Patent ID: 8814325

Claim:
A printing device equipped with a print head for discharging ink, wherein the print head has: a first nozzle row consisting of a plurality of nozzles which discharge yellow ink, a second nozzle row consisting of a plurality of nozzles which discharge cyan ink, a third nozzle row consisting of a plurality of nozzles which discharge magenta ink, a fourth nozzle row consisting of a plurality of nozzles which discharge black ink, arranged between the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row, and a fifth nozzle row consisting of a plurality of nozzles which discharge black ink, arranged between the second nozzle row and the third nozzle row, wherein the first through fifth nozzle rows are each arrayed in the direction intersecting in relation to the conveyance direction of the print medium at the print head, and these are arranged in sequence of the first nozzle row, the fourth nozzle row, the second nozzle row, the fifth nozzle row, and the third nozzle row facing the downstream side from the upstream side of the conveyance direction, and the first through fifth nozzle rows each consist of a plurality of nozzles arranged in the width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, and discharge ink on the conveyed print medium without scanning of the print head.