发明名称 Print apparatus, print method, and serial printer
摘要 A print apparatus that is configured to cause a print head provided with nozzles and a printing substrate to move relatively, eject an ink from the nozzles, and record dots onto the printing substrate includes a print control unit. The print control unit is configured to perform a control for ejecting the ink from the nozzles, and the print control unit modifies a proportion at which dots are formed adjacent to one another depending on an ejected amount of ink.
申请公布号 US9457585(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.10.04
申请号 US201414324547 申请日期 2014.07.07
申请人 Seiko Epson Corporation 发明人 Hayashi Takuma;Sudo Naoki
分类号 B41J2/205;B41J2/045;G06K15/10;G06K15/02;H04N1/405 主分类号 B41J2/205
代理机构 Global IP Counselors, LLP 代理人 Global IP Counselors, LLP
主权项 1. A print apparatus comprising: a print head provided with nozzles that are configured to eject an ink onto a printing substrate, the print head being configured to record dots onto the printing substrate in accordance with movement of at least one of the print head and the printing substrate; a memory storing at least a first group and a second group each of which includes dither masks according to ejected amount of ink, the dither masks of the first group being different from the dither masks of the second group in that a proportion at which dots are formed adjacent to one another relative to the ejected amount of the ink is different; and a print control unit configured to perform a control for ejecting droplets of the ink from the nozzles in a first print mode and a second print mode, the number of the droplets per unit time in the first print mode being lower than the number of the droplets per unit time in the second print mode, the print control unit being configured to determine in which of the first and second modes the ejecting is controlled, in response to determining that the ejecting is controlled in the second print mode, the print control unit being configured to determine what range the ejected amount of the ink is within, configured to select a dither mask of the first group when determining the ejected amount of the ink is within a first range to perform the control for the ejecting, and configured to select a dither mask of the second group when determining the ejected amount of the ink is within a second range greater than the first range to perform the control for the ejecting.
地址 Tokyo JP