Patent ID: 7784425

Claim:
A droplet ejecting apparatus comprising: a stage which holds a substrate having a plurality of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) colored portions that are partitioned from each other by a bank; R (red), G (green), and B (blue) head groups for ejecting droplets of R, G, and B colors, respectively, each of the head groups including at least one head; a carriage which holds the R, G, and B head groups so that the head groups overlap each other in a first direction; and a controller configured to control the R, G, and B head groups such that droplets of the R, G, and B colors are ejected to first ones of the plurality of R, G, and B colored portions during a first movement of the carriage relative to the stage in the first direction, and such that droplets are withheld from being discharged to a second one of the plurality of R, G, and B colored portions during the first movement, the second one of the plurality of R, G, and B colored portions being between two of the first ones of the plurality of R, G, and B colored portions, and wherein the controller controls the R, G, and B head groups such that at least one of the R, G, and B head groups ejects droplets to the second one of the plurality of R, G, and B colored portions during a second movement of the carriage relative to the stage in the first direction, the second movement occurring after the first movement.