公开(公告)号：US20130249980A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-26

申请号：US13837014

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： MITSUTOSHI NAGAMURA ,  AKIHIRO KAKINUMA ,  DAIGORO KANEMATSU ,  NAOKO BABA ,  ASAKO TOMIDA ,  AKIHIRO TOMIDA

IPC: B41J2/07

CPC classification number: B41J2/07 ,  B41J25/308 ,  B41J29/38

Abstract: The optimal number of print passes and a head-to-platen distance are set according to a content of an image to be printed and the user's request (emphasis is put on quality or speed, etc.) to thereby appropriately meet the needs for higher image quality and higher productivity and to perform printing with high reliability. To this end, it is made possible to select whether to execute processing for issuing an instruction to set the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance according to discrimination of the content of the image. When the execution of the processing is selected, the number of print passes and the head-to-platen distance are appropriately set according to the content of the image (duty, etc.). Meanwhile, when it is not selected, the image is printed by one-pass print with the head-to-platen distance set larger, regardless of the content of the image.