Printing apparatus and printing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9108403
APP PUB NO 20140104335A1
SERIAL NO

14046152

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A printing apparatus including a print head including nozzle groups each having nozzles, each of the nozzle groups applying ink having a plurality of volumes from the nozzles to form dots including dots differing in size, including: an arrangement determination unit to determine an arrangement of dots to be formed by each of the nozzle groups; a size determination unit to determine sizes of ink ejected to print the dots determined by the arrangement determination unit, according to respective ejection characteristics of the nozzle groups, such that a print characteristic of an image based on the dot arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit is within a predetermined range; and an ejection control unit to control the print head to eject ink having the plurality of sizes determined by the size determination unit in positions of a print medium based on the arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayashi, Masashi Yokohama, JP 116 1142
Iwasaki, Osamu Tokyo, JP 267 4573
Kawatoko, Norihiro Yokohama, JP 109 1544
Masuda, Satoshi Yokohama, JP 136 964
Masuyama, Atsuhiko Yokohama, JP 80 902
Nishikori, Hitoshi Inagi, JP 154 2545
Suzuki, Fumiko Kawasaki, JP 23 144
Yamamuro, Tomoki Kawasaki, JP 46 426

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