Patent ID: 7354123
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing method comprising the steps of: carrying a medium and ejecting ink from a print head to print, on said medium, marks that can be filled in by a user; detecting, with a sensor, whether or not each of said marks has been filled in; and performing a process in accordance with a result of the detection by said sensor; wherein at least one of a carrying operation of carrying said medium and an ink ejection operation of ejecting ink from said print head is adjusted in accordance with said result of the detection by said sensor, wherein a plurality of patterns are printed on said medium, each of said patterns having a different adjustment amount by which said carrying operation or said ink ejection operation is adjusted; and wherein when said sensor detects that said marks corresponding to two patterns, from among said plurality of patterns, have been filled in, said carrying operation or said ink ejection operation is adjusted by an adjustment amount that is between the two adjustment amounts corresponding to said two patterns.