Printing apparatus and printing method

摘要

A printing apparatus includes: a print head for applying ink on a print medium; a print control unit configured to control the print head; a conveying unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information regarding a conveyance error of conveyance of the print medium in a conveying direction crossing a predetermined direction by the conveying unit with respect to each of a plurality of areas of the print medium that are in positions different from each other in the predetermined direction; and an adjusting unit configured to divide a predetermined area of the print medium in accordance with a conveyance error amount indicated by the information in each of the plurality of areas obtained by the obtaining unit into a plurality of correction areas, and to adjust the amount of ink to be applied onto each of the plurality of correction areas lining up in the predetermined direction.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a print head for applying ink on a print medium; a print control unit configured to control the print head to perform printing onto the print medium while moving the print head in a predetermined direction relative to the print medium; a conveying unit configured to convey the print medium in a conveying direction crossing the predetermined direction; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information regarding a plurality of conveyance errors of conveyance of the print medium in the conveying direction by the conveying unit, the information regarding the plurality of conveyance errors being obtained with respect to a plurality of areas of the print medium, respectively, that are in positions different from each other in the predetermined direction; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust an amount of ink to be applied onto each of a plurality of correction areas aligned in the predetermined direction in accordance with the plurality of conveyance errors for each of the plurality of areas indicated by the information obtained by the obtaining unit, the plurality of correction areas corresponding to the plurality of areas, respectively.