Printing apparatus, printing system, and correction value calculation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016176206-A1
Application number	US-201514963669-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2015
Priority date	Dec 19, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A printer includes a transport roller which transports a paper sheet, a head which is able to discharge liquid droplets, and a controller which controls the transport roller and the head, in which a plurality of patches are printed using the head in the transport direction of the paper sheet within a range of one circumference length of the transport roller, and information which relates to discharge of the liquid droplets is corrected based on information which is obtained from the plurality of patches.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A printing apparatus comprising:
a transport roller which transports a medium; a head which is able to discharge liquid droplets; and a control section which controls the transport roller and the head, wherein a plurality of patterns are printed using the head in a transport direction of the medium within a range of one circumference length of the transport roller, and information which relates to discharge of the liquid droplets is corrected based on information which is obtained from the plurality of patterns.

2 . The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of patterns include a plurality of first patterns, and a plurality of second patterns which have information that is different from the plurality of first patterns.

3 . The printing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein a color of the plurality of second patterns is different from a color of the plurality of first patterns.

4 . The printing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein a size of the liquid droplets which are discharged from the head is different in the plurality of first patterns and the plurality of second patterns.

5 . The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reading unit that is able to read the plurality of patterns.

6 . A printing system comprising:
the printing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and a computer which controls the printing apparatus.

7 . A printing system comprising:
the printing apparatus according to claim 2 ; and a computer which controls the printing apparatus.

8 . A printing system comprising:
the printing apparatus according to claim 3 ; and a computer which controls the printing apparatus.

9 . A printing system comprising:
the printing apparatus according to claim 4 ; and a computer which controls the printing apparatus.

10 . A printing system comprising:
the printing apparatus according to claim 5 ; and a computer which controls the printing apparatus.

11 . A correction value calculation method of a printing apparatus including a transport roller that transports a medium and a head that is able to discharge liquid droplets, in which correction of discharge of the liquid droplets is carried out, the method comprising:
printing a plurality of patterns on the medium within a range of one circumference length of the transport roller in a transport direction of the medium; and calculating a correction value based on information that is obtained from the plurality of patterns.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Ayako

Classifications

• B41J13/0009 Primary

  control of the transport of the copy material · CPC title

• B41J2/2135 Primary

  Alignment of dots · CPC title

• H04N1/6036

  involving periodic tests or tests during use of the machine · CPC title

• B41J13/02

  Rollers (roller platens B41J11/04) · CPC title

• B41J2/2132

  Print quality control characterised by dot disposition, e.g. for reducing white stripes or banding (methods for local corrections by dot omission, image edge enhancement, or multi-pass mask selection G06K15/102; colour conversion H04N1/40) · CPC title