Patent ID: 9039113
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus that includes a head unit which can form a plurality of dots of different sizes including a first dot and a second dot on a printing medium using an ink, the apparatus comprising: a first print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a first print mode which uses the first dot and does not use the second dot and a second gradation reproduction region of the first print mode which uses the first dot and the second dot; and a second print mode having a plurality of gradation reproduction regions including a first gradation reproduction region of a second print mode which uses the first dot and does not use the second dot and a second gradation reproduction region of the second print mode which uses the first dot and the second dot, wherein the first dot is smaller than the second dot, wherein a print speed in the first print mode is lower than a print speed in the second print mode, and wherein the first gradation reproduction region of the first print mode is larger than the first gradation reproduction region of the second print mode.