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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Ogawa, Tachikawa, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a thermal head and a processor. The thermal head includes heat-generating elements and prints on a plurality of lines in a medium. The processor sets a second period within one of the setting periods. The second period is a time period for adjusting a temperature change of the heat-generating elements without printing on the medium, after a first period for printing. The processor determines a nline (n: an integer of 2 or greater) among the lines based on printing data. The nline is estimated to have a possibility of sticking in printing. The processor adjusts a temperature change of at least a part of the heat-generating elements in the second periods corresponding to at least the nline and a (n−1)line. The (n−1)line is printed immediately before the nline based on the printing data, to suppress the sticking.