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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Toyohiko Mitsuzawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshihisa Saruta, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Toyohiko Mitsuzawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshihisa Saruta, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a plurality of ink ejecting sections for ejecting ink. The printing apparatus prints an image on a medium to be printed by ejecting ink from the ink ejecting sections. The ink ejecting sections include a first ink ejecting section that is set to eject ink for printing a highlight region in the image, and a second ink ejecting section that is set not to eject the ink for printing the highlight region in the image.