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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an inkjet printing apparatus, nozzle data for a complementary nozzle different from a discharge failure nozzle is modified so as to complement nozzle data for the discharge failure nozzle. A part of the nozzle data for a plurality of nozzles included in a plurality of nozzle rows is thinned out and the remaining nozzle data is transferred to the printhead. The complementary nozzle discharges ink toward a target position on a print medium on behalf of the discharge failure nozzle. The complementary nozzle is selected so that the nozzle data for the complementary nozzle is not thinned out when the nozzle data for the discharge failure nozzle is not thinned out.
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