Patent ID: 6554396
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
An ink-jet printing apparatus in which a carriage mounting an ink-jet printhead having a plurality of print elements arrayed in at least two rows for performing printing by discharging ink from the print elements is scanned back and forth over a print medium in a direction cross to the direction in which the print elements are arrayed to thereby print on the print medium, the apparatus comprising:print data generating means for generating print data, which is in conformity with the structure of the printhead, from entered information; thinning means for thinning the print data to be printed by the row of print elements in either one of at least two rows, the row of print elements being set as a subject for thinning based on the scanning direction of the carriage; and driving means for driving the printhead in accordance with the print data that has been thinned by said thinning means.