# US 9,517,641 B2 · Printing device, control method for printing device, and control program for printing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,517,641 B2 - Document ID: US9517641B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/635,038 - Filed: 2015-03-02 - Published: 2015-09-10 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-07 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Tomohiro Sayama; Toru Matsuyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517641B2 ## CPC - B41J 3/4078: {Printing on textile} - B41J 2/04503: {aiming at compensating carriage speed} - D06P 5/30: Ink jet printing - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - D06P: DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM ## Abstract A printing device includes a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, a print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the paper medium print mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printing device comprising: a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium, with the paper medium print mode having a photograph paper mode and a normal paper mode; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, each of the photograph paper mode, the normal paper mode and the textile print mode further having an image quality priority mode and a speed priority mode that has a faster print speed than the image quality priority mode, a print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the photograph paper mode, the print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the normal paper mode, and a print speed in the speed priority mode of the normal paper mode being faster than a print speed in the image quality priority mode of the photograph paper mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a main scanning speed in the textile print mode is slower than a main scanning speed in the paper medium print mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a sub-scanning speed in the textile print mode is slower than a sub-scanning speed in the paper medium print mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein types of inks used in the textile print mode are greater in number than types of inks used in the paper medium print mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of a solvent included in an ink not used in the textile print mode but used in the paper medium print mode to a whole ink is larger than a weight ratio of a solvent included in an ink used in the textile print mode and the paper medium print mode to a whole ink. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a print resolution in the textile print mode is lower than a print resolution of the paper medium print mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein an ink weight required for forming a maximum dot in the textile print mode is less than an ink weight required for forming a maximum dot in the paper medium print mode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between a meniscus position of a nozzle ejecting ink in the textile print mode and the fabric medium is longer than a distance between a meniscus position of a nozzle ejecting ink in the paper medium print mode and the paper medium. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a print speed in the speed priority mode of the photograph paper mode is faster than a print speed in the image quality priority mode of the normal paper mode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein a print speed in the speed priority mode of the photograph paper mode is faster than the print speed in the speed priority mode of the normal paper mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The printing device according to claim 1, wherein the print speed in the image quality priority mode of the photograph paper mode is faster than a print speed in the image quality priority mode of the normal paper mode. ### Claim 12 A control method for a printing device, comprising: a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium, with the paper medium print mode having a photograph paper mode and a normal paper mode; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, each of the photograph paper mode, the normal paper mode and the textile print mode further having an image quality priority mode and a speed priority mode that has a faster print speed than the image quality priority mode, a print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the photograph paper mode, the print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the normal paper mode, and a print speed in the speed priority mode of the normal paper mode being faster than a print speed in the image quality priority mode of the photograph paper mode. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program for a printing device with a computer, the control program comprising: a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium, with the paper medium print mode having a photograph paper mode and a normal paper mode; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, each of the photograph paper mode, the normal paper mode and the textile print mode further having an image quality priority mode and a speed priority mode that has a faster print speed than the image quality priority mode, the control program causing the computer to execute printing in which a print speed in the textile print mode is slower than a print speed in the photograph paper mode, the print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the normal paper mode, and a print speed in the speed priority mode of the normal paper mode being faster than a print speed in the image quality priority mode of the photograph paper mode.