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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Fumitaka Goto, Tokyo, JP;

Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Yuto Kajiwara, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04573 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2107 (2013.01); B41J 2/211 (2013.01); G06K 15/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a first printing step, metallic ink is applied to a color metallic area where a color metallic image on a print medium having a receiving layer containing a dye coagulating agent for coagulating a dye is formed, while moving the print head in a main-scanning direction. In a conveyance step, a print medium is conveyed by a predetermined distance in a conveyance direction crossing the main-scanning direction, after the first printing step. In a second printing step, a first color ink is applied to the color metallic area while moving the print head in the main-scanning direction. an application time difference until application of the first color ink to the color metallic area in the second printing step after application of the metallic ink to the color metallic area in the first printing step is included in a target range regardless of the image data.


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