Recording control device, recording apparatus, and recording control method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakuma Hayashi
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Abstract
A recording control device includes: a test pattern recording control unit; a correction value calculating unit that calculates a correction value of the ink amount of each nozzle, based on a reading value of the ink recording area of the recorded test pattern; and a correction recording control unit, in which the maximum ink amount of the ink recording area corresponding to the reading value used by the correction value calculating unit to calculate the correction value is smaller when a medium type of a recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is a second recording medium in which the ink is easier to bleed than a first recording medium than when the medium type of the recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is the first recording medium.
Claims6
A recording control device which controls a recording apparatus that performs recording by discharging ink from a plurality of nozzles, the device comprising:
- a test pattern recording control unit that causes the recording apparatus to record a test pattern including a plurality of ink recording areas having different ink amounts;
- a correction value calculating unit that calculates a correction value of the ink amount of each nozzle, based on a reading value of the ink recording area of the recorded test pattern;
- and
- a correction recording control unit that causes the recording apparatus to record an image in which the ink amount of each nozzle is corrected by the correction value, wherein
- the maximum ink amount of the ink recording area corresponding to the reading value used by the correction value calculating unit to calculate the correction value is smaller when a medium type of a recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is a second recording medium in which the ink is easier to bleed than a first recording medium than when the medium type of the recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is the first recording medium.
A recording apparatus which performs recording by discharging ink from a plurality of nozzles, the apparatus comprising:
- a test pattern recording control unit that records a test pattern including a plurality of ink recording areas having different ink amounts;
- a correction value calculating unit that calculates a correction value of the ink amount of each nozzle, based on a reading value of the ink recording area of the recorded test pattern;
- and
- a correction recording control unit that records an image in which an ink amount of each nozzle is corrected by the correction value, wherein
- the maximum ink amount of the ink recording area corresponding to the reading value used by the correction value calculating unit to calculate the correction value is smaller when a medium type of a recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is a second recording medium in which the ink is easier to bleed than a first recording medium than when the medium type of the recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is the first recording medium.
A recording control method for controlling a recording apparatus that performs recording by discharging ink from a plurality of nozzles, the method comprising:
- causing the recording apparatus to record a test pattern including a plurality of ink recording areas having different ink amounts;
- calculating a correction value of the ink amount of each nozzle, based on a reading value of the ink recording area of the recorded test pattern;
- and
- causing the recording apparatus to record an image in which the ink amount of each nozzle is corrected by the correction value, wherein
- the maximum ink amount of the ink recording area corresponding to the reading value used for the correction value calculation to calculate the correction value is smaller when a medium type of a recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is a second recording medium in which the ink is easier to bleed than a first recording medium than when the medium type of the recording medium on which the test pattern is recorded is the first recording medium.
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