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Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method

US8733875B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 2011
Grant dateMay 27, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/16526
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus includes: movable head having a nozzle line with nozzles arranged in a predetermined direction; and a control unit that performs a first liquid discharge process and a second liquid discharge process, which sequentially form dots on a medium by intermittently discharging liquid from the nozzles while moving the head and maintaining the inclusion of a normal component perpendicular to the predetermined direction in the moving direction of the head and which form dots on the medium such that a dot formation position in the perpendicular direction of the dots formed in the second liquid discharge process is positioned between dot formation positions in the perpendicular direction of the dots formed continuously in the first liquid discharge process.

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