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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Matsumura, Nagano, JP;
Hirotaka Matsunaga, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus configured to form a monochrome image by discharging ink droplets on the basis of recording data from a plurality of nozzles having black nozzles for discharging black ink droplets and color nozzles for discharging color ink droplets that produce composite black, the image formation apparatus comprising a control unit configured to form the monochrome image by discharging the black ink droplets from the black nozzles and discharging the color ink droplets that produce composite black from the color nozzles when recording density of black ink represented by the recording data is a predetermined density or higher.