US Patent Application 18324332. PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS simplified abstract

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PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS

Organization Name

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

MASAHIRO Noda of Ogaki (JP)

ATSUSHI Ito of Nagoya (JP)

PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18324332 titled 'PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a printing apparatus that includes a head, an irradiator with multiple light source rows, a carriage, and a controller. The controller performs various operations such as obtaining the gap between the irradiator and the printing medium, discharging ink from the head to the printing medium, and irradiating the ink with light from the irradiator.

  • The controller determines the gap between the irradiator and the printing medium.
  • The controller discharges ink from the head onto the printing medium.
  • The controller irradiates the ink on the printing medium with light from the irradiator.
  • If the gap is a second, smaller gap, a part of the light source rows is switched off.
  • The number of light sources switched on is greater when the gap is a first, larger gap compared to the second gap.


Original Abstract Submitted

There is provided a printing apparatus including a head; an irradiator including a plurality of light source rows; a carriage; and a controller. The controller is configured to: execute a first obtaining operation of obtaining a gap between the irradiator and a printing medium; execute a discharging operation of discharging an ink from the head to the printing medium; execute an irradiating operation of irradiating the ink on the printing medium with a light from the irradiator; and switch off a part of the plurality of light source rows in a case that the gap is a second gap. A number of the plurality of light sources switched on in a case that the gap is a first gap is greater than a number of the plurality of light sources switched on in the case that the gap is the second gap smaller than the first gap.

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