Patent ID: 6597466
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
An image formation method of a serial printer having a head section comprising a plurality of print elements arranged on a carriage in a vertical scanning direction for driving said head section based on image data and executing horizontal scanning over a single area a predetermined number of times to form an image, said image formation method comprising:setting a mode change point, a line where change is made from a first print mode to a second print mode, when a plurality of print modes for forming an image are changed for printing; forming an image to the mode change point in the first print mode; changing the print mode to the second print mode; forming an image just after the mode change point; and executing image formation in the normal second print mode, wherein the forming of an image just after the mode change point includes executing horizontal scanning the predetermined number of times and moving in the vertical scanning direction a minute move width smaller than a move width in the vertical scanning direction in the second print mode.