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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Shinjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Yumi Yanai, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomokazu Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Wakako Tanaka, Inagi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
By setting a parameter in accordance with features of a unique portion appearing in a print image, the unique portion in the print image is efficiently determined. The image is printed on a sheet along with a relative movement in a main scanning direction of the sheet and a print head on which multiple printing elements are arrayed in a sub-scanning direction. One division area is set such that a size in the main scanning direction is greater than a size in the sub-scanning direction. A shift amount from one division area to another division area is set such that a shift amount in the main scanning direction greater than a shift amount in the sub-scanning direction.