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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Honda, Matsukawa-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording device includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged in a predetermined direction that include a first nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having a predetermined color, and a second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink having an identical color to the predetermined color, and a control unit configured to control ejection of ink by the nozzle, wherein the control unit, when a test pattern for an inspection of a missing dot due to an ejecting defect of the nozzle is recorded on a recording medium, records a dot pattern, that is an individual element that forms the test pattern, so that ink ejected from a nozzle of the first nozzle row, and ink ejected from a nozzle of the second nozzle row overlap.