Printing method and printing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRitsuo SHIKATA
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Abstract
A printing method of printing a background and an image on a medium includes a background printing step of printing a background on the medium by discharging background ink, and an image printing step of being performed in parallel with the background printing step and printing an image on the medium by discharging image ink. A non-printing area, where the background ink and the image ink are not discharged to a boundary between the background and the image, is provided in the background printing step and the image printing step.
Claims4
A printing method of printing a background and an image on a medium, the printing method comprising:
- a background printing step of printing a background on the medium by discharging background ink;
- and
- an image printing step of being performed in parallel with the background printing step and printing an image on the medium by discharging image ink,
- wherein a non-printing area, where the background ink and the image ink are not discharged to a boundary between the background and the image, is provided in the background printing step and the image printing step.
A printing device that prints a background and an image on a medium, the printing device comprising:
- a first nozzle that discharges background ink to the medium to print the background;
- a second nozzle that discharges image ink to the medium to print the image;
- a moving unit that performs a relative movement operation that relatively moves the medium and the first and the second nozzles;
- and
- a control unit that causes the first nozzle to discharge the background ink to print the background and causes the second nozzle to discharge the image ink to print the image during the relative movement operation,
- wherein the control unit provides a non-printing area, where the background ink and the image ink are not discharged to a boundary between the background and the image, when causing the boundary between the background and the image to be printed during one relative movement operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.