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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Yamada, Nagano-ken, JP;

Hiroki Hayashi, Nagano-ken, JP;

Ryoichi Tanaka, Nagano-ken, JP;

Noboru Tamura, Nagano-ken, JP;

Akito Sato, Nagano-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/15 (2006.01); B41J 2/145 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/145 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 3/543 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a first head that forms a first dot group and a second head that forms a second dot group. The first head has a first nozzle row for a first chromatic ink and a second nozzle row for a second chromatic ink. The second head has a third nozzle row for the first chromatic ink and a fourth nozzle row for the second chromatic ink. With respect to at least the first chromatic ink or the second chromatic ink, in a case in which the number of dots that configure dot rows that are lined up in the main scanning direction, is 3500 or more, a rational number, which is expressed using a number of dots included in the first dot group and a number of dots included in the second dot group in the dot rows, is a value other than zero.


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