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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Kazunari Matsuura, Komaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a first nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a basic color; a second nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a special color; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a processing of causing a display to display a first preview image together with a second preview image, the first preview image corresponding to a first image to be formed by the ink of the basic color, the second preview image corresponding to a second image to be formed by the ink of the basic color and the ink of the special color; and a processing of printing the first image by the first nozzle, or a processing of printing the second image by the first and second nozzles, based on a selected preview image selected, by a user, from the first and second preview images.