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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Kenji Fukasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsuneo Kasai, Azumino, JP;
Hirokazu Kasahara, Okaya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus. Each of a plurality of first nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in a predetermined direction that discharge cyan or magenta liquid. Each of a plurality of second nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in the predetermined direction that discharge yellow liquid. The number of second nozzle rows is smaller than the number of first nozzle rows. The first nozzle rows form cyan or magenta dots at pixels on a medium. The second nozzle rows form yellow dots at pixels whose number is smaller than the number of pixels at which the first dots are formed.