Patent ID: 6626517
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A printing apparatus using a printing head on which a plurality of printing elements are arranged, scanning said printing head in a direction different from the arranging direction of said plurality of printing elements relative to a printing medium, and forming an image on a same printing area on said printing medium by a plural times of the scans of said printing head, said apparatus comprising:means for providing thinning patterns for said plural times of said scan, said thinning patterns being for determining whether or not each of the printing elements concerned with a printing operation in the same printing area is to be driven, and said thinning patterns being complementary to each other, and means for applying said thinning patterns complementary to each other in relation to the printing elements which are simultaneously driven when said printing operation is carried out in the same printing area.