Patent ID: 6827511
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing apparatus scanning a printing head over a printing medium a plurality of times, to perform printing upon the print medium during each respective scan and to feed the printing medium a predetermined amount in a direction different from a scanning direction of a carriage, said printhead being mounted on said carriage, said printing apparatus comprising:means for getting information relating to a printing medium feeding period required for feeding the printing medium for the predetermined amount after completion of printing in a preceding line in a preceding scan; means for setting a carriage scanning period required to start printing of the next line after completion of printing in said the preceding line so as to become equal to said printing medium feeding period depending upon a printing completion position of the preceding line and the printing start position of the next line; and means for driving said carriage to scan depending upon a period set by said carriage scanning period setting means.