Patent ID: 7889380
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which executes a printing operation of printing on a printing medium on the basis of externally acquired printing data, comprising: initialization processing means for executing initialization processing of a movable element mounted in an apparatus main body upon powering on the printing apparatus; acquisition means for acquiring time information; determination means for determining if the acquired time information belongs to a morning time period, a daytime period, or a nighttime period; open/closed state detection means for detecting whether an opening/closing member for exposing/concealing the movable element is in an open state or a closed state when the initialization processing is executed by said initialization processing means, wherein the movable element is drivable to be moved when the opening/closing member is open and when the opening/closing member is closed; and setting means for setting a driving speed of the movable element on a basis of the acquired time information and a state of the opening/closing member when the initialization processing is executed, wherein if the determination means determines that the time information belongs to a time period other than the nighttime period, said setting means sets the driving speed of the movable element to a first driving speed, when the opening/closing member is in the open state, which is lower than a second driving speed of the movable element when the opening/closing member is in the closed state, and if the determination means determines that the time information belongs to the nighttime period, said setting means sets the driving speed of the movable element to the first driving speed regardless of the state of the opening/closing member.