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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Fukazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Fukazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a printing apparatus and printing method capable of stably printing an image with high accuracy by avoiding effects of a dimensional error and printing characteristics specific to a printing head and a mounting error of the printing head. For this purpose, a printing condition detector is mounted on a carriage moving in a primary scanning direction, and a printing head is mounted replaceably on the carriage. An image printed on a printing medium by the printing head is detected by the printing condition detector, and the printing head is controlled according to the detection result.