Patent ID: 7959252

Claim:
A method for forming an ejection-test pattern for a clear ink, the method comprising: ejecting a clear ink toward a medium from a particular clear-ink nozzle to form an ejection-test pattern; ejecting a particular color ink, from a first color-ink nozzle, onto said clear ink ejected from said particular clear-ink nozzle to form said ejection-test pattern; and ejecting said particular color ink from a second color-ink nozzle onto said clear ink ejected from said particular clear-ink nozzle to form said ejection-test pattern, wherein a first region where said particular color ink ejected from said first color-ink nozzle is overlaid onto said clear ink ejected from said particular clear-ink nozzle is different from a second region where said particular color ink ejected from said second color-ink nozzle is overlaid onto said clear ink from said particular clear-ink nozzle.