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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Hidehiko Kanda, Yokohama, JP;
Jiro Moriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Umezawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Takamiya, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiko Kanda, Yokohama, JP;
Jiro Moriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Umezawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Takamiya, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention reduces an unprinted stripe occurred by edge deviation of a printhead. An inkjet printing apparatus according to this invention can execute a first printing mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in a first region on the printing medium N times and scanning the printhead in a second region adjacent to the first region (N+1) times, and a second mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in the first region M times and scanning the printhead in the second region (M+1) times. The width, in the conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the second printing mode is narrower than the width, in the conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the first printing mode.