Imaging with helical and circular scans

A method for forming an image, comprising:

• providing a media support adapted to receive media;
• providing a recording head comprising a plurality of recording channels, wherein each recording channel is adapted to form an image pixel column while scanning over the media;
• providing an image data file;
• analyzing each of plurality of image data columns in the image data file for type of arrangements of the image data columns to mark each of the image data columns as a first type of image data columns arrangement or as a second type of image data columns arrangement;
• and
• recording the image data file comprising the steps of:
• a) reading next image data columns from the image data file
• b) if the next image data columns are from the first type of image data columns arrangement then operating the recording head using helical scanning but not circular scanning;
• c) if the next image data columns are from the second type of image data columns arrangement then operating the recording head using circular scanning but not helical scanning;
• and
• d) if the image data file contains additional unread image data columns, repeating steps a), b) and c).