RECORDING DEVICE

Organization Name

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Satoru Arakane of Nagoya (JP)

RECORDING DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18325273 titled 'RECORDING DEVICE

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a recording device with a head that has multiple nozzles for ejecting liquid.

The nozzles are arranged at specific intervals in a particular direction.
The device also includes a controller that manages the operation of the head.
If a certain number of nozzles are found to be abnormal, the controller takes action.
If the abnormal nozzles are within a specific section of the head with longer intervals between them, the controller instructs the head to eject liquid from the functioning nozzles in that section.
This allows the device to record an image with a lower resolution in the direction of the longer intervals, while maintaining the original resolution in other directions.

Original Abstract Submitted

A recording device includes a head including a plurality of nozzles that are arranged at predetermined intervals in a first direction, the plurality of nozzles being configured to eject liquid, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in a case where the number of the abnormal nozzles among the plurality of nozzles is equal to or greater than the predetermined number and the number of the abnormal nozzles, among a part of the plurality of nozzles in which an interval in the first direction is a preset interval longer than the predetermined interval, is less than the predetermined number, cause the head to eject liquid from the part of nozzles to record an image with a resolution in which a resolution in the first direction is lower than a resolution corresponding to the predetermined interval.