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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Chiaki Shimada, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes a first printing section configured to print by ejecting ink from a first printing section onto the surface of a medium; a second printing section that is provided downstream of the first printing section in the transport direction of the medium and that is configured to print by ejecting ink onto the rear surface of the transported medium; and a control section, wherein when printing on both surfaces of the medium, the control section determines which of first print data and second print data is to be printed first at the first printing section and later at the second printing section, based on the print duties of the first print data to be printed on the first surfaces, which is one surface of the medium, and the second print data to be printed on the second surfaces, which is the other surface of the medium.