Printhead with redundant electrodes

The present invention relates to charge deposition printheads suitable for use in image forming systems. More particularly, the invention relates to printheads having selectively controlled electrodes, generally arranged at two or more levels in a laminated construction, that define a matrix array of charge-generating sites from which charge carriers are directed at an imaging member. A printhead having a set of redundant rows of electrodes. The set of redundant rows is formed by providing additional rows of a first set of electrodes that repeats the charge-deposition pattern of another electrode in the set. The redundant electrodes are selectively activated to allow line to line variation of the charge deposition sequence when forming a latent image.