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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Terasawa, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04551 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/04593 (2013.01); B41J 2/2142 (2013.01); B41J 2/2146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a printer control device that controls a printer that includes an ink jet head unit that has head arrays, in which three or more ink jet heads for ejecting ink from nozzle arrays are aligned in a nozzle array extending direction, the printer control device includes a head control section that causes an ink jet head unit to execute printing without using a designated head that is an ink jet head designated and all ink jet heads aligned on one side in the nozzle array extending direction with reference to the designated head, in a designation mode, in which inhibition of use of the ink jet heads is designated.