Patent ID: 7556333
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a plurality of print heads; a moving member that moves along a main-scanning direction and that is provided with said plurality of print heads; a feed mechanism that feeds a medium to be printed; and a drive member that is connected to said moving member at a connecting section and that drives said moving member along the main-scanning direction; a controller that makes a predetermined print head, among said plurality of print heads, eject ink to form dots for correcting a feed amount by which said feed mechanism feeds said medium to be printed are formed on said medium to be printed, while moving said moving member, said predetermined print head being a print head other than the print head that is the furthest away from said connecting section in a direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction, among said plurality of print heads; wherein each of said plurality of print heads has a black nozzle row, a cyan nozzle row, a magenta nozzle row, and a yellow nozzle row.