Patent ID: 8740345
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus, which includes a print head capable of ejecting ink, and which ejects ink from the print head onto a print medium conveyed along a support face of a platen, on which the print medium is supported, comprising: grooves, formed in the support face of the platen for supporting the print medium and extended in a conveying direction in which the print medium is conveyed; first suction portions, formed inside the grooves to perform suction; a first suction unit for suctioning air from the first suction portions; second suction portions formed in the support face of the platen; a second suction unit for suctioning air from the second suction portions; and a control unit being able to control a ratio of an amount of suction provided by the first suction unit and an amount of suction provided by the second suction unit, based on at least either a stiffness of a print medium or a print duty.