Printing device and control method

A method comprising:

• controlling a first stage for heating a medium to a first temperature in a printing region when printing latex ink on the medium;
• controlling a second stage for heating the medium to a second temperature in a curing region to cure the latex ink on the medium;
• stepping the first heating stage through respective states of a first state machine to switch the first heating stage from the first temperature to a first further temperature to heat the medium to the first further temperature in the printing region in a non-printing mode, the first further temperature being lower than the first temperature;
• and
• stepping the second heating stage through respective states of a second state machine to switch the second heating stage from the second temperature to the second further temperature to heat the medium to the second further temperature in the curing region in a non-curing mode, the second further temperature being lower than the second temperature,
• wherein the respective states of the first state machine and the second state machine each include a standby state, warm-up state for warming up the medium to an intermediate temperature, an operational state of the corresponding heating stage and a cool-down state for cooling down the corresponding heating stage to the first further temperature or the second further temperature respectively.

A non-transitory computer program product comprising computer code that upon execution cause a computer to:

• control a first heating stage for heating a medium to a first temperature in a printing region when printing latex ink on the medium;
• control a second heating stage for heating the medium to a second temperature in a curing region to cure the latex ink on the medium;
• step the first heating stage through respective states of a first state machine to switch the first heating stage from the first temperature to a first further temperature to heat the medium to the first further temperature in the printing region in a non-printing mode, the first further temperature being lower than the first temperature;
• and
• step the second heating stage through respective states of a second state machine to switch the second heating stage from the second temperature to the second further temperature to heat the medium to the second further temperature in the curing region in a non-curing mode, the second further temperature being lower than the second temperature,
• wherein the respective states of the first state machine and the second state machine each include a standby state, a warm-up state for warming up the medium to an intermediate temperature, an operational state of the corresponding heating stage, and a cool-down state for cooling down the corresponding heating stage to the first further temperature or the second further temperature, respectively.