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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuaki Sakurada, Suwa, JP;
Nao Kaneko, Tokyo-to, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); H04N 1/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a printing method of creating an image on a medium by discharging a plurality of colored inks each containing a colorant and clear ink containing no colorant from a nozzle toward the medium. Further the colored inks are discharged from the nozzle toward a unit region defined in the medium by an amount determined on the basis of respective amounts of cyan ink and magenta ink included in the colored inks to be discharged to the unit region.