Patent ID: 7097268
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing method using a first printing material and a second material that is of the same color as that of the first printing material and has a higher development density than that of the first printing material, to print an image on a printing medium, said method comprising: a selecting step for selecting a printing mode to be used for printing from a one-side printing mode in which printing is performed on only one side of the printing medium and a two-side printing mode in which printing is performed on both sides of the printing medium; and a determining step for determining a printing condition according to the printing mode selected in said selecting step, wherein said determining step (A) determines the printing condition so that printing is performed with use of the first and the second printing materials, when the one-side printing mode is selected in said selecting step, and (B) determines the printing condition so that printing is performed with use of the second printing material but without use of the first printing material, when the two-side printing mode is selected in said selecting step.