Control method

Abstract

There is provided a control method for controlling an operation of a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including a liquid discharge head that discharges liquid toward a workpiece, and a movement mechanism that moves the liquid discharge head, the method including a trajectory information generation step of generating trajectory information related to a movement trajectory along which the movement mechanism moves the liquid discharge head, a correspondence information generation step of generating correspondence information in which the trajectory information, head information related to the liquid discharge head, and first image information related to a first image to be printed are associated, a storage step of storing the correspondence information, and a printing data generation step of generating printing data for printing a second image based on the correspondence information and second image information related to the second image to be printed.

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