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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Hidenori Usuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsuzawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuji Hatanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Bunji Ishimoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sano, Shiojiri, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Hidenori Usuda, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsuzawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuji Hatanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Bunji Ishimoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sano, Shiojiri, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a first nozzles for ejecting a first fluid are lined up in a predetermined direction; a second nozzles for ejecting a second fluid are lined up in the predetermined direction; and a control unit performs an ejecting operation of ejecting fluid from the nozzles, wherein the control unit forms an image on a medium in one of a first mode of forming a main image with the first fluid and a second mode of forming the main image and a background image with the second fluid to be overlapped, forms the main image using a certain nozzle group in the first nozzles when the main image is formed in the first mode, and forms the main image using the same nozzle group as the certain nozzle group when the main image is formed in the second mode.