Patent 7198344 was granted and assigned to Sony on April, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A liquid ejecting device can print a high quality image having an increased number of gradations without having a complex head structure, and is suitable for use in a line head. The liquid ejecting device includes a head in which liquid ejecting portions including nozzles are arranged in parallel. A droplet can be deflected at the moment of ejection from the nozzle of each of liquid ejecting portion. By controlling at least two different liquid ejecting portions in adjacent positions to eject droplets, a pixel column or a pixel is formed.