Inkjet recording system and inkjet recording method
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1. An inkjet recording system comprising:
- an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a moving mechanism for supporting said recording head and/or a recording medium and moving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
an image data converter for converting image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image; and
a controller for accepting said converted image data obtained said image data converter and controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as a changed recording direction.
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Abstract
A recording direction setting section successively sets recording directions of an image. A recording data generating section generates data for recording the image from the recording direction set by the recording direction setting section. A recording data analyzing section analyzes the operation of a line head performed when recording is carried out in accordance with the data generated by the recording data generating section. A recording direction determining section determines a recording direction so as to minimize the discharging frequency of a nozzle with the largest discharging frequency among a plurality of nozzles of the line head.
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76 Claims
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1. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a moving mechanism for supporting said recording head and/or a recording medium and moving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
an image data converter for converting image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image; and
a controller for accepting said converted image data obtained said image data converter and controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as a changed recording direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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17. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a moving mechanism for supporting said recording head and/or a recording medium and moving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
an image data supplier for supplying image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction; and
a controller for accepting said image data and controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as said recording direction, wherein said image data supplier converts said image data, after said image is recorded on one or more recording media, in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image, and supplies said converted image data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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48. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a moving mechanism for supporting said recording head and/or a recording medium and moving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction in a recording operation;
a controller for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium; and
an image data converter for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head, wherein said controller accepts said converted image data and controls said recording head for recording said image with nozzles used for the recording shifted along said first direction. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a moving mechanism for moving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a direction perpendicular to said first direction in a recording operation;
a controller for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium;
an image data converter for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head; and
a position changing means for changing a relative position along said first direction of said recording head against said recording medium in a non-recording operation, wherein movement of said nozzles of said recording head moved by said position changing means and shift of said nozzles used for recording said image shifted by said image data converter cancel each other.
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60. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
moving means for moving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
image data conversion means for converting image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image; and
control means for accepting said converted image data obtained said image data conversion means and controlling said recording head and said moving means for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as a changed recording direction.
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61. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
moving means for moving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
image data supply means for supplying image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction; and
control means for accepting said image data and controlling said recording head and said moving means for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as said recording direction, wherein said image data supply means converts said image data, after said image is recorded on one or more recording media, in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image, and supplies said converted image data.
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62. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
moving means for moving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction in a recording operation;
control means for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said moving means for recording said image on said recording medium; and
image data conversion means for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head, wherein said control means accepts said converted image data and controls said recording head for recording said image with nozzles used for the recording shifted along said first direction.
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63. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
moving means for moving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a direction perpendicular to said first direction in a recording operation;
control means for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said moving means for recording said image on said recording medium;
image data conversion means for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head; and
position changing means for changing a relative position along said first direction of said recording head against said recording medium in a non-recording operation, wherein movement of said nozzles of said recording head moved by said position changing means and shift of said nozzles used for recording said image shifted by said image data conversion means cancel each other.
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64. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a motor for driving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
an image data converter for converting image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image; and
a controller for accepting said converted image data obtained said image data converter and controlling said recording head and said motor for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as a changed recording direction.
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65. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a motor for driving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction;
an image data supplier for supplying image data for recording a desired image from a given recording direction; and
a controller for accepting said image data and controlling said recording head and said motor for recording said image on said recording medium with said second direction set as said recording direction, wherein said image data supplier converts said image data, after said image is recorded on one or more recording media, in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image, and supplies said converted image data.
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66. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a motor for driving said recording head and said recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction in a recording operation;
a controller for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said motor for recording said image on said recording medium; and
an image data converter for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head.
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67. An inkjet recording system comprising:
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an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction;
a motor for driving said recording head and a recording medium relatively to each other along a direction perpendicular to said first direction in a recording operation;
a controller for accepting image data for recording an image by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink and for controlling said recording head and said moving mechanism for recording said image on said recording medium;
an image data converter for converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head; and
a position changing means for changing a relative position along said first direction of said recording head against said recording medium in a non-recording operation, wherein movement of said nozzles of said recording head moved by said position changing means and shift of said nozzles used for recording said image shifted by said image data converter cancel each other.
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68. An inkjet recording method comprising:
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a recording step of moving a recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction, and recording an image on said recording medium from said second direction by using said recording head; and
an image data converting step of converting image data for recording said image from a given recording direction in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image, wherein, in the recording step, an image resulting from change of the recording direction is recorded on said recording medium by using said recording head with said second direction set as said changed recording direction on the basis of said converted image data. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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71. An inkjet recording method comprising:
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a recording step of moving an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction and recording, on the basis of image data for recording a given image from a given recording direction, said image on said recording medium from said second direction by using said recording head; and
an image data converting step of converting said image data, after recording said image once or more times, in such a manner that said recording direction of said image is changed by rotating said image, wherein, in the recording step, an image resulting from change of said recording direction is recorded on said recording medium by using said recording head with said second direction set as said changed recording direction on the basis of said converted image data. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73)
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74. An inkjet recording method comprising:
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a recording step of moving an inkjet recording head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction and a recording medium relatively to each other along a second direction not parallel to said first direction and recording, on the basis of image data for recording a given image, said image on said recording medium by using said recording head by allowing said nozzles of said recording head to discharge an ink; and
an image data converting step of converting said image data in such a manner that nozzles used for recording said image are shifted along said first direction in said recording head, wherein, in the recording step, said image is recorded by using said recording head with used nozzles shifted along said first direction on the basis of said converted image data after converting said image data in the image data converting step. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76)
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