Patent ID: 9533498
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing method for ejecting ink from an ink head provided with a plurality of nozzles, and forming a print pattern in an article to be printed by moving the ink head relative to the article to be printed, the printing method comprising: sending a reference signal at an interval shorter than a minimum time interval at which the ink head ejects the ink, wherein the minimum time interval is an inverse of a limit of an ejection frequency of the ink head, which is determined based on the structure of the ink head; counting at least two reference signals as one count, the reference signals being set longer than the minimum time interval; ejecting the ink every one count; forming the print pattern by a collectivity of the ejected ink; and adjusting at least a final one count used to form the print pattern such that the final one count is lengthened by one or a plurality of reference signals.