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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Ono, Shiojiri, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/2103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A density determination method includes a first process, a second process, and a third process. In the first process, ink is discharged onto a medium to print a plurality of colorimetric patches having mutually different densities on the medium so as to allow each of the colorimetric patches to include a base portion serving as a background of the each of the colorimetric patches and a low density portion forming a symbol and having a density lower than a density of the base portion. In the second process, images each associated with a corresponding one of the colorimetric patches are acquired. In the third process, a maximum printing density value for the medium is determined on the basis of a result of recognizing the symbol through each of the images, having been acquired in the second process.


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