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US 2017/0282590 A1Published application
Control device and method for printing first image and second image
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyohei OZAWA
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Abstract
A control device for controlling a printer includes a conveyer and a print head. The control device performs: acquiring first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image; determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image; and determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image such that, when the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment.
Claims15
A control device for controlling a printer,
- wherein the printer is configured to alternatively perform partial printing and sheet conveying, and comprises:
- a conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction in the sheet conveying;
- and
- a print head having a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a droplet of ink onto the sheet, the print head configured to print a part of a print image in the partial printing,
- the control device comprising:
- a processor including hardware;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the control device to perform:
- acquiring first image data representing a first image to be printed and second image data representing a second image to be printed with the first image data;
- determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image in the conveying direction;
- determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image in the conveying direction such that, if the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment;
- generating, using the first image data and the second image data, arrangement image data representing an arrangement image including the first image and the second image positioned at the relative position relative to the first image;
- and
- supplying, to the printer, print image data based on the arrangement image data.
11 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions installed on and executed by a computer for controlling a printer,
- wherein the printer is configured to alternatively perform a partial printing and a sheet conveying, and comprises:
- a conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction in the sheet conveying;
- and
- a print head having a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a droplet of ink onto the sheet, the print head configured to print a part of a print image in the partial printing,
- the program instructions comprising:
- acquiring first image data representing a first image to be printed and second image data representing a second image to be printed with the first image data;
- determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image in the conveying direction;
- determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image in the conveying direction such that, if the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment;
- generating, using the first image data and the second image data, arrangement image data representing an arrangement image including the first image and the second image positioned at the relative position relative to the first image;
- and
- supplying, to the printer, print image data based on the arrangement image data.
8 more elements
A method for controlling a printer,
- wherein the printer is configured to alternatively perform a partial printing and a sheet conveying, and comprises:
- a conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction in the sheet conveying;
- and
- a print head having a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a droplet of ink onto the sheet, the print head configured to print a part of a print image in the partial printing,
- the method comprising:
- acquiring first image data representing a first image to be printed and second image data representing a second image to be printed with the first image data;
- determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image in the conveying direction;
- determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image in the conveying direction such that, if the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment;
- generating, using the first image data and the second image data, arrangement image data representing an arrangement image including the first image and the second image positioned at the relative position relative to the first image;
- and
- supplying, to the printer, print image data based on the arrangement image data.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.