Patent ID: 8960838
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a print unit that prints a sheet by ejecting ink droplets of at least one ink color onto the sheet; at least one roller that feeds the sheet printed in the print unit; and a controller that controls the print unit to print the sheet based on image data that defines an ink provision amount of each ink color for every dot according to a print resolution, wherein the controller detects, based on the image data, a broad solid area that is an area having a size equal-to or more-than a predetermined size to be solidly painted by a single print color to be generated by one or more ink colors and whose ink provision amount per unit area is to be equal-to or more-than a predetermined amount, and carries out a print setting change with respect to the broad solid area by making the print resolution in the image data lower and making the ink provision amount of each ink color in the image data larger according to the print resolution that is made lower.