Patent ID: 7549721

Claim:
A printing method comprising: carrying a medium to a predetermined position in a carrying direction; forming a first pattern on the medium with at least one nozzle on the carrying direction upstream side of a nozzle row constituted by a plurality of nozzles lined up at predetermined intervals; after forming the first pattern, carrying the medium in the carrying direction by a target carry amount that is shorter than the length in the carrying direction of the nozzle row; along with forming on the medium a second pattern that forms a boundary with the first pattern with at least one nozzle on the carrying direction downstream side of the nozzle row, forming on the medium a third pattern with the at least one nozzle on the carrying direction upstream side of the nozzle row; after forming the second pattern, carrying the medium in the carrying direction by a target carry amount that is shorter than the length in the carrying direction of the nozzle row, so that a carry amount of the medium after forming the first pattern is longer than the length in the carrying direction of the nozzle row; and forming on the medium a fourth pattern that forms a boundary with the third pattern with the at least one nozzle on the carrying direction downstream side of the nozzle row.