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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Matsumura, Nagano, JP;
Yasutoshi Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Main scanning performed two times by interposing sub-scanning of a distance longer than a pitch of nozzles of s nozzle line in the sub-scanning direction is referred to as first main scanning and second main scanning, a region in which a print image is formed at s time of the first main scanning is referred to as a first print region, and a region in which the print image is formed at a time of the second main scanning is referred to as a second print region. A printing control device for a printing unit (printing apparatus) includes a record density acquisition unit that acquires record density of the print image in a determination region including at least a part of the first print region based on the print data; and a sub-scanning control unit that changes an overlap between the first and second print regions in the sub-scanning direction.