Patent ID: 6705717
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B41J,D06P

Abstract:
An ink-jet printing apparatus employing an ink-jet head and performing printing by ejecting an ink onto a printing medium from said ink-jet head while the ink-jet head and the printing medium are relatively moved, comprising:setting means for setting a printing mode by selecting a particular printing mode from a set of printing modes including a cloth printing mode for performing printing on a cloth and a plurality of printing modes for performing printing on a plurality of kinds of printing media other than the cloth, respectively; and printing control means for performing printing operation for the printing medium corresponding to the printing mode set by said setting means, wherein in said cloth printing mode, an amount of ink to be ejected onto a unit area of said cloth is greater than the amount of ink to be ejected onto the unit area of the printing medium other than the cloth in any of said plurality of printing modes.