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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Nishikori, Inagi, JP;
Osamu Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiko Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus including a print head including nozzle groups each having nozzles, each of the nozzle groups applying ink having a plurality of volumes from the nozzles to form dots including dots differing in size, including: an arrangement determination unit to determine an arrangement of dots to be formed by each of the nozzle groups; a size determination unit to determine sizes of ink ejected to print the dots determined by the arrangement determination unit, according to respective ejection characteristics of the nozzle groups, such that a print characteristic of an image based on the dot arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit is within a predetermined range; and an ejection control unit to control the print head to eject ink having the plurality of sizes determined by the size determination unit in positions of a print medium based on the arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit.