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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Masatoshi Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control apparatus includes: an operation state storing section that stores operation information relating to operation states of a plurality of printing elements arranged in a printing head; and a drawing controlling section that causes the plurality of printing elements to draw a test image for checking the operation states of the plurality of printing elements, wherein the test image includes a set of a predetermined number of lines that are drawn in parallel with one another in a predetermined direction, and the drawing controlling section causes a printing element placed in the vicinity of a printing element determined as a malfunction on the basis of the operation information, to draw a check line having a predetermined length and thickness in the test image.