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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Yasufumi Yokoyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Shoji Shima, Shiojiri, JP;
Koji Hashimoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drive control method for a media processing device prevents increasing the media production time even when a printhead cleaning process is performed before the printing process. When a media production command is input, the preprocessing time required until the printing process starts is calculated based on the media production command. If the total of the preprocessing time plus the time passed since the last cleaning process is greater than or equal to a specified time, the cleaning process is started. If the elapsed time will reach the specified time after the media production command is output and before the printing process starts, the cleaning process runs parallel to the write process. Increasing the media production time by the time required for the cleaning process is thus prevented.