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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Ota, Shiojiri, JP;
Eiichi Ohara, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/40 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01); B41J 19/20 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/006 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 11/0035 (2013.01); B41J 13/0063 (2013.01); B41J 19/145 (2013.01); B41J 19/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a head portion that discharges droplets toward a printing medium while reciprocating on the printing medium; and a controller that controls movement of the head portion during a printing operation such that a movement stop time of the head portion when a movement direction of the head portion is reversed at an endmost portion of a range in which the head portion moves is longer than the movement stop time of the head portion when the movement direction of the head portion is reversed on the printing medium.