Printing apparatus and printing method

Abstract

The invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method capable of obtaining a printing resultant by which the quality of an image can be easily checked. An uppermost stream side print head prints on a margin area a reference timing pattern indicating an ink ejection timing for an image forming area by the uppermost stream side print head, and when an ink ejection timing for the image forming area by the print head corresponding to an image detection unit that detects the reference timing pattern is controlled based on the detection of the reference timing pattern by the image detection unit, the print head corresponding to the image detection unit that performs the detection prints on the margin area a checking timing pattern indicating the ink ejection timing by the print head corresponding to the image detection unit that performs the detection.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a printing device and a printing method. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, there has been proposed a recording head (also referred to as a line head) in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged so as to cover the maximum recording width of the printing medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the printing medium moves (the width direction of the printing medium). type print head) is fixed to the state of the main body of the device, and ejects ink (Patent Document 1). According to this configuration, since printing can be performed only by moving the printing medium without moving the recording head, it is possible to shorten the printing time compared to a printer using a so-called serial head. [0003] Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 6-183029 [0004] In a printer equipped with a line head as described above, a plurality of line heads (for example, ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in the inspection method in which the user simply observes the content of the printed image, the burden on the user is heavy, and it is difficult to maintain the quality of the inspection results stably, and the inspection accuracy is of course limited.

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