| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer and a printing method capable of quickly detecting a nozzle whose discharge is abnormal regardless of the number of nozzles.SOLUTION: A printer 1 includes a liquid droplet discharge head 92 having a plurality of nozzles 941 for discharging ink on a recording medium and performing printing, discharge abnormality detection means for detecting ink discharge abnormality at each of the nozzles 941, and discrimination means for discriminating a nozzle 941' whose discharge is abnormal that is likely to cause discharge abnormally of the plurality of nozzles 941 based on the result of the detection by the discharge abnormality detection means, and is configured so that the discharge abnormality of the nozzle 941' whose discharge is abnormal is detected in preference to the other nozzles 941.</p> |
