Drawing apparatus, method of controlling operation of the drawing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium

A method of controlling operation of a drawing apparatus comprising (i) a plurality of drawing tool holding units in which a plurality drawing tools are held, respectively, each of the plurality of drawing tools being configured to apply ink on an object, (ii) a drawing confirming structure which is provided with a drawing medium that is different from the object, and (iii) a drawing mechanism which draws an image on the object or the drawing medium with at least one of the plurality of drawing tools held in the plurality of drawing tool holding units, the method comprising:

• controlling the drawing mechanism to draw images on areas of the drawing medium with the plurality of drawing tools, respectively;
• obtaining drawing-tool holding information that includes first information representing colors of ink respectively applied by the plurality of drawing tools and second information representing an arrangement of the plurality of drawing tools in the plurality of drawing tool holding units, the first information and the second information being obtained with respect to each of the plurality of drawing tools by detecting, in an identification image of the drawing medium, a color and a position of the area of the image drawn with the drawing tool on the drawing medium;
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• controlling the drawing mechanism to draw a design image having at least one color on the object, based on the drawing-tool holding information and the at least one color of the design image.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer of a drawing apparatus comprising (i) a plurality of drawing tool holding units in which a plurality drawing tools are held, respectively, each of the plurality of drawing tools being configured to apply ink on an object, (ii) a drawing confirming structure which is provided with a drawing medium that is different from the object, and (iii) a drawing mechanism which draws an image on the object or the drawing medium with at least one of the plurality of drawing tools held in the plurality of drawing tool holding units, the program being executable by the computer to perform operations comprising:

• controlling the drawing mechanism to draw images on areas of the drawing medium with the plurality of drawing tools, respectively;
• obtaining drawing-tool holding information that includes first information representing colors of ink respectively applied by the plurality of drawing tools and second information representing an arrangement of the plurality of drawing tools in the plurality of drawing tool holding units, the first information and the second information being obtained with respect to each of the plurality of drawing tools by detecting, in an identification image of the drawing medium, a color and a position of the area of the image drawn with the drawing tool on the drawing medium;
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• controlling the drawing mechanism to draw a design image having at least one color on the object, based on the drawing-tool holding information and the at least one color of the design image.