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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenichi Honda, Matsukawa-mura, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04558 (2013.01);
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.


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