Printing apparatus and method thereof
US6439685B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/5056
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus, which can make the maximum current low in its driving circuit and can prevent banding in high efficiency and also achieve a low cost, is provided. When an image is formed on a printing medium by that a print head having a plurality of nozzles moves in two orthogonal directions, that is, a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction, the print head having a plurality of nozzles is supposedly divided into P pieces of independent printing element groups which have the same printing elements, in this, the P is an integer two or more. And the main scanning and the sub scanning are controlled so that each of the P pieces of independent printing element groups can print the printing pixels on the printing medium. And each of the P pieces of independent printing element groups is selected so that the printing pixels are not printed in overlap, and a shingling process is realized.
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