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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kayahara, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports clothing fabric at which a pattern is formed, an imaging unit that images the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit, a printing unit that performs printing on the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit, and a control unit, the control unit registers first image data representing the pattern in a predetermined storage unit, extracts, based on a comparison between the first image data and second image data, a pattern region corresponding to the pattern in the second image data, the second image data is generated by imaging of the clothing fabric by imaging unit, corrects third image data representing an image to be printed overlaid on the pattern to match the shape of the pattern region, and causes the printing unit to perform the printing of the corrected third image data on the clothing fabric.