Patent ID: 8403442
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing device for executing band printing using a printing material, the printing device comprising: a print head having a plurality of nozzles; a main scanning direction drive mechanism configured and arranged to move the print head and a printing medium relative to each other in a main scanning direction during the band printing; a sub-scanning direction drive mechanism configured and arranged to move the print head and the printing medium relative to each other in a sub-scanning direction; and a control portion configured to execute partial overlap printing for printing an overlap printed area constituting a portion of each band in a plurality of main scanning passes, the overlap printed area being divided by a single continuous boundary line into a first area that is printed by upstream nozzles among the plurality of nozzles, and a second area that is printed by downstream nozzles among the plurality of nozzles, and the boundary line including a first boundary line portion where a parallel line extending parallel to the sub-scanning direction crosses the boundary line from the first area into the second area, and a second boundary line portion where the parallel line crosses from the second area into the first area.