发明名称 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND DOT PATTERN DETERMINING METHOD
摘要 An image forming device includes a pattern determining unit and a pattern forming unit. In response to determining that dots are formed continuously in a moving direction on a dot omission pixels within a designated range in the moving direction based on recording data before supplementation of dots by a defective nozzle, and in response to determining that dots are formed continuously in the moving direction on adjacent pixels within the designated range, the pattern determining unit determines a dot pattern after supplementation for a plurality of pixels based on the recording data such that the dot pattern after supplementation is indicative of either enlarging at least a portion of dots formed on the adjacent pixels within the designated range or arranging dots in secondary adjacent pixels within the designated range regardless of dot arrangement of the secondary adjacent pixels according to the recording data before supplementation of dots.
申请公布号 US2016297192(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.10.13
申请号 US201615183087 申请日期 2016.06.15
申请人 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 发明人 SATO Akito;SUDO Naoki
分类号 B41J2/045 主分类号 B41J2/045
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An image forming device in which a plurality of nozzles aligned in a designated alignment direction and an object to be recorded are moved relative to each other in a moving direction different from the alignment direction, wherein a plurality of pixels constituting a formed image includes dot omission pixels that are continuous in the moving direction by a defective nozzle included in the plurality of nozzles, adjacent pixels that are adjacent to the dot omission pixels on at least one side in the alignment direction, and secondary adjacent pixels that are adjacent to the adjacent pixels to sandwich the adjacent pixels between the dot omission pixels and the secondary adjacent pixels, the image forming device comprising: a pattern determining unit, in response to determining that dots are formed continuously in the moving direction on the dot omission pixels within a designated range in the moving direction based on recording data before supplementation of dots by the defective nozzle, and in response to determining that dots are formed continuously in the moving direction on the adjacent pixels within the designated range based on the recording data, configured to determine a dot pattern after supplementation for the plurality of pixels based on the recording data such that the dot pattern after supplementation is indicative of at least one of enlarging at least a portion of dots formed on the adjacent pixels within the designated range and arranging dots in the secondary adjacent pixels within the designated range regardless of dot arrangement of the secondary adjacent pixels according to the recording data before supplementation of dots; and a pattern forming unit configured to form the dot pattern after supplementation.
地址 Tokyo JP