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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Sudo, Nagano, JP;
Bunji Ishimoto, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing device includes a required ink amount acquisition part, an ejectable amount acquisition part, and a division printing control part. The required ink amount acquisition part is configured to determine a required ink amount based on print data of a bandwidth over which ink is ejected by driving an ink head in a main scanning direction. The ejectable amount acquisition part is configured to determine an ejectable amount based on a residual amount in an ink cartridge. The division printing control part is configured to determine whether a printing for the bandwidth is performed by one time of a main scanning operation, or the printing is performed by dividing into multiple main scanning operations based on the required ink amount and the ejectable amount, and to perform the printing in accordance with the determination.