Patent ID: 11958299
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, the printing apparatus comprising:
a first discharger including a first nozzle row that discharges a first liquid;
a second discharger including a second nozzle row that discharges a second liquid and is so provided as to be separate from the first nozzle row in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which the first nozzle row extends, a color of the second liquid is different from a color of the first liquid; and
a printing-apparatus-side CPU configured to acquire a predetermined sensor signal indicating that the printing apparatus is operating in a first mode in which the printing apparatus is configured to slide along the medium allowing movement in either of the first direction and an oblique direction with respect to the first direction and discharge the first liquid and prevent discharge of the second liquid, instead of a second mode in which the printing apparatus is configured to roll along the medium in the first direction and discharge the first liquid and the second liquid.