fig3 b where part of a typical lateral sequence is shown in elevation print head 58 is shown in phantom line perspective at position 76 at which location it will be understood to have deposited droplets 72 reformed bubbles 80 as closures over the orifice openings 68 and moved to position 78 in position 78 print head 58 continues to provide an ink droplet deposited pattern 70 followed by reformed bubbles 80 and moves on to position 60 and so on a problem heretofore elusive to those in the art arises within selvage edge 12 at which upstanding fibers 82 brush against newly formed bubbles 80 a fibers 82 are characteristic of the previously mentioned warp threads used within selvage 12 in the ink jet process a combination of pressure ink viscosity and surface tension cause a bubble to form as a closure over the outlet of each orifice 68 prior to the ejection of droplets 72 on the next adjacent frame 74 however it is theorized that when fibers 82 snag bubbles 80 a in position 76 droplets 72 a are imperfectly formed at position 78 and gravity flow of ink droplets from the orifices 58 onto the web 10 mar the decorative pattern printed on the web 10 stated somewhat differently it is because the fibers 82 are not present at position 78 that bubbles 80 a are still intact when print head 58 reaches position 60 which results in a satisfactory frame 60 the phenomenon theorized is borne out by.