Liquid discharge apparatus and method for controlling liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:

• a transport unit configured to transport a medium;
• a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium;
• a support portion configured to support a portion of the medium, the liquid being discharged from the discharge unit onto the portion of the medium;
• a housing including therein the discharge unit;
• a heating unit configured to heat the medium onto which the liquid is discharged from the discharge unit;
• and
• a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity, wherein
• when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity exceeding a first predetermined value and when a liquid amount per unit area of the liquid discharged from the discharge unit is less than a second predetermined value, the temperature of the heating unit is lowered during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit, wherein
• when a transport amount of the medium transported by the transport unit is not less than a second predetermined value until a job executed by the discharge unit and the transport unit is completed after the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than the first predetermined value, the interior of the housing is humidified by the humidifying unit, and
• when the transport amount is less than the second predetermined value, humidification is not performed.

A method for controlling a liquid discharge apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidifying unit configured to humidify an interior of the housing, and a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity,

• the method comprising:
• a humidity detection step for detecting a humidity;
• and
• a humidification step for humidifying the interior of the housing by the humidifying unit:
• when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than a first predetermined value during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit, and
• when a transport amount of the medium transported by the transport unit is not less than a second predetermined value until a job executed by the discharge unit and the transport unit is completed after the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than the first predetermined value, and
• when the transport amount is less than the second predetermined value, humidification is not performed.

A method for controlling a liquid discharge apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a heating unit configured to heat the medium onto which the liquid is discharged from the discharge unit, and a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity,

• the method comprising:
• a first determination step for determining whether the humidity detection unit detects a humidity exceeding a first predetermined value;
• a second determination step for determining whether a liquid amount per unit area of the liquid discharged from the discharge unit is less than a second predetermined value;
• a heating control step for, when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity exceeding the first predetermined value and when the liquid amount per unit area of the liquid discharged from the discharge unit is less than the fifth predetermined value, lowering a temperature of the heating unit during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit;
• and
• a humidification step for humidifying the interior of the housing by the humidifying unit
• when the humidity detection unit detects the humidity less than a first predetermined value during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit, and
• when a transport amount of the medium transported by the transport unit is not less than a second predetermined value until a job executed by the discharge unit and the transport unit is completed after the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than the first predetermined value, and
• when the transport amount is less than the second predetermined value, humidification is not performed.