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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2022
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Kazunari Matsuura, Komaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a conveying roller which conveys a print medium in a conveying direction; a line head having first and second nozzle rows arranged in the conveying direction; and a controller. Each of the first and second nozzle rows includes nozzles aligned along a width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. The nozzles are configured to discharge liquid, and the nozzles in the first nozzle row and the nozzles in the second nozzle row are shifted in the width direction. The first nozzle row has: first nozzles forming a group; and second nozzles forming a group adjacently in the width direction to the group of first nozzles in the first nozzle row. The second nozzle row has: first nozzles forming a group; and second nozzles forming a group adjacently in the width direction to the group of first nozzles in the second nozzle row.