Printer

US8960838B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8960838-B2
Application numberUS-201414280930-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 19, 2014
Priority dateMay 30, 2013
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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Abstract

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A printer includes a print unit that ejects ink droplets of at least one ink color onto the sheet, at least one roller that feeds the printed sheet, and a controller that controls the print unit to print the sheet based on image data that defines an ink provision amount of each ink color for every dot according to a print resolution. The controller detects, based on the image data, a broad solid area, and carries out a print setting change with respect to the broad solid area by making the print resolution in the image data lower and making the ink provision amount of each ink color in the image data larger according to the print resolution that is made lower. According to the printer, stains on the printed sheet can be restricted.

First claim

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What is claimed is: 1. A printer comprising: a print unit that prints a sheet by ejecting ink droplets of at least one ink color onto the sheet; at least one roller that feeds the sheet printed in the print unit; and a controller that controls the print unit to print the sheet based on image data that defines an ink provision amount of each ink color for every dot according to a print resolution, wherein the controller detects, based on the image data, a broad solid area tha…

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  • B41J2/07Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Electricity · mapped topic

  • B41J29/38Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8960838B2 cover?
A printer includes a print unit that ejects ink droplets of at least one ink color onto the sheet, at least one roller that feeds the printed sheet, and a controller that controls the print unit to print the sheet based on image data that defines an ink provision amount of each ink color for every dot according to a print resolution. The controller detects, based on the image data, a broad soli…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Riso Kagaku Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J2/07. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).