Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing head configured to eject a colored liquid onto a medium, and a printing control unit configured to control ejection of the colored liquid from the printing head to print a test pattern on the medium, the test pattern being for determining an upper limit value of an ejection amount of the colored liquid that can be ejected for printing an image, wherein the test pattern includes at least one patch, the patch includes a colored region to which the colored liquid is ejected and a blank region to which the colored liquid is not ejected, the blank region has a predetermined shape and is located on an inner side of the patch, and the colored region is arranged to surround the blank region and is adjacent to an outer side of the blank region.

Abstract: A print head has a first nozzle group that includes a plurality of first nozzles capable of ejecting a first liquid onto a medium, and a second nozzle group that includes a plurality of second nozzles ejecting a second liquid that is more visible than the first liquid onto the medium. A detection section is capable of detecting a first defective nozzle, which is ejection failure, from the first nozzle group without printing a test pattern indicating ejection state of each of the first nozzles on the medium. A control section causes a second nozzle test pattern indicating ejection state of each of the second nozzles to be printed on the medium using the second liquid, and information regarding the first defective nozzles detected by the detection section to be printed on the medium using the second liquid.

Abstract: A printing recording method includes: a chromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a chromatic ink composition which contains a pigment and an anionic first resin particle to a cloth; a treatment liquid adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a treatment liquid which contains a cationic compound to the cloth; and an achromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of an achromatic ink composition which contains an anionic second resin particle to the cloth.

Abstract: A recording method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a recording method on a fabric, including an ink adhering step of adhering droplets of an ink composition containing a pigment and resin particles to the fabric; and a treatment solution adhering step of adhering droplets of a treatment solution containing a crosslinking agent to the fabric, in which a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the ink composition is 30 ng or less, a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the treatment solution is 30 ng or less, and a droplet weight of the treatment solution is equal to or less than a droplet weight of the ink composition.

Abstract: Provided is a printing method for performing printing using a serial printer. In printing of a print image including a line image, the printing method includes a raster line forming step of forming each of raster lines configuring the image, by a plurality of pass operations. In the formation of each of the raster lines, when printing of a region corresponding to edge pixels of the line image by a first pass operation, which is one of the plurality of pass operations, is first printing, and printing of the region corresponding to the edge pixels by a second pass operation that is different from the first pass operation, of the plurality of pass operations, is second printing, a brightness of the printing by the second printing is higher than a brightness of the printing by the first printing.

Abstract: Provided is a recording device including a recording head, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to cause the recording head to record each of a raster lines of an overlapping region of an image by an overlap mode of recording one raster line using a plurality of a first nozzles, record a penetrant liquid in at least a portion of an overlapping region by a second nozzles, and record the penetrant liquid in a region of the image other than the overlapping region in an amount less than that of the penetrant liquid recorded in the at least a portion of the overlapping region.

Abstract: Provided is a printing method for performing printing using a serial printer. In printing of a print image including a line image, the printing method includes a raster line forming step of forming each of raster lines configuring the image, by a plurality of pass operations. In the formation of each of the raster lines, when printing of a region corresponding to edge pixels of the line image by a first pass operation, which is one of the plurality of pass operations, is first printing, and printing of the region corresponding to the edge pixels by a second pass operation that is different from the first pass operation, of the plurality of pass operations, is second printing, a brightness of the printing by the second printing is higher than a brightness of the printing by the first printing.

Abstract: Provided is a recording device including a recording head, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to cause the recording head to record each of a raster lines of an overlapping region of an image by an overlap mode of recording one raster line using a plurality of a first nozzles, record a penetrant liquid in at least a portion of an overlapping region by a second nozzles, and record the penetrant liquid in a region of the image other than the overlapping region in an amount less than that of the penetrant liquid recorded in the at least a portion of the overlapping region.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a discharge unit, a movement unit and an adjustment unit. The discharge unit discharges ink and penetration liquid onto one side of the recording medium. The penetration liquid promotes penetration of the ink into the other side of the recording medium. The movement unit moves the discharge unit and the recording medium relative to each other. The adjustment unit adjusts a discharge amount of the penetration liquid discharged from the discharge unit onto the recording medium based on at least a relative movement speed of the discharge unit to the recording medium.

Abstract: A recording device includes, when a transporting direction of a medium is set to a first axis and a direction intersecting with the transporting direction is set to a second axis, a head which includes a nozzle column along the first axis; a pair of heads in which the heads discharging droplets of the same color are paired; and a head unit which includes a plurality of pairs of heads along the second axis. The pair of heads include a predetermined overlapping portion in which the nozzle columns are overlapped with each other in a side view from the second axis, the overlapping portion includes a plurality of nozzle regions divided along the second axis, and a position of the nozzle region which is used in discharge of the droplets is different from a position of the nozzle region of another pair of heads.

Abstract: The printing apparatus is provided with a transport mechanism section that transports work, a printing mechanism section that has nozzles, which carry out printing by discharging an ink, as liquid droplets, onto the work transported by the transport mechanism section, and an adjustment section that adjusts a volume per single droplet of the ink discharged from the nozzles on the basis of a separation distance between the nozzles and the work, which is positioned directly below the nozzles.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a discharge unit, a movement unit and an adjustment unit. The discharge unit discharges ink and penetration liquid onto one side of the recording medium. The penetration liquid promotes penetration of the ink into the other side of the recording medium. The movement unit moves the discharge unit and the recording medium relative to each other. The adjustment unit adjusts a discharge amount of the penetration liquid discharged from the discharge unit onto the recording medium based on at least a relative movement speed of the discharge unit to the recording medium.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport section, a printing section, and a control section. The printing section is configured to move in an intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction of a recording medium. The printing section includes a plurality of nozzles that are configured to perform printing by discharging an ink onto the recording medium. The control section is configured to control the transport section and the printing section. The printing section includes a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row, the first and second nozzle rows form an overlapping section in which the first and second nozzle rows overlap each other as viewed in the intersecting direction. The control section is configured to control a plurality of adjacent nozzles among the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row, which are in the vicinity of the overlapping section, not to discharge the ink.

Abstract: The printing apparatus is provided with a transport mechanism section that transports work, a printing mechanism section that has nozzles, which carry out printing by discharging an ink, as liquid droplets, onto the work transported by the transport mechanism section, and an adjustment section that adjusts a volume per single droplet of the ink discharged from the nozzles on the basis of a separation distance between the nozzles and the work, which is positioned directly below the nozzles.

Abstract: A recording device includes, when a transporting direction of a medium is set to a first axis and a direction intersecting with the transporting direction is set to a second axis, a head which includes a nozzle column along the first axis; a pair of heads in which the heads discharging droplets of the same color are paired; and a head unit which includes a plurality of pairs of heads along the second axis. The pair of heads include a predetermined overlapping portion in which the nozzle columns are overlapped with each other in a side view from the second axis, the overlapping portion includes a plurality of nozzle regions divided along the second axis, and a position of the nozzle region which is used in discharge of the droplets is different from a position of the nozzle region of another pair of heads.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport section, a printing section, and a control section. The printing section is configured to move in an intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction of a recording medium. The printing section includes a plurality of nozzles that are configured to perform printing by discharging an ink onto the recording medium. The control section is configured to control the transport section and the printing section. The printing section includes a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row, the first and second nozzle rows form an overlapping section in which the first and second nozzle rows overlap each other as viewed in the intersecting direction. The control section is configured to control a plurality of adjacent nozzles among the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row, which are in the vicinity of the overlapping section, not to discharge the ink.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided in which a position of a joint of a first yellow nozzle group and a second yellow nozzle group in a predetermined direction is offset from a position of a joint of a first magenta nozzle group and a second magenta nozzle group in a predetermined position and a position of a joint of a first cyan nozzle group and a second cyan nozzle group in the predetermined position, and the position of the joint of the first magenta nozzle group and the second magenta nozzle group in the predetermined position is the same as the position of the joint of the first cyan nozzle group and the second cyan nozzle group in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided with a transport mechanism section that transports work, a printing mechanism section that has multiple nozzle groups, which perform printing by discharging an ink onto the work as liquid droplets, and control section that controls the actions of the transport mechanism section and the printing mechanism section. In addition, the printing mechanism section includes a first nozzle row that forms a first printing region, a second nozzle row that forms a second printing region, and an overlapping section in which the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row overlap. Further, the control section prohibits overlapping of the first printing region with the second printing region on the work when forming the third printing region.

Abstract: A method of modifying an electrostatic chuck that electrostatically attracts a processing object is provided. The method includes a gas supplying step of supplying a gas containing hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) into a chamber accommodating the electrostatic chuck having a surface that is fluorinated; and a modifying step of turning the gas supplied to the chamber into plasma using a high frequency power, exposing the electrostatic chuck to the plasma, and modifying the fluorinated surface of the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided with a transport mechanism section that transports work, a printing mechanism section that has multiple nozzle groups, which perform printing by discharging an ink onto the work as liquid droplets, and control section that controls the actions of the transport mechanism section and the printing mechanism section. In addition, the printing mechanism section includes a first nozzle row that forms a first printing region, a second nozzle row that forms a second printing region, and an overlapping section in which the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row overlap. Further, the control section prohibits overlapping of the first printing region with the second printing region on the work when forming the third printing region.