Inkjet printing with air movement system to improve dot shape

The present invention relates generally to printing with inkjet printers, and more particularly to an inkjet printer having an air movement system which converges a tail or satellite and a head of an ink drop as formed by the ink drop during printing. An inkjet printer for printing on a print medium includes a printhead having an ink orifice formed therein through which an ink drop is ejected into a print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing, and an air movement system which directs a stream of gas through the print zone as the ink drop is ejected during printing. When ejected, the ink drop forms a head and a tail. As such, the stream of gas converges the tail of the ink drop and the head of the ink drop during printing so as to improve the shape of a dot formed by the ink drop on the print medium.