Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKiyotaka Ogura, Yasuo Naramatsu
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium transported in a transport direction, a heating unit located downstream of the printing unit in the transport direction and configured to heat the medium, and a control unit that executes a printing operation including printing an image on the medium according to a printing instruction inputted. The control unit is configured to, when the printing operation on the medium according to an Nth (N=an integer not smaller than 1) printing instruction is finished, and then a standby operation, including waiting for a start of the printing operation on the medium according to an (N+1)th printing instruction, is performed, continue to transport the medium during the standby operation.
Claims14
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that performs printing on a medium transported in a transport direction;
- a heating unit located downstream of the printing unit in the transport direction and configured to heat the medium;
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- a control unit that executes a printing operation including printing an image on the medium according to an inputted printing instruction,
- wherein the control unit is configured to, when the printing operation on the medium according to an Nth (N=an integer not smaller than 1) printing instruction is finished, and then a standby operation including waiting for a start of the printing operation on the medium according to an (N+1)th printing instruction is performed, continue to transport the medium during the standby operation.
A printing method to be performed by a printing apparatus including a printing unit that performs printing on a medium transported in a transport direction, and a heating unit located downstream of the printing unit in the transport direction and configured to heat the medium, the printing method comprising:
- performing a printing operation on the medium with the printing unit;
- after performing the printing operation, heating the medium with the heating unit at a position downstream of the printing unit;
- after finishing a printing operation on the medium according to an Nth (N=an integer not smaller than 1) printing instruction, performing a standby operation including waiting for a start of the printing operation on the medium according to an (N+1)th printing instruction;
- and
- continuing to transport the medium during the standby operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.