Printing apparatus and printing method
First Claim
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print on a print medium including a mount and a plurality of labels affixed on the mount in a peelable manner, wherein the printing unit is configured to print by ejecting print liquid from an ejection port;
an open/close unit configured to move to a closing position and an opening position wherein the open/close unit covers the ejection port at the closing position and uncovers the ejection port at the opening position;
a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium printed by the printing unit to a post-process part where the printed label is held in a state in which a part of the label is peeled off from the mount;
a detecting unit configured to detect that the label of which the part is peeled off from the mount is taken out from the mount; and
a control unit configured to cause the open/close unit to move to the closing position in response to the state where the print medium printed is stopped at the post-process part and to cause the open/close unit to move to the opening position in response to a detection result of the detecting unit.
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Abstract
The present invention intends to provide a printing apparatus that can lessen a reduction in ejection performance caused by thickening, solidification, or the like of print liquid in an ejection port of a printing unit even in the case of stopping a print operation by the printing unit to perform a post-process on a print medium. The printing apparatus includes a post-processing part configured to, in a state of stopping the print operation by the printing unit, perform the post-process on a printed print medium as well as including an open/close unit configured to selectively perform a closing operation or an opening operation of the ejection port provided in the printing unit. Further, when the print medium is stopped in the post-processing part, the open/close unit is controlled so as to bring the ejection port into a close state.
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14 Claims
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
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a printing unit configured to print on a print medium including a mount and a plurality of labels affixed on the mount in a peelable manner, wherein the printing unit is configured to print by ejecting print liquid from an ejection port; an open/close unit configured to move to a closing position and an opening position wherein the open/close unit covers the ejection port at the closing position and uncovers the ejection port at the opening position; a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium printed by the printing unit to a post-process part where the printed label is held in a state in which a part of the label is peeled off from the mount; a detecting unit configured to detect that the label of which the part is peeled off from the mount is taken out from the mount; and a control unit configured to cause the open/close unit to move to the closing position in response to the state where the print medium printed is stopped at the post-process part and to cause the open/close unit to move to the opening position in response to a detection result of the detecting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A printing method comprising:
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a printing step of printing on a print medium including a mount and a plurality of labels affixed on the mount in a peelable manner, wherein the printing step prints on the print medium by ejecting print liquid from an ejection port; a conveyance step of conveying a printing medium printed by the printing step to a post-process part where the printed label is held in a state in which a part of the label is peeled off from the mount; a close step of closing the ejection port in response to the state where the print medium printed is stopped at the post-process part; a detecting step of detecting that the label of which the part is peeled off from the mount is taken out from the mount, and an open step of opening the ejection port in response to detecting result of the detecting step.
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