Patent ID: 8172351
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for printing on a print medium, the print medium comprising an object image area for an image to be printed thereon, and a peripheral area to be removed from the print medium by cutting, the apparatus comprising: a transport unit that transports the print medium in a predetermined transport direction; and a printing control unit that performs predetermined preliminary printing by ejecting ink droplets through a plurality of nozzles, which are the same as nozzles used for printing a reference mark for cutting the print medium, onto an area on a downstream side of a specific position, where the area and the specific position are in the peripheral area, in the transport direction in an area of the print medium before printing the reference mark on the specific position of the print medium by ejecting ink droplets through a print head provided with the nozzles for ejecting the ink droplets.