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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Takeshi Yazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Konno, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hinako Iritani, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Yazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Konno, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hinako Iritani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus and a printing method are provided by which, when an image is printed by a plurality of printing modes using different printing elements, a plurality of printing elements can have an equalized use frequency to thereby maintain the uniformity of quality of the printed image. In a first multipath printing control, a use rate of a nozzle group that is not used in the first multipath printing control and that is used in a second multipath printing control is higher than that of a nozzle group that is used in the first and second multipath printing controls.