Recording device and recording method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNorihiro MASUDA, Yoshitaka SHIMADA, Yutaka NAGASHIMA
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Abstract
A recording device includes a medium placement unit on which a medium is fixedly placed, a recording head configured to discharge liquid toward the medium, a gantry including a discharging unit, the gantry being configured to move relative to the medium placement unit along a first axial direction, a heater provided at the medium placement unit, the heater being configured to heat the medium placed on the medium placement unit, and a control unit configured to control the heater. The control unit controls heating of the medium by the heater in accordance with a condition.
Claims8
A recording device comprising:
- a medium placement unit on which a medium is fixedly placed;
- a discharging unit configured to discharge liquid toward the medium placed on the medium placement unit;
- a moving unit including the discharging unit, the moving unit being configured to move relative to the medium placement unit along a first axial direction;
- one or more heating units provided at the medium placement unit and configured to heat the medium placed on the medium placement unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the one or more heating units, wherein
- the control unit controls heating of the medium by the one or more heating units in accordance with a condition.
A recording method for a recording device, the recording device comprising:
- a medium placement unit on which a medium is fixedly placed;
- a discharging unit configured to discharge liquid to the medium;
- a moving unit configured to move the discharging unit, in a first axial direction, with respect to the medium placement unit;
- and
- one or more heating units provided at the medium placement unit and configured to heat the medium placed on the medium placement unit, the method comprising:
- setting a heating state of the one or more heating units based on a condition under which recording is performed on the medium;
- heating the medium by the one or more heating units in the heating state;
- and
- discharging the liquid from the discharging unit to the medium heated by the one or more heating units in the heating state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.