Patent ID: 7726765

Claim:
A printing method, comprising: carrying a medium; and printing, using a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, a plurality of images, each of the respective images having a section to be detected for detecting an inclination of the respective image with respect to the carried medium, wherein: each respective image includes an adjustment pattern that is used for adjustment, the plurality of nozzles are arranged in a predetermined direction, the images are printed by forming dots on the medium with the ink ejected from the plurality of nozzles while the nozzles are moved in a movement direction that intersects the predetermined direction, based on image data for printing the images, the image data indicates gradation values for respective unit areas formed on the medium, adjustment information is acquired using measured values of darknesses of adjustment patterns that have been printed based on specific gradation values, and the image data is corrected, by an adjustment so as to suppress darkness non-uniformity between row areas in which dot rows along the movement direction are formed using each of the nozzles when an image other than the adjustment patterns is printed, based on the adjustment information.