Liquid discharge apparatus, control method of liquid discharge apparatus, and device driver, and printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorJunhua Zhang
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Abstract
The degree of thickening of ink for each of nozzles based on dot pattern data is calculated based on a thickening value Z(n+1)=Z(n)×a×bss×bmm×bll, and information the dot pattern data corresponding to the nozzle, which indicates that small dots are formed in when the thickening value is equal to or greater than a threshold is replaced with information indicating that middle dots which are larger than the small dots are formed.
Claims5
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharge head that includes a plurality of nozzles, discharges a liquid from the nozzles by driving of an actuator, and then forms dots with impacted liquids on an impacted object;
- a driving waveform generation circuit that generates a driving waveform for driving the actuator;
- and
- a control circuit that controls discharging of the liquid by the liquid discharge head based on discharge data including information indicating a size of a dot formed on the impacted object,
- wherein the control circuit calculates a degree of thickening of the liquid for each of the nozzles, and discharges relatively large dots compared to small dots to an area on which relatively the smallest dots are supposed to be formed from the nozzles based on the discharge data when the degree of thickening of the liquid in the nozzle becomes a predetermined state which is determined in advance.
A control method of a liquid discharge apparatus which includes a liquid discharge head that includes a plurality of nozzles, discharges a liquid from the nozzles by driving of an actuator, and then forms dots with impacted liquids on an impacted object;
- a driving waveform generation circuit that generates a driving waveform for driving the actuator;
- and a control circuit that controls discharging of the liquid by the liquid discharge head based on discharge data including information indicating a size of a dot formed on the impacted object, the method comprising:
- calculating degree of thickening of a liquid for each of the nozzles;
- and
- discharging relatively large dots compared to small dots to an area on which relatively the smallest dots are supposed to be formed based on the discharge data from the nozzles when the degree of thickening of the liquid in the nozzle becomes a predetermined state which is determined in advance.
A device driver that is executable in a host apparatus which is communicably connected to a liquid discharge apparatus that includes a plurality of nozzles, discharges a liquid from the nozzles by driving of an actuator, and then forms dots with impacted liquids on an impacted object, the device driver causing the host apparatus to execute:
- generating discharge data which includes information indicating a size of dots formed on an impacted object from job data for causing the liquid discharge apparatus to execute a liquid discharge operation;
- calculating degree of thickening of a liquid based on the discharge data for each of the nozzles;
- and
- replacing information of the discharge data corresponding to the nozzles, which indicates that relatively smallest dots are formed with information indicating that dots which are larger than small dots are formed when the degree of thickening of the liquid in the nozzle becomes a predetermined state which is determined in advance.
A printing system that is formed of a host apparatus and a liquid discharge apparatus which is communicably connected to the host apparatus,
- wherein the liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head that includes a plurality of nozzles, discharges a liquid from the nozzles by driving of an actuator, and then forms dots with impacted liquids on an impacted object;
- and a driving waveform generation circuit that generates a driving waveform for driving the actuator,
- wherein the driving waveform generation circuit generates a driving waveform in accordance with a size of a dot which is formed on the impacted object, and
- the host apparatus executes a device driver relating to a liquid discharging operation in the liquid discharge apparatus, and
- wherein the device driver causing the host apparatus to execute:
- generating discharge data including information indicating the size of the dots formed on the impacted object from job data for causing the liquid discharge apparatus to execute a liquid discharge operation;
- calculating degree of thickening of a liquid based on the discharge data for each of the nozzles;
- and
- replacing information indicating that relatively smallest dots are formed in the discharge data corresponding to nozzles with information indicating that dots which are larger than small dots are formed when the degree of thickening of the liquid in the nozzle becomes a predetermined state which is determined in advance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.