Patent ID: 9233565
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a control portion; and a non-transitory memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the control portion, cause the apparatus to perform the steps of: generating, in a case where the scanning number of times is larger than a minimum value of a number of passes that can be set as a number of times of scans of a set of multi-pass scans, print data to cause ejection of the first ink and ejection of a second ink to be performed by the multi-pass scans in a final printing unit, among a plurality of scans to be performed a plurality of times equal to the scanning number of times, the set of multi-pass scans being a set of a plurality of scans in which, every time a scan is performed, an ink is ejected to the single dot array from a nozzle different from a nozzle used in a preceding scan, among a plurality of nozzles provided on each of the plurality of ink heads, the final printing unit being continuous scans corresponding to the number of passes including a last scan, among the scans to be performed the scanning number of times, and the second ink being an ink whose density is equal to or less than the unit density.