Abstract: A digital printing method for printing photographic quality images employs a printhead having a plurality of recording elements at least some of which recording elements are arranged in a line. A recording sheet is moved relative to the printhead to form an image on the recording sheet. The recording sheet has parallel spaced side edges. A page of image data to be printed on the recording sheet is provided that represents an image having top, bottom and side edges to establish a substantially rectangular image. The image is formed on the recording sheet through lines or bands of recording sequences that form the image so that the top side edge of the image is formed at an oblique angle to the side edges of the recording sheet wherein the oblique angle is between 15 degrees and 75 degrees. Alternatively, the top side edge of the image is formed perpendicular to the side edges of the recording sheet through formation of the image by swaths of recording sequences that are oblique to the top edge of the image.