Patent ID: 8529056
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a feeding unit configured to feed sheets one by one from a storing unit; a coating unit configured to apply a coating liquid on the fed sheet; a printing unit having a recording head configured to carry out printing operation on the coated sheet; a recovery unit having a cleaning mechanism configured to perform cleaning of nozzle surfaces of the recording head; and a control unit configured to control operations of the sheet feeding unit, the coating unit, the printing unit and the recovery unit, wherein the control unit performs control to determine timing to start feeding of a next page when the current page is being printed, based on execution timing of the recovery, and wherein the control unit performs control to determine whether sheet feeding of a next page while the current page is being printed should be permitted, depending on whether a number of cumulative ejection times or a cumulative usage time has reached a predetermined value corresponding to a period of the cleaning.