Patent ID: 8817316
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of printing a plurality of printing materials on a medium for producing a printed material in which a second image is printed on a first image, the method comprising: printing the first image on the medium in a first area of a printing area and printing the second image on the medium in a second area of the printing area when moving a print head in a transport direction; transporting the first image that is printed on the medium in the first area of the printing area to the second area of the printing area by transporting the medium in the transport direction; moving the print head from the second area of the printing area back to the first area of the printing area after printing the second image; and alternately repeating the printing and the transporting, wherein the printing area is the area traversed by the print head as the print head moves in the transport direction, wherein the first area of the printing area and the second area of the printing area are non-overlapping and the second area of the printing area is located downstream of the first area of the printing area in the transport direction, and wherein the printing of the first and second images is based on a single type of image data that includes both the first image and the second image.