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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuaki Sakurada, Suwa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/2135 (2013.01); B41J 19/145 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing method includes a printing process that performs printing on a recording medium, in which, in the printing process, a first correction is performed in which discharging portions, where a first correction target head other than a first reference head among heads of a first group and a second correction target head other than the first reference head among the heads of a second group discharge inks, are corrected based on a first reference printing pattern, and a second correction is performed in which a discharging portion, where a third correction target head among heads of a third group other than a second reference head discharges the inks, is corrected based on the first reference printing pattern and a second reference printing pattern.


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