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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhiro Kitabatake, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiko Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiichiro Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2146 (2013.01);
Abstract
If a plurality of ejection openings at identical positions in an array direction in which ejection openings are arrayed have experienced an ejection failure, complementary nozzles are selected so that the distance between ejection openings at both ends of the plurality of ejection openings in a cross direction crossing the array direction is the shortest.