Recording method and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHirotsuna Miura
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Abstract
P recording heads are arranged a recording unit. The P recording heads are divided into N (groups in the sub-scanning direction. The N controllers respectively control the recording heads pertaining to corresponding groups. When it is determined that variable data straddles a boundary (M/S boundary line) of recording regions (a master recording region and a slave recording region) of the recording heads, which are controlled by different controllers, the feed quantity of the recording unit is adjusted to a feeding quantity such that the variable data do not straddle the M/S boundary line.
Claims9
A recording apparatus of a lateral scanning type, comprising:
- a recording unit that includes P (P is a natural number of 2 or more) recorders that perform recording on a recording medium based on image data, wherein the P recorders include a first recorder and a second recorder, the first recorder and the second recorder controlled by different controllers;
- a scanning unit that allows the recording unit to scan in a first direction in order to perform the recording of the recorder on the recording medium;
- a feeding unit that feeds the recording unit in a second direction crossing the first direction;
- a data acquiring unit that acquires the image data, wherein the image data includes fixed data and variable data;
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- a control unit that includes N (N is a natural number of P or less) controllers controlling the P recorders and controls a feeding quantity of the feeding unit such that a variable image based on the variable data is recorded inside a boundary of a first recording region and does not straddle the boundary of the first recording region, that is the recording region of the first recorder, and a boundary of a second recording region, that is the recording region of the second recorder,
- wherein the control unit controls the feeding quantity by inserting linefeeds to adjust a position of the recording unit in the second direction such that the variable image, when recorded by the recording unit, does not straddle the boundary of the first recording region and the second recording region.
A recording method using a recording apparatus of a lateral scanning type that comprises a recording unit that includes P (P is a natural number of 2 or more) recorders that perform recording on a recording medium, wherein the P recorders include a first recorder and a second recorder, the first recorder and the second recorder controlled by different controller, a control unit that includes N (N is a natural number of P or less) controllers, the recording method comprising:
- scanning the recording unit in a first direction in order to perform the recording of the recorder on the recording medium based on image data;
- feeding the recording unit in a second direction crossing the first direction;
- acquiring the image data, wherein the image data includes fixed data and variable data;
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- controlling the P recorders and controlling a feeding quantity of the feeding unit such that a variable image based on the variable data is recorded inside a boundary of a first recording region and does not straddle a boundary of the first recording region, that is the recording region of the first recorder, and a second recording region, that is the recording region of the second recorder, in the second direction,
- wherein the feeding quantity is controlled by inserting linefeeds to adjust a position of the recording unit in the second direction such that the variable image, when recorded by the recording unit, does not straddle the boundary of the first recording region and the second recording region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.