Patent ID: 9071786
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: a print executing portion comprising a conveying mechanism and a print head, an image orientation selecting portion configured to select one image orientation of an image to be printed from a plurality of image orientations by using a plurality of partial image data; and a print data generating portion configured to generate print data for printing the image according to the one selected image orientation, wherein each image orientation of the plurality of image orientations is with respect to the conveying direction, wherein each partial image data of the plurality of partial image data corresponds to a respective image orientation of the plurality of image orientations, a respective partial image of a plurality of partial images, and a respective portion of the image to be printed, wherein each partial image of the plurality of partial images is less than an entirety of the image to be printed and is configured to be printed in an area defined by a particular distance determined from a corresponding edge of the printing medium, wherein the particular distance is based on a standard distance between the downstream roller and a most-upstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the print head, wherein the particular distance is less than or equal to the standard distance, wherein the particular distance is greater than a distance between the most-upstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the print head and a most-downstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the print head, wherein the most-upstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the print head is the most-upstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the conveying direction, wherein the most-downstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the print head is the most-downstream nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in the conveying direction, wherein the image orientation selecting portion is further configured to: