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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Kiyoaki Murai, Suwa, JP;
Nobuhiro Karito, Suwa, JP;
Kiyoaki Murai, Suwa, JP;
Nobuhiro Karito, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a line head which includes first and second basic heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and in which the first and second basic heads are arranged in the predetermined direction so as to form an overlapping section in the predetermined direction and a controller which controls the first and second basic heads when at least one of a print medium and the line head moves in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction and which controls the first and second basic heads so as to print the contour of a character or a line image by using only one of the first and second basic heads when the character or the line image is contained in an image printable by the overlapping section.