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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Moritaku, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a transporting unit that performs a predetermined amount of continuous transporting with respect to a printing medium, a head that forms a designated number of unit images designated in advance from the beginning to the end of continuous transporting by ejecting ink onto the printing medium which is continuously transported by the transporting unit, a detection unit that detects a defect of the unit image formed by the head, and a control unit that controls the transporting unit, the head, and the detection unit. Here, the control unit increases the predetermined amount and the designated number based on a detection result of the defective image by the detection unit, and performs a process of re-forming the unit image corresponding to the number of defective images while the continuous transporting is performed.