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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Hideki Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Uemura, Zushi, JP;
Hideki Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Uemura, Zushi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus which prints by discharging ink droplets from a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array based on print data using a printhead including the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array for discharging ink droplets of the same color and different discharge amounts, the apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify a discharge failure nozzle in the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array; and a controller configured to assign print data corresponding to the discharge failure nozzle specified by the specifying unit to a nozzle of a nozzle array different from a nozzle array to which the discharge failure nozzle belongs, out of the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array.