Printing apparatus and method for producing nozzle cleaning...

Details Printing apparatus and method for producing nozzle cleaning... Printing apparatus and method for producing nozzle cleaning...

2009-01-29

2010-12-07

Luu, Matthew (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S019000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07845757

ABSTRACT:
A printing apparatus including printheads arranged along a transport path of a printing medium and which are transported in a transporting direction. The printheads have a plurality of nozzles arranged in an arrangement which intersects the transporting direction. The apparatus also includes a printhead control unit configured to print an image on the printing medium by discharging ink from part of the plurality of nozzles on the basis of given image data, and a discharge inspection unit configured to detect any defectively discharging nozzles present in the plurality of nozzles, the printhead control unit specifying specific nozzles which discharge ink for printing the image, determining whether any discharge-defective nozzle is included in the specific nozzles or not, and starting printing of the image when it is determined that no discharge-defective nozzle is included in the specific nozzles.

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English translation of patent document JP 02-002014 A to Akiyama et al.; traslation provided by FLS, Inc. in Apr. 2010, 20 pgs.

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