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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Katagami, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a drying unit, and has, a first mode in which a temperature of the drying unit is decreased by performing a control of electric connection to a heater of the drying unit or a temperature control of the heater after starting the maintenance work, and the temperature of the drying unit is increased by performing the control of electric connection to the heater or the temperature control of the heater after the maintenance work, and a second mode in which the temperature of the drying unit is decreased by performing the control of electric connection to the heater or the temperature control of the heater after the starting of the maintenance work, and the temperature of the drying unit is increased by performing the control of electric connection to the heater or the temperature control of the heater during the maintenance work.