Printing apparatus to determine correction on suspended image data

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing section configured to print an image based on expanded data;
• a control device configured to:
• measure a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing section when a correction execution condition is satisfied;
• and
• expand print data based on the measured deviation amount so as to produce the expanded data;
• and
• a predicting section, wherein when a print request is received, the predicting section is configured to predict whether the correction execution condition may be satisfied during the expanding of the print data corresponding to the print request, before any of the print data corresponding to the print request is expanded,
• wherein when the predicting section determines that the correction execution condition may be satisfied, the control device is configured to delay the expanding of the print data, measure the deviation amount, and start expanding the print data which was delayed from expanding based on the measurement performed after the expanding is delayed, and
• wherein the expanded data is generated by analyzing the print data, generating intermediate data based on the print data, and expanding the intermediate data while adjusting the intermediate data based on the measured deviation amount.

A non-transitory computer readable storing medium storing a computer program for causing a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising a printing section configured to print an image based on expanded data, to perform a method of:

• measuring a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing section when a correction execution condition is satisfied;
• expanding print data based on the measured deviation amount so as to produce the expanded data;
• and
• when the correction execution condition is satisfied during the expanding of the current page being expanded so that an unexpanded portion of the current page remains, suspending the expanding of the current page, measuring the deviation amount, and restarting expanding the unexpanded portion of the current page based on the measurement performed after the expanding is suspended,
• wherein expanding the print data comprises analyzing the print data, generating intermediate data based on the print data, and expanding the intermediate data while adjusting the intermediate data based on the measured deviation amount.

A non-transitory computer readable storing medium storing a computer program for causing a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising a printing section configured to print an image based on expanded data, to perform a method of:

• measuring a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing section when a correction execution condition is satisfied;
• expanding print data based on the measured deviation amount so as to produce the expanded data;
• predicting whether the correction execution condition may be satisfied during the expanding of the print data corresponding to the print request, before any of the print data corresponding to the print request is expanded, when a print request is received, and
• when it is predicted that the correction execution condition may be satisfied, delaying the expanding of the print data, measuring the deviation amount, and starting expanding the print data which was delayed from expanding based on the measurement performed after the expanding is delayed,
• wherein expanding the print data comprises analyzing the print data, generating intermediate data based on the print data, and expanding the intermediate data while adjusting the intermediate data based on the measured deviation amount.