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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Kasahara, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2/0456 (2013.01); B41J 2/04558 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a printer including an imaging device that captures an image of a medium, and a control unit that controls an ink discharge amount of a printing unit that discharges ink to form an image. The control unit acquires a captured image of a test pattern which is obtained by an imaging device and is printed by the printing unit, and controls an ink discharge amount on the basis of a grayscale value of a first region including an outer peripheral edge of the test pattern and a grayscale value of a second region within the test pattern.