Patent ID: 8562107
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a first nozzle array that is formed of a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction; a second nozzle array that is formed of a plurality of nozzles arranged along the first direction; a moving mechanism that moves the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array relative to a print medium in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a transport mechanism that transports the print medium relative to the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array in the first direction; and a control section that forms an image on the print medium by repeating an image formation operation for discharging an ink through the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array and a transport operation for transporting the print medium through the transport mechanism, wherein the second nozzle array corresponds to an ink different from the ink corresponding to the first nozzle array, and is arranged in the second direction relative to the first nozzle array, wherein in the image formation operation, the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array are moved in the second direction, wherein the control section forms a first image and a second image, based on a selected printing mode, wherein the printing mode includes