Patent ID: 9144998
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing method of creating an image on a medium by discharging a plurality of colored inks each containing a colorant and clear ink containing no colorant from a nozzle toward the medium, the printing method comprising: discharging the colored inks from the nozzle toward a unit region defined in the medium by an amount determined on the basis of respective amounts of cyan ink and magenta ink included in the colored inks to be discharged onto the unit region; and discharging the clear ink from the nozzle to decrease the color density of the colored ink, wherein when the amount of the cyan and magenta ink discharged is in a range between a high reference value and a low reference value, the amount of clear ink discharged is a constant reference value and when the amount of the cyan and magenta ink discharged falls below the low reference value, the amount of clear ink discharged decreases below the constant reference value.