Patent ID: 7410235
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing method comprising: (a) printing a correction pattern on a medium, wherein said correction pattern: (b) determining corresponding to each of said lines a correction value for correcting a darkness in said intersecting direction of an image to be printed on said medium, wherein a degree of darkness correction achieved by each of said correction values is determined according to a darkness of said correction pattern and a darkness of an image to be printed; and (c) printing said image on said medium based on said correction values determined corresponding to each of said lines, wherein a correction value that is used when printing an image with a darkness equal to or higher than predetermined darkness is constant regard less of the darkness of the image to be printed, and wherein a correction value that is used when printing an image with a darkness lower than said predetermined darkness makes the degree of darkness correction lower as compared to the constant correction value that is used when printing the image with the darkness equal to or higher than said predetermined darkness.