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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Toya, Nagano, JP;
Kazuaki Sakurada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing device has a support and heating unit for supporting and heating a medium, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a color image printing process for executing a plurality of color image recording passes by which the head is moved relative to the medium in a moving direction, and a background image printing process. The controller is configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head from above the support and heating unit and moving it to an evacuation position to have the head wait at the evacuation position for at least one of between the color image recording passes and between the background image recording passes.