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Printing apparatus and printing method

  • US 9,050,794 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2014
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium using a plurality of printing elements for generating energy used for ejection of ink, the printing apparatus comprising:

  • a determination unit configured to determine whether a pixel having a ruled-line attribute is included in image data of the image; and

    a printing unit configured to print the image based on a result of the determination performed by the determination unit,wherein the energy to be applied by the printing elements to the ink for printing a region including the pixel having the ruled-line attribute is higher than energy to be applied by the printing elements to the ink for printing a region which does not include the pixel having the ruled-line attribute.

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