Printing apparatus, printing method, and program
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKiyoaki Murai
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a first head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a first pitch in a predetermined direction; a second head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a second pitch larger than the first pitch in the predetermined direction and which is spaced from the first head by a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction; and a controller which controls the first and second heads so that only the first head prints the contour of a character or a line image and at least the second head prints a portion of the character or the line image other than the contour, when a print image is the character or the line image.
Claims16
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a first head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a first pitch in a predetermined direction;
- a second head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a second pitch larger than the first pitch in the predetermined direction and which is spaced from the first head by a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction;
- and
- a controller which controls the first and second heads so that only the first head prints the contour of a character or a line image and at least the second head prints a portion of the character or the line image other than the contour, when a print image is the character or the line image.
A printing method performed by a printing apparatus including a first head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a first pitch in a predetermined direction and a second head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a second pitch larger than the first pitch in the predetermined direction, the printing method comprising:
- detecting the contour of a character or a line image, when the character or the line image is printed;
- printing the detected contour by the first head;
- and
- printing a portion of the character or the line image other than the contour by the second head.
A program which controls a printing apparatus including a first head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a first pitch in a predetermined direction and a second head which has a plurality of nozzles arranged at a second pitch larger than the first pitch in the predetermined direction, the program causing a computer to execute:
- detecting the contour of a character or a line image from a print image;
- printing the detected contour by the first head;
- and
- printing a portion of the character or the line image other than the contour by the second head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.