Printing apparatus, print head control apparatus, print head control method and storage medium
US9091998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0094
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a print head; an image carrier; a print controller which controls the print head to execute printing on a recording medium for printing via the image carrier, based on print data; a judgement unit which judges whether a lubricant is to be provided on a surface of the image carrier or not, based on a coverage rate by the print data, wherein the coverage rate is the total number of dots to be printed for an area divided by the total number of dots of the area; and a lubricant controller which controls provision of the lubricant on the surface when the judgement unit judges that the surface is to be provided with the lubricant.
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