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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
So Yokota, Shiojiri-shi, CN;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints on a front surface of a medium, a detection unit that receives reflected light of light emitted on a back surface of the medium, and a control unit that stops printing based on a detection result of the detection unit. In a case in which a second image is to be printed on the front surface of the medium of which back surface a first image being printed, when a range in which the first image is printed on the back surface of the medium is defined as a first range and a range corresponding to the first range on the front surface of the medium is defined as a second range, when printing the second image in the second range, the control unit continues printing irrespective of the detection result of the detection unit.