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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Yoshitaka Shimada, Matsumoto, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Yoshitaka Shimada, Matsumoto, JP;
Mitsuaki Yoshizawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus provided with a first mode in which one nozzle row group is positioned so as to be shifted to the downstream side of the medium transport direction with respect to another nozzle row group, ink forming a main image is filled into the first nozzle row in the one nozzle row group, ink forming a background image is filled into the second nozzle row in the other nozzle row group, and the one nozzle row group and the other nozzle row group are used to form the background image before the main image, and a second mode, in which ink forming a background image is filled into the first nozzle row, ink forming the main image is filled into the second nozzle row, and the one nozzle row group and the other nozzle row group are used to form the main image before the background image.