Patent ID: 11884083
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein in a case that an end in the sub-scanning direction of the continuous area included in the affected area corresponds to an end of the nozzle row or both ends in the sub-scanning direction of the continuous area included in the affected area correspond to both ends of the nozzle row, the controller is configured to determine whether a length in the sub-scanning direction of the continuous area is equal to or more than a second length that is shorter than the first length,
wherein in a case that the controller has determined that the length in the sub-scanning direction of the continuous area is equal to or more than the second length, the controller is configured to determine that the subsequent pass is the second state pass, and
wherein in a case that the controller has determined that the length in the sub-scanning direction of the continuous area is less than the second length, the controller is configured to determine that the subsequent pass is the first state pass.