Patent ID: 8820910
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for printing an image containing a dot line on a medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus comprising: a transport unit that transports the medium in a transport direction, a head that ejects ink droplets from a nozzle; and a controller that controls the head to print images according to a first printing mode and a second printing mode, wherein when the first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, wherein when the second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image, and wherein after a certain dot line of the first image is formed on the medium and the medium is transported, another dot line of the first image is formed on the medium on the lower stream side from the certain dot line of the first image in the transport direction.