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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Isao Tabayashi, Nagano, JP;
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus in which printing is performed using an ink jet method includes a first ink jet head that discharges ink droplets of ink of a first color which is a color of the same color type as an expression color that is set in advance, a second ink jet head that discharges ink droplets of ink of a second color which is a color of the same color type as the expression color and is different from the first color, and a control unit which makes the first and the second ink jet head perform printing with the expression color on a medium by setting a ratio of a discharge amount of ink of the first color by the first ink jet head to a discharge amount of ink of the second color by the second ink jet head to a discharge rate which is calculated in advance.