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Printing control device, printing control method, and storage medium

US9889649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2012
Grant dateFeb 13, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/2128
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing control device comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to perform adjustment of the number of droplets to be ejected from ejection ports of an ejection head on a unit region of a printing medium, the ejection ports corresponding to an energy generation element, the energy generation element using electrical energy to generate energy for ejecting liquid; and a decision control unit configured to decide an amount of the electrical energy to be applied to the energy generation element corresponding to the ejection ports so that each of the ejection ports ejects the droplets; wherein the decision control unit decides whether to decide an amount of the energy in response to the receiving unit's receiving the instruction.

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