Patent ID: 8389046

Claim:
A liquid material arrangement method for arranging a prescribed quantity of liquid material in each of a plurality of units of a prescribed region on a substrate, comprising: performing a first pattern generating step for generating a first dot pattern in which a first prescribed number of dots is set according to each of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate, the first prescribed number corresponding to a quantity of liquid material that is larger than the prescribed quantity of liquid material, and the first prescribed number being the same for all of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate; performing a dot deleting step for deleting a second prescribed number of dots from the first prescribed number of dots to generate a second dot pattern respectively for each of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate, the second prescribed number being set such that a number of dots remaining in the second dot pattern corresponds to the prescribed quantity of liquid material, and the second prescribed number being the same for all of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate; and performing a liquid material arranging step for arranging the liquid material in each of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate by causing a plurality of nozzles and the substrate to scan in relative manner and discharging the liquid material from the nozzles based on the second dot pattern, the performing of the dot deleting step including determining a dot indicator for each of the first prescribed number of dots with respect to each of the units of the prescribed region on the substrate based at least on discharge information of the nozzle, and deleting the second prescribed number of dots based on the dot indicator.