JP2008049549A5

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Publication number: JP2008049549A5
Application number: JP2006226963A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-08-23
Publication date: 2009-08-20

Claims

Printing a first sub-pattern on the medium using the first ink;
Printing a second sub-pattern on the medium with a second ink lighter than the first ink on the center side of the first sub-pattern formation position;
A test pattern printing method comprising:

The test pattern printing method according to claim 1,
The first sub-pattern is printed by repeatedly performing an operation of ejecting the first ink onto a medium and an operation of transporting the medium in a transport direction,
Printing the test pattern, wherein the second sub-pattern is printed by repeating the operation of ejecting the second ink onto the medium and the operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction a plurality of times. Method.

The test pattern printing method according to claim 2,
The test pattern is composed of at least two sub patterns including the first sub pattern and the second sub pattern,
The test pattern printing method, wherein the sub-patterns are printed with different inks and are arranged in a direction crossing the transport direction.

The test pattern printing method according to claim 3, wherein:
A print head that moves along a moving path that intersects the transport direction in order to eject the first ink and the second ink;
A test pattern printing method, wherein a moving speed when moving in a central portion of the moving path is more stable than a moving speed when moving at an end of the moving path.

In the test pattern printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When printing the test pattern using a plurality of types of ink including cyan ink and light cyan ink,
The test pattern printing method, wherein the cyan ink is the first ink, and the light cyan ink is the second ink.

Printing the first sub-pattern on the medium using the first ink; and using the second ink lighter than the first ink to center the first sub-pattern on the medium. Printing a second sub-pattern on the side,
The first sub pattern is printed by repeatedly performing an operation of ejecting the first ink onto a medium and an operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction, and the second sub pattern is printed on the second sub pattern. Printing is performed by repeatedly performing an operation of ejecting ink on a medium and an operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction a plurality of times,
The test pattern includes at least two sub-patterns including the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is printed with different inks and intersects the transport direction. Lined up in
The movement speed of the print head that moves along the movement path that intersects the conveyance direction in order to eject the first ink and the second ink when moving in the center of the movement path is the end of the movement path. It is more stable than the moving speed when moving
When printing the test pattern using a plurality of types of ink including cyan ink and light cyan ink, the cyan ink becomes the first ink, and the light cyan ink becomes the second ink. And
When the test pattern is printed using a plurality of types of ink including magenta ink and light magenta ink, the cyan ink becomes the first ink, and the light cyan ink is the second ink. A test pattern printing method, wherein the test pattern is ink.