Patent ID: 11964473
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
an image forming unit including a first forming head configured to form a first image on a medium using a first color, and a second forming head configured to form a second image on the medium using a second color different from the first color;
a placement tray on which the medium is placed;
a moving device configured to move the placement tray in a first direction before image formation is performed, and to move the placement tray in a second direction opposite to the first direction when image formation is performed; and
a control unit configured to control the movement of the placement tray by the moving device and the image formation by the image forming unit, wherein
the moving device is configured to move the placement tray
to a first position at which the medium is placed on the placement tray, and
to a second position positioned on a side opposite to the first position in the second direction with respect to the image forming unit, the second position serving as a reference position for the movement of the placement tray, and
the control unit receives mode information from a source external to the printing apparatus, the mode information indicating a first mode which is configured to increase an amount of image formation performed by the printing apparatus and a second mode which is configured to increase a quality of the image formation performed by the printing apparatus, the control unit executes switching between
the first mode for moving, in the first direction, a starting position of the image formation on the medium placed on the placement tray from the first position to an image forming region of the image forming unit, and changing a movement direction of the placement tray from the first direction to the second direction without moving the placement unit to the second position, and forming the first image and the second image on the medium while moving the placement tray in the second direction, and
the second mode for, after forming the first image, moving the placement tray to the second position, changing the movement direction from the first direction to the second direction, and forming the second image on the medium.