Patent ID: 6883898

Claim:
A printing device for printing an image on a printing medium while performing main scanning, comprising: a print head having a plurality of nozzle arrays, each of the nozzle arrays having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a sub-scanning direction for discharging a same ink, wherein at least one pair of nozzle arrays for discharging different inks are positioned such that nozzles of the nozzle array pair are arranged in a staggered manner and that no nozzles of the nozzle array pair are disposed at a same sub-scanning position, the pair of nozzle arrays being closer to each other than to any other nozzle arrays, wherein the staggered nozzle array pair is connected to a pair of ink passages for supplying inks to the nozzle array pair, and wherein the pair of ink passages is disposed inside of a same ink passage forming member.