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Liquid discharge apparatus and image forming method

US11679603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2021
Grant dateJun 20, 2023
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J19/142
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveyance roller, a liquid discharge head, and a control device. The control device controls the head to discharge liquid onto a medium X times in the main scanning direction and Y times in the sub-scanning direction and controls the roller such that a position of a droplet on the medium discharged by an m-th discharge and a position of another droplet on the medium discharged by an (m+Y)-th discharge are same in the sub-scanning direction, where m is an integer not smaller than one and not greater than ((X−1)×Y). Where P is a circumferential length of the roller and L is a difference in a conveyance distance in the sub-scanning direction when the m-th discharge is compared with the (m+Y)-th discharge, the following relation is satisfied: L=(n+(Δθ/2π))×P,

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