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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoshi Seki, Naoji Otsuka, Kiichiro Takahashi, Osamu Iwasaki, Minoru Teshigawara
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A printing apparatus and a print position aligning method are provided which can execute a dot position adjust value calculation mode normally and smoothly without requiring the user to make decisions or adjustments. A test pattern to check the width of a print medium is printed and is detected by an optical sensor to decide whether or not a dot position adjustment pattern can be printed. Before the dot position adjustment pattern is printed, a decision is made as to whether the print medium supplied is appropriate or not. If the print medium supplied is smaller than a size specified for the dot position adjust value calculation processing, the print medium is discharged without being printed with the dot position adjustment pattern. This eliminates a possibility of a wasteful consumption of print mediums and of contaminating the interior of the printing apparatus.
A printing apparatus that forms an image on a print medium by printing a colorant thereon according to a dot matrix printing method using printing means having a plurality of print elements, the printing apparatus comprising:
A dot position adjusting method using a detection means to detect a pattern printed on a print medium and designed to form an image on the print medium by printing a colorant thereon according to a dot matrix printing method using a printing means having a plurality of print elements, the dot position adjusting method comprising:
A printing method forming an image on a print medium using printing means having a plurality of print elements, the printing method comprising:
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