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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kakinuma, Hadano, JP;
Daigoro Kanematsu, Yokohama, JP;
Naoko Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Asako Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kakinuma, Hadano, JP;
Daigoro Kanematsu, Yokohama, JP;
Naoko Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Asako Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The optimal number of print passes and a head-to-platen distance are set according to a content of an image to be printed and the user's request (emphasis is put on quality or speed, etc.) to thereby appropriately meet the needs for higher image quality and higher productivity and to perform printing with high reliability. To this end, it is made possible to select whether to execute processing for issuing an instruction to set the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance according to discrimination of the content of the image. When the execution of the processing is selected, the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance are appropriately set according to the content of the image (duty, etc.). Meanwhile, when it is not selected, the image is printed by one-pass print with the head-to-platen distance set larger, regardless of the content of the image.