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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Toshima, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a case in which a dot of a first raster line to be discharged by a first defective nozzle and a dot of a second raster line to be discharged by a second defective nozzle are determined to be adjacent to each other in a sub-scanning direction when a transport unit performs movement by a predetermined first distance, a printing device performs first control of executing either control of changing a distance of the movement performed by the transport unit immediately before the first defective nozzle forms the first raster line by an integer multiple of a nozzle pitch from the first distance, or control of changing a distance of the movement performed by the transport unit immediately before the second defective nozzle forms the second raster line by an integer multiple of the nozzle pitch from the first distance.