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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

May. 27, 2020
Applicants:

Yosuke Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Hada, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yosuke Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Hada, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2121 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04551 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid discharge method for a liquid discharge apparatus having a plurality of print modes includes determining and changing. The determining determines the print modes by a determiner. The changing changes, based on the print mode determined by the determiner, a use nozzle width and a discharge amount of a spot color head in a line feed direction such that a print mode having a low print speed has a narrower nozzle width and a larger discharge amount than a print mode having a high print speed by a controller.


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