US 2006/0050097 A1 · Printing method and printing system

Abstract

The invention relates to a printing method that repeats in alternation a carrying operation of carrying a medium in a carrying direction, and a formation operation of forming an image on the medium by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles that are aligned in the carrying direction and that move in a movement direction. In this method: (a) a first blank section arranged along the movement direction is detected from an image to be printed in a certain formation operation; (b) a second blank section arranged along the movement direction is detected from an image to be printed in a next formation operation; and (c) if the first and second blank sections are detected and a width in the carrying direction of an image to be printed in the next formation operation downstream in the carrying direction from the second blank section is smaller than a width in the carrying direction of the first blank section, then the width in the carrying direction of the first blank section is shortened to print, in the certain formation operation, an image to be printed between the first blank section and the second blank section.

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Dependent claims

A printing method which repeats in alternation a carrying operation of carrying a medium in a carrying direction, and a formation operation of forming an image on said medium by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles that are aligned in said carrying direction and that move in a movement direction, said method comprising the steps of:

detecting, from an image to be printed in a certain formation operation, a first blank section that is arranged along said movement direction;
detecting, from an image to be printed in a next formation operation, a second blank section that is arranged along said movement direction;
and
if said first blank section and said second blank section are detected and a width in said carrying direction of an image to be printed in said next formation operation on a downstream side in said carrying direction from said second blank section is smaller than a width in said carrying direction of said first blank section, then shortening the width in said carrying direction of said first blank section in order to print, in said certain formation operation, an image to be printed between said first blank section and said second blank section.

1 more element

A printing method which repeats in alternation a carrying operation of carrying a medium by a predetermined carry amount, and a formation operation of forming an image on said medium by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles that are aligned in said carrying direction and that move in a movement direction, said method comprising the steps of:

detecting, from an image to be printed in a certain formation operation, a blank section that is arranged along said movement direction;
and
if said blank section is detected, then
printing, in said certain formation operation, an image to be printed on a downstream side in said carrying direction from said blank section,
carrying said medium by said predetermined carry amount, and
printing, in a next formation operation, an image to be printed on an upstream side in said carrying direction from said blank section.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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