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Patent No.:

US 9044933 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Koichi Otsuki, Nagano-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/505 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04501 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1742 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 2/5056 (2013.01); B41J 11/0065 (2013.01); B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 2/04595 (2013.01);
Abstract

Images are printed up to the edges of a print medium while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. Ink droplets are ejected without blank space up to the edges of the medium according to print data. The print medium is supported opposite a dot-recording head. Ink droplets are ejected to a first area lying outside of an upper edge of the print medium and to a second area lying outside of a lower edge of the print medium. A length of the second area in a sub-scanning direction is greater than a length of the first area in the sub-scanning direction. In device embodiments, control of such operations is provided by a controller.


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