Patent ID: 11880618
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a print head having a plurality of elements arranged in a main scanning direction;
a conveyance device configured to relatively move a print medium and the print head in a sub-scanning direction, the sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and
a control device configured to control the print head and the conveyance device, the control device being configured to:
obtain image data;
determine whether the obtained image data is divided data or non-divided data, the divided data indicating each of a plurality of divided images obtained by dividing input image in the sub-scanning direction, the non-divided data indicating the input image itself;
in a case the image data is determined to be the non-divided data, generate first print data for printing a first print image corresponding to the input image based on the non-divided data, the generating of the first print data comprising:
combining at least two lines of a plurality of lines obtained by dividing the input image in a unit of printing in the sub-scanning direction to form at least one line of the plurality of lines composing the first print image;

in a case the image data is determined to be the divided data, generate second print data for printing second print image corresponding to each of the divided images based on the divided data; and
print the print image based on the generated first print data or the generated second print data, the printing of the print image comprising:
controlling the conveyance device to relatively move the print medium and the print head in the sub-scanning direction;
controlling the print head to drive the plurality of elements; and
forming dots for each line of the plurality of lines composing the first print image or each line of a plurality of lines composing the second print image.