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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshio Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/195 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2013.01); G01B 9/02 (2013.01); B41J 2/2107 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a printing apparatus which performs printing by using special ink for generating special glossiness on a printed material and color inks, the apparatus includes a controller that, when an image in which an index value indicating a degree of the special glossiness is low and an image in which the index value is high are to be printed adjacently, controls to print the image in which the index value is low by substituting other inks for the special ink.