presentation to said first one of said consecutive ones of said media and a second portion of said image presentation to said second one of said consecutive ones of said media, wherein said step of detecting presence of a gap identifies a size and a location of said gap relative to said print head.

A method of applying an image presentation to a succession of media, said method comprising the steps:

• moving said succession of media past a print head, said print head having a swath height, said print head moving across a swath path transverse to said swath height;
• detecting presence of a gap between first and second consecutive ones of said succession of media and within said swath height;
• and
• applying a first portion of said image presentation to said first one of said consecutive ones of said media and a second portion of said image presentation to said second one of said consecutive ones of said media, wherein said method comprises receiving a stream of image data representing said image presentation and said applying step comprises inserting into said image data stream a blank data block as a function of a detected size of said gap, said blank data block when applied to said print head causing said print head to leave a white space image.

An ink-ejecting printer comprising:

• a print head traversing in a first direction a swath path and having in a second direction a swath height, said first and second directions being mutually orthogonal;
• a media transport mechanism moving in a page advance direction a series of media past said print head swath path, successive ones of said media having a gap therebetween;
• and
• a print controller detecting the presence of one of said gaps adjacent said swath path and concurrently printing from said print head on consecutive ones of said series of media.

An ink-ejecting printer comprising:

• a print head traversing in a first direction a swath path and having in a second direction a swath height, said first and second directions being mutually orthogonal;
• a media transport mechanism moving in a page advance direction a series of media past said print head swath path, successive ones of said media having a gap therebetween;
• and
• a print controller detecting the presence of one of said gaps adjacent said swath path and printing from said print head on consecutive ones of said series of media, wherein said gap detection identifies a position for said gap relative to said swath path.