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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2006
Young-jung Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-bok Ju, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young-jung Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-bok Ju, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a method thereof for preventing degradation of image quality by a malfunctioning nozzle are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a print head including a first nozzle line having a plurality of nozzles arranged with a predetermined pitch I and a second nozzle line disposed at predetermined distance D from the first nozzle line and having a plurality of nozzles arranged to be deviated from the nozzles of the first nozzle line with a predetermined pitch I. A controller controls the print head to inject ink to form at least a portion of dots to be overlapped by ink injected from the nozzles of the first nozzle line.