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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuyoshi Tanase, Nagano, JP;

Keisuke Morita, Nagano, JP;

Kentaro Tanaka, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 3/543 (2013.01);
Abstract

A recording device provides, when a first mode that is a recording mode for increasing concentration of black is selected, in a first nozzle row including first nozzles capable of discharging a first ink representing black by a single color or a mixed color, and a second nozzle row including second nozzles capable of discharging a second ink having a lower pigment concentration than a black ink and being an achromatic color, a nozzle unused region by a first nozzle not discharging a first ink and a second nozzle not discharging a second ink, between a first nozzle usage region including the first nozzle discharging the first ink onto the recording medium, and a second nozzle used region including the second nozzle for discharging the second ink onto a region of the recording medium onto which the first ink is discharged.


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