Title:
印字方法及び印字装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4935097
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A printing method for printing bars in a barcode by forming dots on a print medium. The method includes dividing the bars of the barcode into a plurality of segments, forming the dots such that a portion of bars in a first segment are shifted a predetermined direction relative to a portion of bars in a second segment, and printing the barcode by forming dots in each of the plurality of segments. The predetermined direction can be towards a least significant digit of information represented by the barcode when the barcode is seen from the front. In one embodiment, the plurality of segments equals three. Other printing methods, as well as printers for performing the methods, are also provided.
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Yamagata
Norio Omura
Norio Omura
Application Number:
JP2006031995A
Publication Date:
May 23, 2012
Filing Date:
February 09, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
International Classes:
B41J2/01; B41J3/01
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2003145734A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masahiko Ueyanagi
Osamu Suzawa
Osamu Suzawa