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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Hoshii, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus (an ink jet printer), in a sub scanning direction, when an area in arrange of a nozzle at an end portion of a head () to a nozzle at a predetermined distance is set as a predetermined area, and a medium is transported in a certain amount by using the head (), a scan portion, and a transport portion so as to form an image on medium sheet (), the number of times of scanning for forming a dot array which is formed by using the nozzles included in the predetermined area is more than the number of times of the scanning for forming a dot array which does not use the nozzle in the predetermined area, and the number of times of the scanning for forming the dot array by using the nozzles included in the predetermined area is at least three times.