Patent ID: 8559049
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B41J,G02B

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for performing printing on a lens sheet on which a plurality of lenses is arranged with a longitudinal direction thereof in one direction, and a print image corresponding to a plurality of parallaxes is formed on one surface thereof, wherein a test pattern configured to provide different visibility to a user's left and right eyes is formed on any portion of the lens sheet, with a longitudinal direction thereof being set in a direction crossing the one direction, the printing apparatus comprising: position correction amount-calculation means for calculating a position correction amount for forming the print image on the lens sheet based on the visibility of the test pattern; print execution means for executing printing in order to form the print image on the basis of the combined image data created from a plurality of original image data and the position correction amount so that the position correction amount is reflected in the print image; and combined image data creation means for creating the combined image data based on the plurality of original image data, whereby the combined image data creation means performs the adding or removing of pixels in the combined image data by the amount corresponding to the position correction amount calculated by the position correction amount-calculation means.