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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
Yasunari Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Fukasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunari Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Fukasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Hosokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer is provided which includes: a recording head having multiple nozzles; two or more sensors that read a print medium into an image thereof and calculate a total moving distance based on the image; an instruction unit that instructs a timing for discharging liquid droplets from one or more of the nozzles; a sensor position calculator that calculates a position of each of the sensors; a nozzle position calculator that calculates a position of each of the nozzles; an acquisition unit that acquires image data of a specified area within an image to be printed; a determination unit that determines whether or not to discharge the liquid droplets from each of the nozzles; and a transmitter that transmits data of one or more of image elements and information on one or more of the nozzles determined to discharge the liquid droplets to a controller.