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Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus

US9665806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2016
Grant dateMay 30, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00724
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus of the invention includes a medium information acquisition section that acquires medium information that can specify a type of a print medium, a printing section that discharges print ink to the print medium, a coating section that coats the print medium with precoat liquid before the printing section performs printing, and a coating control section that controls the coating section. The coating control section variably changes an amount of coating of the precoat liquid per unit area according to the acquired medium information.

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