US 7,572,076 B2
Printer and printing method
Shinichi Nakajima, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/295,606.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-357095 (JP), filed on Dec. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0125873 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 19/00 (2006.01); B41J 19/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 400—76  [400/319; 400/337; 400/283; 347/37] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. A printer comprising:
a memory storing inputted printing information;
a printing part printing the printing information on a printing medium while the printing part moves by gravity;
a holder holding the printing medium;
a support supporting the printing part and the printing medium facing each other so that the printing part is movable in a gravity direction;
a calculator calculating a moving distance and a moving speed of the printing part; and
a correction table storing correcting information that corrects the printing information stored in the memory according to the moving distance and the moving speed of the printing part;
wherein the printing part corrects the printing information stored in the memory by using the correction information stored in the correction table and prints corrected printing information on the printing medium.