| 发明名称 |
Printing apparatus and printing method |
| 摘要 |
There is provided a printing apparatus that includes a head unit which can form a plurality of dots of different sizes including a first dot and a second dot. The printing apparatus includes: a first print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a first print mode and a second gradation reproduction region of the first print mode; and a second print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a second print mode and a second gradation reproduction region of the second print mode. In the printing apparatus, a print speed in the first print mode is lower than a print speed in the second print mode, and the first gradation reproduction region of the first print mode is larger than the first gradation reproduction region of the second print mode. |
| 申请公布号 |
US9039113(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.05.26 |
| 申请号 |
US201414198951 |
申请日期 |
2014.03.06 |
| 申请人 |
Seiko Epson Corporation |
发明人 |
Furuta Tatsuo |
| 分类号 |
H04N1/405 |
主分类号 |
H04N1/405 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A printing apparatus that includes a head unit which can form a plurality of dots of different sizes including a first dot and a second dot on a printing medium using an ink, the apparatus comprising:
a first print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a first print mode which uses the first dot and does not use the second dot and a second gradation reproduction region of the first print mode which uses the first dot and the second dot; and a second print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a second print mode which uses the first dot and does not use the second dot and a second gradation reproduction region of the second print mode which uses the first dot and the second dot, wherein the first dot is smaller than the second dot, wherein a print speed in the first print mode is lower than a print speed in the second print mode, and wherein the first gradation reproduction region of the first print mode is larger than the first gradation reproduction region of the second print mode. |
| 地址 |
Tokyo JP |
