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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Daigoro Kanematsu, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Daigoro Kanematsu, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method according to which, even when misalignment in mounted print heads or a print medium conveying error has occurred, a high quality image can be printed by performing one-pass printing or multi-pass printing of a time division driving method. In a case wherein a plurality of nozzles are divided into a plurality of blocks to perform time division driving method, the driving order for the plurality of nozzles in the print head is changed in accordance with a displacement of a plurality of nozzles employed to print on the same raster.