Patent ID: 8348383
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printing device, comprising: a carriage control part that reciprocates a carriage, in which a print head is installed, in a first scanning direction; a print control part that provides print data to the print head; a carrying part that carries a recording medium that is printed by the print head; a position detecting part that is provided on an origin point that is set on a path of the carriage; and a position control part that confirms the origin point of the carriage by the position detecting part; a carriage moving time calculation part that calculates a first moving time (B) and a second moving time (C), wherein the first moving time is defined as a period during which the carriage moves from the carriage position to the position detection part after a print completion, and the second moving time is defined as a period during which the carriage moves from the position detection part to a next print starting position; and a line feed time calculation part that calculates a third time (A) defined as a period during which the recording medium is carried from the print completion to the next print position, wherein the position control part executes an origin point confirmation operation of the carriage by the position detection part when a sum of the first and second times is less than the third time (B+C<A).