Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryoki Jahana

Yoshitomo Marumoto

Ayako Uji

Hiromitsu Yamaguchi

Satoshi Wada

Hitoshi Tsuboi

Eri Noguchi

Tsuyoshi Shibata

Yasunori Fujimoto

Makoto Akahira

Takashi Ochiai

Eri Goto

When a feeding amount for multi-pass printing is changed, the purpose related to an image quality using a binary data generation pattern can still be attained by, for example, a density pattern method. Specifically, a multi-pass printing mode is identified, and a density pattern selection matrix associated with a cycle of binary data generation is selected in accordance with the selected printing mode. That is, a density pattern selection matrix employed for binary data generation using a density pattern is changed to a size corresponding to the feeding amount designated by the selected printing mode. Thereby, a phenomenon that a unit used for image processing to gain a predetermined purpose related to an image quality does not match a unit area used for a printing operation is avoided, and an image printing purpose using a binary data generation pattern can be appropriately attained.

Data generation and printing with binarization pattern selected as function of pixel number corresponding to conveying amount of print medium

The present invention is able to print high-grade images by reducing the adverse effect of misdirection of ink in the joining portion between adjacent nozzle lines. To achieve this, an ink jet print head includes a plurality of chips in each of which adjacent nozzle lines are formed. The relative positions of the chips are set depending on the amounts of misdirection of ink ejected from overlapping nozzles in the joining portion.

Ink jet print head, ink jet printing apparatus, and method for manufacturing ink jet print head

Development of uneven gloss is reduced when printing mutually adjacent printing regions with pigment ink while overlapping boundary regions each other. A joint section and a non-joint section employ mutually different image processing such that a larger amount of ink having a relatively higher gloss level is used in the joint section as compared to the non-joint section. In this way, it is possible to uniform gloss impression between the non-joint section and the joint section and thereby to reduce uneven gloss.

Inkjet printing apparatus, image processing method and image processing apparatus

A spliced ink-jet head including head chips, each of which is capable of discharging inks of two or more colors, and which are spliced in a staggered manner which restrains the occurrence of splice streaks, white streaks caused by deflection at ends or uneven colors attributable to different landing orders of ink droplets in spliced portions of different colors when one-pass recording is carried out. The head chips is arranged such that, in a relationship between two adjoining head chips, at least one discharge port of one head chip and one discharge port of the other head chip for the same color tone ink in end portions overlap on a line in a recording material feeding direction, while discharge ports for different color tone inks do not overlap.

Ink-jet head and ink-jet recording apparatus using the head

In an inkjet recording apparatus and an inkjet recording method, recording on a first unit region, of unit regions provided on a recording medium, is performed by scanning a recording head an even number of times over the first unit region, and recording on a second unit region adjacent to the first unit region is performed by scanning the recording head an odd number of times over the second unit region. The last of the scanning motions of the recording head over the first and second unit regions is made in a first direction.

Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method

When a malfunction nozzle occurs in a joint portion of print elements in a print head, the print head is controlled to minimize image impairments caused by the malfunction nozzle. This prevents an increase in cost of the print head and increases the printing speed while at the same time realizing a high quality of printed image. For the control of the overlapping nozzles in the adjoining print chips, a desired control mode is selectively set from among a plurality of control modes, the control modes having different nozzles removed from use.

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Ryoki Jahana