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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04508 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2054 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); G06K 15/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a print head, a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting metallic ink, including a solvent and particles for imparting a metallic gloss, are arranged in a predetermined direction. A plurality of printing scans are performed to the same area of the print medium to print an image on the print medium. In the printing scan, the metallic ink being ejected from the print head to a print medium while moving the print head in a scanning direction intersecting the predetermined direction. At least one of the plurality of printing scans is set as a first scan having a higher print ratio than the other printing scans.