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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Ebisawa, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/54 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/543 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/2146 (2013.01); B41J 2029/3935 (2013.01);
Abstract

A controller performs control to: print a test pattern on a print medium, the test pattern including: a head reference straight line extending in a main scanning direction and printed by a reference print head; and head adjustment straight lines extending in the main scanning direction and printed by each of non-reference print heads at timings corresponding to timing adjustment values; and in response to input of information specifying the head adjustment straight line with a smallest print misalignment amount in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the head reference straight line for each of the non-reference print heads, determine, for each of the non-reference print heads, the timing adjustment value corresponding to the head adjustment straight line specified by the input information as an adjustment value of an ink ejection timing in the non-reference print head in normal printing.


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