Printing onto a print medium

A printing device comprising:

• a first heating stage to heat, in a printing zone of the printing device, a print medium during printing a latex ink on the print medium;
• a second heating stage to cure, in a curing zone of the printing device, the latex ink on the print medium;
• a cooling stage located between the first and second heating stages to cool the print medium by directing a first part of airflow from the cooling stage to a cooling zone of the printing device, the cooling performed after the print medium has been heated by the first heating stage and prior to heating of the print medium by the second heating stage, wherein a second part of the airflow from the cooling stage is directed to the curing zone that is downstream of the cooling stage and downstream of the first heating stage;
• and
• a controller to:
• control the first heating stage to heat the print medium to a first target temperature during the printing;
• control the cooling stage to cool the print medium;
• and
• control the second heating stage to heat the print medium to a target curing temperature higher than the first target temperature to cure the latex ink on the print medium.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a controller in a printing device to:

• control a first heating stage to heat a print medium to a first target temperature in a printing zone when printing latex ink on the print medium;
• control a second heating stage to heat the print medium to a second target temperature greater than the first target temperature in a curing zone to cure the latex ink on the print medium;
• and
• control a cooling stage located between the first and second heating stages to cool the print medium by directing a first part of airflow from the cooling stage to a cooling zone, the cooling performed after the print medium has been heated by the first heating stage and prior to heating of the print medium by the second heating stage, wherein a second part of the airflow from the cooling stage is directed to the curing zone that is downstream of the cooling stage and downstream of the first heating stage, the second part of the airflow directed to a region under a heating element of the second heating stage.