Misfiring print nozzle compensation

A method of compensating for misfiring of a print nozzle, comprising:

• generating a test pattern on a print medium using a number of print nozzles arranged as a plurality of columns in a printhead module of an imaging device before initiating a print job;
• identifying which of the number of print nozzles can address defined locations on the print medium;
• analyzing a print job prior to printing to identify which among the number of print nozzles will supply a first colorant to one or more defined locations in forming an image on the print medium;
• and
• selecting one or more print nozzles in another of the plurality of columns of nozzles capable of supplying at least a second colorant to the one or more defined locations on the print medium to which the first colorant is intended to be supplied.

A printing system, comprising:

• a commercial web press printer for printing on a continuous sheet of print medium with a plurality of columnar groups of inkjet print nozzles;
• and
• computer executable instructions stored in a memory and executable by a processor to at least partially compensate for one or more misfiring print nozzles, wherein the computer executable instructions are executed to:
• generate a test pattern on the print medium using a number of print nozzles of an imaging device before initiating a print job;
• examine the test pattern to determine whether one or more among the number of print nozzles is misfiring;
• identify which of the number of print nozzles is capable of addressing one or more locations indicating misfiring of one or more print nozzles;
• and
• compensate at least partially for the one or more misfiring print nozzles by substituting firing of one or more print nozzles on another of the columnar groups of inkjet print nozzles for the identified one or more misfiring print nozzles at the one or more addressed locations to print on the print medium using the web press printer.