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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kobayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus configured to perform printing by a combination of transport of a printing medium by a transport unit and main scanning for discharging ink in association with movement of a scanning unit, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate, a one-time transport amount by the transport unit for each nozzle row at each of the nozzle row positions, the one-time transport amount being a complementary transport amount at which non-discharge of ink by the defective nozzle is complementable by discharge of ink by the normal nozzle, based on a relationship between the main scanning before the transport and the main scanning after the transport, determine a common transport amount to the nozzle rows at the respective nozzle row positions based on the complementary transport amount for each nozzle row, and perform the printing the determined common transport amount as the one-time transport amount by the transport unit.