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Printing device and printing method

US9216572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 26, 2013
Grant dateDec 22, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/16529
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device include a control section that causes the head to execute an ejection operation of forming an image forming dot for printing an image designated as a print target and a flushing dot other than the image forming dot on a printing medium, wherein the control section has an acquiring unit that acquires a prescribed parameter in printing conditions for forming the image forming dot on the printing medium, a determining unit that determines a margin area in which the flushing dot is not formed in an end portion of the printing medium based on the prescribed parameter, and an executing unit that executes the ejection operation so as not to form the flushing dot in the margin area on the printing medium.

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