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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Makoto Shioya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroto Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Tachihara, Chofu, JP;
Tadashi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Genji Inada, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuo Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Ashiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid jet recording method for recording on a recording material with liquid droplets discharged through plural scanning nozzles arranged in a width measured in a direction of main scan. The recording method includes a first main scan by relative movement between the nozzles and the recording material, in which pixels are recorded with numbers of droplets through a nozzle, the numbers of droplets corresponding to respective tone signals. The method also includes a sub-scan by relative movement between the nozzles and the recording material in a direction crossing with a movement direction of the first main scan. The method further includes a second main scan in which the pixels are recorded with numbers of droplets through a different nozzle, the latter numbers of droplets corresponding to tone level signals. The sub-scan and second main scan steps are repeated to record a tone image by discharging plural droplets for a pixel.