Patent ID: 8777360
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects liquid supplied from a first container and a second container to form dots on a printing target, the second container containing a same liquid as that of the first container, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head provided with a first group of nozzles and a second group of nozzles, the first group ejecting the liquid from the first container through a first flow passage, the second group ejecting the liquid from the second container through a second flow passage that does not communicate with the first flow passage; and a controller adapted to control ejection by the first and second group during scans between the liquid ejecting head and the printing target; wherein each of the first and second group has an individual nozzle and an overlap nozzle, the overlap nozzles overlapping each other in a direction of the scan between the first and second groups, the individual nozzles not overlapping each other in the direction of the scan between the first and second groups, and the controller selectively uses the overlap nozzles of the first and second groups to form a dot during one scan.