Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTeruki Kurashina
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium; a drive unit that causes the printing unit to move; a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit; a detection unit that detects the movement of the printing unit; and a controller that controls an initialization operation related to the printing unit based on a detection result of the detection unit. When power supply from the power supply unit to the drive unit is started, the controller acquires the detection result obtained when power is not supplied, performs the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is detected in the detection result, and does not perform the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is not detected in the detection result.
Claims6
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium;
- a drive unit that causes the printing unit to move;
- a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit;
- a detection unit that detects the movement of the printing unit;
- and
- a controller that controls an initialization operation related to the printing unit based on a detection result of the detection unit,
- wherein, when power supply from the power supply unit to the drive unit is started, the controller acquires the detection result obtained when power is not supplied, performs the initialization operation in a case where movement of the printing unit is detected in the detection result, and does not perform the initialization operation in a case where movement of the printing unit is not detected in the detection result.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium;
- a drive unit that causes the printing unit to move;
- a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit;
- a detection unit that detects a change in capacitance of the printing unit;
- and
- a controller that controls an initialization operation related to the printing unit based on a detection result of the detection unit,
- wherein, when power supply from the power supply unit to the drive unit is started, the controller acquires the detection result obtained when power is not supplied, performs the initialization operation in a case where a change in the capacitance is detected in the detection result, and does not perform the initialization operation in a case where a change in the capacitance is not detected in the detection result.
A printing method in which a movement operation of a printing unit that moves and performs printing on a printing medium is controlled, the printing method comprising:
- detecting whether an electromotive force is generated in a drive unit due to movement in the printing unit;
- and
- performing an initialization operation related to the movement operation of the printing unit in a case where the generation of electromotive force is detected in the detected result, and performing no initialization operation in a case where the generation of electromotive force is not detected in the detected result.
A printing method in which a movement operation of a printing unit that moves and performs printing on a printing medium is controlled, the printing method comprising:
- detecting whether capacitance of the printing unit has changed;
- and
- performing an initialization operation related to the movement operation of the printing unit in a case where the a change in the capacitance is detected in the detected result, and performing no initialization operation in a case where a change in capacitance is not detected in the detected result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.