公开(公告)号：US20200269599A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16800087

申请日：2020-02-25

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Kazuyoshi TANASE ,  Keisuke MORITA ,  Kentaro TANAKA

IPC: B41J2/21 ,  B41J3/54

Abstract: A recording device provides, when a first mode that is a recording mode for increasing concentration of black is selected, in a first nozzle row including first nozzles capable of discharging a first ink representing black by a single color or a mixed color, and a second nozzle row including second nozzles capable of discharging a second ink having a lower pigment concentration than a black ink and being an achromatic color, a nozzle unused region by a first nozzle not discharging a first ink and a second nozzle not discharging a second ink, between a first nozzle usage region including the first nozzle discharging the first ink onto the recording medium, and a second nozzle used region including the second nozzle for discharging the second ink onto a region of the recording medium onto which the first ink is discharged.