Patent ID: 9221268
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printing section adapted to print on a medium using a plurality of color inks according to printing data; a storage/generation section adapted to store or generate pattern data of a pattern comprised of respective colors of the inks; a combining section adapted to combine the printing data and the pattern data so that a printing image of the pattern data stored or generated in the storage/generation section overlaps a part of a printing image of the printing data; and a correction section adapted to correct a printing start position on the medium with the printing section of the printing image of at least one color ink among printing images to print respectively with the plurality of color inks, according to input first information that is information concerning a shift in respective colors of the inks constituting the pattern occurring in printing on the medium with the printing section according to combined printing data combined in the combining section.