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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Edamura, Inagi, JP;
Kentaro Muro, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Komamiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print head capable of forming dots on a print medium based on print data and a print medium are caused to perform relative movement in a specified direction, and a speed of the relative movement is set according to the number of dots to be formed in an area of a specified size. Whether to set the speed of the relative movement to a first speed is determined according to the number of dots to be formed in an area of a first size on the print medium. Whether to set the speed of the relative movement to a second speed lower than the first speed is determined according to the number of dots to be formed in an area of a second size which is smaller than the area of the first size in the specified direction.