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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1994
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Kohichi Baba, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Satake, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiko Kawachi, Osaka, JP;
Setsuo Hori, Osaka, JP;
Shigeo Koyama, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printing apparatus includes a printing head operable to emit ink onto a printing sheet, the printing head being movable along a first direction; a sheet transporter operable to transport the printing sheet along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a head moving mechanism operable to reciprocally move the printing head along the first direction; and a controller which controls the sheet transporter and the head moving mechanism to execute a first printing mode of moving the printing head while holding the printing sheet in a stationary position and a second printing mode of moving the printing sheet while holding the printing head at a stationary position.