Patent ID: 8360544

Claim:
A method for setting print conditions in a printing device including a conveying mechanism of a medium and a plurality of heads for discharging inks out of nozzles, the inks including at least black ink and inks of the three colors including cyan, magenta, and yellow, wherein heads extend across the width of the medium in a line direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the medium, the heads are disposed in parallel from an upstream side to a downstream side, and a color image is formed by ink droplets being discharged in order from the heads and deposited on the medium while the medium is being conveyed, the print condition setting method in a printing device comprising: setting an order of the extent of concentration irregularity for three composite colors including red, green, and blue expressed by combining two of the three colored inks; and creating the most separation between the two colored inks that express the composite color having the greatest concentration irregularity, based on the order for discharging the black ink and the three colored inks in the printing device, and placing the discharge order of the black ink between the two colored inks that express the composite color having the second greatest concentration irregularity.