Fluid ejecting apparatus and fluid ejecting method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakeshi YOSHIDA, Masahiko YOSHIDA, Michiaki TOKUNAGA, Tatsuya NAKANO
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Abstract
A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles that eject fluid onto a medium are arranged, a first movement unit that displaces a relative position between the medium and the nozzle row, and a control unit that forms a plurality of dot-lines by repeating a fluid ejection operation in which fluid is ejected so as to form a dot-line, such that a maximum time between when one of the adjacent dot-lines in the plurality of dot-lines is formed to when the other of the adjacent dot-lines is formed is reduced.
Claims13
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles that eject fluid onto a medium are arranged;
- a first movement unit that displaces a relative position between the medium and the nozzle row in a cross direction that intersects with a direction in which the nozzle row extends;
- a second movement unit that displaces the relative position between the medium and the nozzle row in a nozzle row direction in which the nozzle row extends;
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- a control unit that forms a plurality of dot-lines by repeating a fluid ejection operation in which the relative position in the cross direction is displaced while fluid is ejected so as to form a dot-line and a displacement operation in which the relative position in the nozzle row direction is displaced, the control unit controlling the fluid ejection operation and the displacement operation to form adjacent dot-lines in the plurality of dot-lines such that each time of the adjacent dot-lines is smaller than that in the case where the plurality of dot-lines are formed in sequence from one end of the plurality of dot-line, the time being between when one dot-line of the adjacent dot-lines is formed to when the other dot-line of the adjacent dot-lines is formed.
A fluid ejecting method for use in a fluid ejecting apparatus including:
- a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles that eject fluid onto a medium are arranged;
- a first movement unit that displaces a relative position between the medium and the nozzle row in a cross direction that intersects with a direction in which the nozzle row extends;
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- a second movement unit that displaces the relative position between the medium and the nozzle row in a nozzle row direction in which the nozzle row extends, wherein a plurality of dot-lines are formed by alternately repeating a fluid ejection operation in which the relative position in the cross direction is displaced while fluid is ejected so as to form a dot-line and a displacement operation in which the relative position in the nozzle row direction is displaced, the fluid ejecting method comprising:
- performing the fluid ejection operation and the displacement operation so as to form adjacent dot-lines in the plurality of dot-lines such that a maximum time between when one of the adjacent dot-lines is formed to when the other of the adjacent dot-lines is formed is smaller than that in the case where one of the adjacent dot-lines is formed by a first fluid ejection operation and then the other of the adjacent dot-lines is formed at a position between the dot-lines formed by the first fluid ejection operation in sequence from one end of the nozzle row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.