Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaoki Sudo, Mai Kubota, Akito Sato, Tomohiro Yuda, Takahide Miyashita, Bunji Ishimoto
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Abstract
There is provided a technique for suppressing the image quality of a printed image. A printing apparatus including: a first nozzle row in which nozzles ejecting dye ink of a certain color are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which nozzles ejecting pigment ink of the certain color are arranged in the predetermined direction.
Claims8
A printing apparatus comprising:
- first nozzles ejecting dye ink of a certain color;
- second nozzles ejecting pigment ink of the certain color;
- and
- a control unit moving the first and second nozzles relative to a medium in a movement direction and printing an image in which a first image formed by ejecting the dye ink from the first nozzles and then ejecting the pigment ink from the second nozzles and a second image formed by ejecting the pigment ink from the second nozzles and then ejecting the dye ink from the first nozzles are alternately arranged in a predetermined direction intersecting the movement direction and in which an end portion of the first image overlaps with an end portion of the second image.
A printing method of controlling a printing apparatus that includes first nozzles ejecting dye ink of a certain color and second nozzles ejecting pigment ink of the certain color, the printing method comprising:
- moving the first and second nozzles relative to a medium in a movement direction;
- and
- printing an image in which a first image formed by ejecting the dye ink from the first nozzles and then ejecting the pigment ink from the second nozzles and a second image formed by ejecting the pigment ink from the second nozzles and then ejecting the dye ink from the first nozzles are alternately arranged in a predetermined direction intersecting the movement direction and in which an end portion of the first image overlaps with an end portion of the second image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.