Liquid delivery device and liquid delivery method

#This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119 of Japanese patent application no. 2007-157878, filed on Jun. 14, 2007, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

#1. Technical Field

#The present invention relates to a liquid delivery device and a liquid delivery method.

#The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a printing system according to the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a printer according to the present invention.

#Embodiments of the invention are explained by the disclosure herein and the accompanying drawings

#A liquid delivery device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a first nozzle row that has a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and delivers first liquid; a second nozzle row that has a plurality of nozzles in the predetermined direction and delivers second liquid having concentration different from that of the first liquid; and a controller that forms first dots on a medium at predetermined intervals by delivering the first liquid from the plural nozzles of the first nozzle row without using a part of the nozzles of the first nozzle row, and forms second dots on the medium at the predetermined intervals by delivering the second liquid from the plural nozzles of the second nozzle row without using a part of the nozzles of the second nozzle row such that each of the second dots is located between the first dots in the predetermined direction.

#According to this liquid delivery device, liquid can be applied on the medium with no clearance produced by a reduced number of nozzle rows.