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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

May. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tetsuo Tatsuda, Ina, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41J 2/125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printer includes: a carriage which moves with a print head mounted thereon, the print head being configured to eject ink; a camera attached to the carriage and configured to capture an image printed on a print medium by the print head; a movement mechanism configured to move the carriage along a main scan direction; a transportation mechanism configured to transport the print medium along a sub-scan direction; a processor configured to control printing of the image onto the print medium; and a storage configured to store a correction value of a movement amount of the movement mechanism as a first correction value for a location adjustment of a capture area of the camera and store a correction value of a transportation amount of the transportation mechanism as a second correction value for the location adjustment of the capture area.


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