Patent ID: 6338542
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing apparatus that moves a print head back and forth relative to one axis of a printing medium in response to a driving signal, so as to create a dot in each pixel and print an image on said printing medium, said printing apparatus comprising:n output units configured to periodically output driving signals corresponding to n different print modes (where n is an integer of not less than 2), in which different dots are created in each pixel; and a mixing output unit configured to periodically use m output units (where m is an integer satisfying 2&lE;m&lE;n), which are selected out of said n output units to mix output driving signals from each of said m output units, thereby outputting a specific driving signal that is used in a specific print mode, which is different from any of the n different print modes.