Patent ID: 9315032
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A print apparatus comprising: a carriage having a liquid discharge head configured and arranged to discharge a liquid and to move reciprocally along one direction; a liquid supply tube configured and arranged to supply the liquid to the liquid discharge head, one end of the liquid supply tube being connected to the carriage; a housing in an interior of which the carriage and at least a part of the liquid supply tube are arranged; and a movement control unit configured to control reciprocal movement of the carriage, the liquid supply tube being connected to the carriage from a counter-home position side that is an opposite side in the one direction to a home position side at which the carriage is located before start of printing in which the liquid is discharged onto a target from the liquid discharge head, and the movement control unit being configured to carry out a movement control, before the start of printing, to cause the carriage to move for a set distance at a first speed toward the counter-home position side from the home position side, and then to move at a second speed faster than the first speed toward the home position side from the counter-home position side, the set distance being shorter than a distance between the home position and a point at which a part of the carriage reaches a curved section of the liquid supply tube when the carriage moves toward the counter-home position side from the home position side, the set distance being shorter than a distance between the home position and a point at which a part of the carriage reaches an end of the target when the carriage moves toward the counter-home position side from the home position side, the curved section being a curved section formed when the carriage is located at the home position.