US 12,240,251 B2
Printing apparatus having first head and second head that eject ink in same color
Shota Morikawa, Nagoya (JP); and Tomoya Kondo, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,242.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-051689 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305805 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/2103 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a first head having a plurality of first nozzles, each of the plurality of first nozzles being configured to eject ink in one of a plurality of colors, the plurality of colors including a first color and a second color different from the first color;
a second head having a plurality of second nozzles, each of the plurality of second nozzles being configured to eject ink in one of the plurality of colors including the first color and the second color;
a carriage configured to support the first head and the second head, the carriage being reciprocally movable in a first direction;
a storage device; and
a control device configured to perform:
(a) selecting one of the first head and the second head as an active head;
(b) setting an operation mode to one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode; and
(c) executing a printing operation under the operation mode set in the (b) setting,
wherein the printing operation is performed by ejecting ink in the plurality of colors from both the first head and the second head in a state where the first mode is set as the operation mode, and
wherein the printing operation is performed by ejecting ink in the plurality of colors from the active head selected in the (a) selecting without ejecting ink from a non-active head in a state where the second mode is set as the operation mode, the non-active head being a head other than the active head among the first head and the second head.