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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Ogura, Azumino, JP;
Yasuo Naramatsu, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium transported in a transport direction, a heating unit located downstream of the printing unit in the transport direction and configured to heat the medium, and a control unit that executes a printing operation including printing an image on the medium according to a printing instruction inputted. The control unit is configured to, when the printing operation on the medium according to an Nth (N=an integer not smaller than 1) printing instruction is finished, and then a standby operation, including waiting for a start of the printing operation on the medium according to an (N+1)th printing instruction, is performed, continue to transport the medium during the standby operation.