Printing apparatus, printing method, and program
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKiyoaki Murai, Nobuhiro Karito
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a line head which includes first and second basic heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and in which the first and second basic heads are arranged in the predetermined direction so as to form an overlapping section in the predetermined direction and a controller which controls the first and second basic heads when at least one of a print medium and the line head moves in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction and which controls the first and second basic heads so as to print the contour of a character or a line image by using only one of the first and second basic heads when the character or the line image is contained in an image printable by the overlapping section.
Claims10
A printing apparatus comprising:
- (A) a line head which includes first and second basic heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and in which the first and second basic heads are arranged in the predetermined direction so as to form an overlapping section in the predetermined direction;
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- (B) a controller which controls the first and second basic heads when at least one of a print medium and the line head moves in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction and which controls the first and second basic heads so as to print the contour of a character or a line image by using only one of the first and second basic heads when the character or the line image is contained in an image printable by the overlapping section.
A printing method performed by a printing apparatus including a line head which includes first and second basic heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and in which the first and second basic heads are arranged in the predetermined direction so as to form an overlapping section in the predetermined direction, the printing method comprising:
- determining whether a character or a line image is contained in an image printable by the overlapping section;
- and
- printing the contour of the character or the line image by using only one of the first and second basic heads when the character or the line image is contained in the image printable by the overlapping section.
A program controlling a printing apparatus including a line head which includes first and second basic heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and in which the first and second basic heads are arranged in the predetermined direction so as to form an overlapping section in the predetermined direction, the program causing a computer to execute:
- determining whether a character or a line image is contained in an image printable by the overlapping section;
- and
- printing the contour of the character or the line image by using only one of the first and second basic heads when the character or the line image is contained in the image printable by the overlapping section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.