Patent ID: 9022508
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which performs a transport of a printing medium for performing an attachment of liquid to the other surface of the printing medium after performing the attachment of liquid to one surface of the printing medium, the one surface including a plurality of regions, the printing apparatus comprising: a determination unit which determines an attachment amount of liquid for each region of the one surface; and a transport waiting unit which causes a predetermined site on the one surface of the printing medium to wait in a waiting position on a path of the transport for a predetermined time, wherein the predetermined site is a site that has a region in which the attachment amount of liquid is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value by the determination unit, wherein a duration of the predetermined time is determined based on a location of the region of the predetermined site on the one surface of the printing medium, and the waiting position is a position where a warpage of an opposite direction to a warpage of the printing medium generated by the attachment of liquid to the one surface is generated in the printing medium; wherein the waiting position is one of a plurality of waiting positions and wherein the waiting position is selected from the plurality of waiting positions in response to the location of the region of the predetermined site.