Recording method and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHirotsuna MIURA
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Abstract
P recording heads are arranged a recording unit. The P recording heads are divided into N (groups in the sub-scanning direction. The N controllers respectively control the recording heads pertaining to corresponding groups. When it is determined that variable data straddles a boundary (M/S boundary line) of recording regions (a master recording region and a slave recording region) of the recording heads, which are controlled by different controllers, the feed quantity of the recording unit is adjusted to a feeding quantity such that the variable data do not straddle the M/S boundary line.
Claims9
A recording apparatus of a lateral scanning type, comprising:
- a recording unit that includes P (P is a natural number of 2 or more) recorders that perform recording on a recording medium;
- a transporting unit that transports the recording medium;
- a scanning unit that allows the recording unit to scan in a first direction in order to perform the recording of the recorder on the recording medium;
- a feeding unit that feed the recording medium in a second direction crossing the first direction;
- a data acquiring unit that acquires fixed data and variable data;
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- a control unit that includes N (N is a natural number of P or less) controllers controlling the P recorders and controls a feeding quantity of the feed unit such that a variable image based on the variable data does not straddle a boundary of recording regions in the second direction crossing the first direction between the recorders controlled by the different controllers.
A recording method of a lateral scanning type, including a recording unit that includes P (P is a natural number of 2 or more) recorders that perform recording on a recording medium, a transporting unit that transports the recording medium, a scanning unit that allows the recording unit to scan in a first direction in order to perform the recording of the recorder on the recording medium;
- a feeding unit that feed the recording medium in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a control unit that includes N (N is a natural number of P or less) controllers divisionally controlling the P recorders,
- the recording method comprising:
- acquiring fixed data and variable data;
- determining whether a variable image based on the variable data straddles a boundary of recording regions in the second direction between the recorders controlled by the different controllers;
- performing adjustment according to the adjustment amount of a feeding quantity on the fixed data and the variable data while adjusting the feeding quantity by the feed unit such that the variable image does not straddle the boundary when it is determined that the variable image straddles the boundary;
- moving the recording unit by the adjusted feeding quantity;
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- causing the N controllers to perform recording by controlling the P recorders on the basis of the fixed data after the adjustment and the variable data after the adjustment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.