Patent ID: 8529008
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first nozzle row comprising first nozzles for ejecting a first fluid, wherein the first nozzles are lined up in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row comprising second nozzles for ejecting a second fluid, wherein the second nozzles are lined up in the predetermined direction; and a control unit which repeatedly performs an ejecting operation of ejecting fluid from the nozzles while relatively moving relative positions of the first and second nozzle rows and a medium in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction and a moving operation of relatively moving the relative positions of the first and second nozzle rows and the medium in one direction of the predetermined direction, wherein the fluid ejecting apparatus is configured to form images on the medium in one of: wherein the control unit forms the main image using a certain nozzle group in the first nozzle row when the main image is formed in the first mode, and forms the main image using the same nozzle group as the certain nozzle group when the main image is formed in the second mode; wherein the control unit forms an image on the medium in one of a first method of forming an image viewed from an image formation side and a second method of forming an image viewed from the reverse side to the image formation side on the medium, when the image is formed in the first method, in the second mode, the control unit forms the main image by a nozzle group of a part of the first nozzle row positioned on the one direction side of the predetermined direction and forms the background image by a nozzle group of a part of the second nozzle row positioned closer to the other direction side of the predetermined direction than the nozzle group used for forming the main image, and in the first mode, the control unit forms the main image using the same nozzle group as the nozzle group in the first nozzle row for forming the main image in the second mode and in the first method, and when the image is formed in the second method, in the second mode, the control unit forms the main image by the nozzle group of the part of the first nozzle row positioned on the other direction side of the predetermined direction and forms the background image by the nozzle group of the part of the second nozzle row positioned closer to the one direction side of the predetermined direction than the nozzle group for forming the main image, and in the first mode, the control unit forms the main image using the same nozzle group as the nozzle group in the first nozzle row for forming the main image in the second mode and in the second method.