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Ink jet recording apparatus

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1988-11-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-11-04
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Abstract

Abstract This specification discloses an ink jet recording method characterized by thinning print dots and printing them when recording a printing mode or a character having many print dots.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shigemitsu Tasaki
  • 👤 Mikio Shiga

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 09:59
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/485; B41J2/505; B41J2/5056; B41J2/5058; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/17; B41J2/195

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 25 words
An ink jet recording method characterized by thinning print dots and printing them when recording a printing mode or a character having many print dots.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 25 words
An ink jet recording method characterized by thinning print dots and printing them when recording a printing mode or a character having many print dots.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
An ink jet recording method according to Claim 1, wherein print dot thinning information corrrespond­ing to each print font data is stored in a memory with the font data and during recording, dot thinning is effected on the basis of said thinning information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
An ink jet recording method according to Claim 1, wherein the humidity in a recording apparatus is detected and the dot thinning rate is changed in conformity with the humidity.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
An ink jet recoridng method according to Claim 1, wherein the dot thinning rate is changed by a manural operation to thereby vary the printing density.

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