Patent Publication Number: US-7222050-B2

Title: Apparatus for determining overheating of motor, method for determining overheating of motor, computer-readable medium, motor control apparatus, motor control method, and printing apparatus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   The present application claims priority upon Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-206354 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-206355 filed on Jul. 13, 2004, which are herein incorporated by reference. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to apparatuses for determining motor overheating, methods for determining motor overheating, computer-readable media, motor control apparatuses, motor control methods, and printing apparatuses. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   Various types of motors are installed in printing apparatuses such as inkjet printers, including carry motors for carrying media such as paper to be printed and motors for moving printing sections which are for printing on media such as paper. When these motors are driven continuously, they may sometimes rise in temperature due to generation of heat and go into a high temperature condition. Since there is a risk of faults such as coil burnout when the motor is in a high temperature condition, printing apparatuses are provided with monitoring devices to ensure that the motor does not go into a high temperature condition. 
   One such monitoring device (see JP 2002-186285A) is a device that monitors the motor temperature based on the amount of drive of the motor. This device successively adds the amount of drive of the motor and examines whether or not the motor is in a high temperature condition by checking whether or not the integrated value has reached a predetermined value. In other words, the temperature of the motor is inferred from the amount of drive of the motor by focusing on the relationship between the amount of drive of the motor and the heat produced by the motor. A determination is made that the motor is in a high temperature condition when the integrated value of the amount of drive of the motor reaches the predetermined value, and a transition is made to heat restriction control to restrict motor heating by suppressing motor drive. By transitioning to this control, driving of the motor is continued while preventing the temperature of the motor from rising further. It should be noted that it is proposed that when the motor has not been driven for a short while, the integrated value of the amount of drive of the motor should be gradually reduced, and when the motor has not been driven for a long time, the integrated value of the amount of drive of the motor should be reset to zero. 
   By monitoring the motor temperature condition based on the amount of drive of the motor, it is possible to obviate various sensors such as temperature sensors so that it is possible to achieve monitoring without increasing the number of components and without incurring much cost. 
   However, devices that monitor motor temperature conditions based on the amount of drive of the motor have the following problems. That is, the integrated value is reduced corresponding to the motor temperature condition by, for example, gradually reducing the amount of drive of the motor when the motor has not been driven for a short while, or by resetting the integrated value of the amount of drive of the motor to zero when the motor has not been driven for a long time. However, there has been no measure in place for when the motor is stopped for an extremely short time, for example, when the drive of the motor is stopped for an extremely short period of around one second, such as several tens to several hundreds of milliseconds. For this reason, sometimes the motor is judged to be in a high temperature condition and heat restriction control is activated despite the motor not being in a high temperature condition. This has sometimes caused problems of extra time being required for printing and printing speeds being reduced. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   The present invention was arrived at in light of the foregoing issues, and it is an object thereof to calculate, more accurately, motor temperature conditions based on the amount of drive of the motor. 
   A primary aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for determining motor overheating such as the following. 
   An apparatus for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a motor and information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a method for determining motor overheating such as the following. 
   A method for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a motor; 
   a step of obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a step of determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable medium such as the following. 
   A computer-readable medium for causing an apparatus for determining overheating of a motor to operate, includes: 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of a motor; 
   a code for obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a code for calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount that has been obtained; 
   a code for subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a code for determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a motor control apparatus such as the following. 
   A motor control apparatus includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a stop time between drive operations of a motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up a drive amount of the motor, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a controller that controls driving of the motor and that restricts the driving of the motor when it is determined by the determining section that the motor is in an overheated state. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a motor control method such as the following. 
   A motor control method includes: 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up a drive amount of a motor; 
   a step of obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time that has been obtained; 
   a step of determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a step of restricting driving of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a printing apparatus such as the following. 
   A printing apparatus includes: 
   a printing section that prints on a medium; 
   a motor; 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of the motor and information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for determining motor overheating such as the following. 
   An apparatus for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination and information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a method for determining motor overheating such as the following. 
   A method for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination; 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; and 
   a step of determining that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable medium such as the following. 
   A computer-readable medium for causing an apparatus for determining overheating of a motor to operate, includes: 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination; 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a code for calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a code for subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; and 
   a code for determining that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a motor control apparatus such as the following. 
   A motor control apparatus includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a control-target motor targeted for control and information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the control-target motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the control-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the control-target motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; 
   a determining section that determines that the control-target motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a controller that controls driving of the control-target motor and that restricts the driving of the control-target motor when it is determined by the determining section that the control-target motor is in an overheated state. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a motor control method such as the following. 
   A motor control method includes: 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a control-target motor targeted for control; 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the control-target motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the control-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the control-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of determining that the control-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a step of restricting driving of the control-target motor when it is determined that the control-target motor is in an overheated state. 
   Furthermore, another primary aspect of the present invention is a printing apparatus such as the following. 
   A printing apparatus includes: 
   a printing section that prints on a medium; 
   two motors that are driven in alternation; 
   an information obtaining section that respectively obtains information about a drive amount of each of the motors; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of one of the motors based on the information about the drive amount of the one motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other of the motors that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the one motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     For a more complete understanding of the present invention and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an embodiment of a printing apparatus. 
       FIG. 2  is a perspective view for describing an internal configuration of the printing apparatus. 
       FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view of a carrying section of the printing apparatus. 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the printing apparatus. 
       FIG. 5  is a plan view of an example of a head of the printing apparatus. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a printing process. 
       FIG. 7  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a rotary encoder. 
       FIG. 8  is a configuration diagram showing a structure of a detecting section of the rotary encoder. 
       FIG. 9A  is a timing chart showing output waveforms of the linear encoder during forward rotation. 
       FIG. 9B  is a timing chart showing output waveforms of the linear encoder during reverse rotation. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram of a carry controller. 
       FIG. 11A  is a graph plotting the change over time of the duty signal that is input to the PWM circuit. 
       FIG. 11B  is a graph plotting the change in velocity of the motor. 
       FIG. 12  is a block diagram of a carriage controller. 
       FIG. 13  shows diagrams for illustrating examples of control based on a determination of overheating of the carry motor. 
       FIG. 14  is a diagram that shows an example of addition by a controller. 
       FIG. 15A  is a diagram for describing the drive state of the carry motor at a normal time. 
       FIG. 15B  is a diagram for describing the drive state of the carry motor during heat restriction. 
       FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of an addition process and a determination process. 
       FIG. 17  is an explanatory diagram for describing an example of a method for setting the predetermined value Pduty. 
       FIG. 18  is an explanatory diagram for describing an overview of principle processes of the present embodiment. 
       FIG. 19  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of a subtraction process. 
       FIG. 20  is a diagram that shows an example of a table for obtaining the subtraction value Psub. 
       FIG. 21  is a diagram that shows an example of separate control profiles for each of the drive modes. 
       FIG. 22A  is a diagram that shows the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached in the case of the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , PS 2 , and PS 3 . 
       FIG. 22B  is a diagram that shows the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached in the case of the drive modes PS 3 , PS 4 , PS 5 , and PS 6 . 
       FIG. 23  is a table in which the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set separately for motor drive modes and stop times. 
       FIG. 24  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for obtaining the subtraction value. 
       FIG. 25  is a diagram that illustrates a difference in the way the integrated value increases in the case of a conventional technique and in the case of the present embodiment. 
       FIG. 26  is an explanatory diagram for describing an overview of another principle process of the present embodiment. 
       FIG. 27  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of a subtraction process. 
       FIG. 28  is an explanatory diagram for describing an overview of a different processing example. 
       FIG. 29  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of a calculation process in a different processing example. 
       FIG. 30  is a diagram that illustrates an example of driving conditions when driving of an other motor is carried out a plurality of times during the drive stop period of the motor targeted for determination. 
       FIG. 31  is a diagram that shows an example of a table for obtaining the subtraction value Psub. 
       FIG. 32  is a table in which the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set separately for motor drive modes and stop times. 
       FIG. 33  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for obtaining the subtraction value. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   At least the following matters will be made clear by the present specification and the description of the accompanying drawings. 
   An apparatus for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a motor and information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, in addition to performing a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of a motor, a calculation is performed of subtracting a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, from the integrated value, and therefore the temperature condition of the motor can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the apparatus further comprises a timer for measuring the stop time between the drive operations of the motor. 
   If a timer is provided with the apparatus for determining motor overheating, the stop time of the motor can be measured easily. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information about the drive amount of the motor is obtained by the information obtaining section every time the motor is driven. 
   With the apparatus for determining motor overheating, if information relating to the drive amount of the motor is successively obtained each time the motor is driven, the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information about the drive amount of the motor is obtained by the information obtaining section before the motor is driven based on that drive amount. 
   With the apparatus for determining motor overheating, if information relating to the drive amount of the motor is obtained before the motor is driven according to that drive amount, the motor temperature condition can be estimated before the motor is driven. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the calculating section executes a calculation of subtracting a predetermined value from the integrated value every time a predetermined time passes from when driving of the motor is stopped. 
   If this calculation is executed with the apparatus for determining motor overheating, the temperature condition of the motor can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that, when it is determined by the determining section that the motor is in an overheated state, driving of the motor is restricted. 
   If the drive of the motor is restricted with the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is possible to suppress temperature rises of the motor while driving the motor. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the apparatus further comprises a table in which the stop time between the drive operations of the motor and the subtraction value are correlated. 
   If such a table is provided with the apparatus for determining motor overheating, a subtraction value corresponding to the motor stop time can be obtained easily. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information obtaining section obtains information about a drive mode of the motor; and the subtraction value is obtained based on the information about the drive mode and the information about the stop time which have been obtained by the information obtaining section. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is possible to obtain a subtraction value corresponding to the drive mode by obtaining information relating to the drive mode of the motor and obtaining the subtraction value based on this information relating to the drive mode. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that, depending on the drive mode, at least either one of a rate of acceleration when the motor is accelerating, a velocity during constant-speed operation of the motor, and a rate of acceleration when the motor is decelerating, is different. 
   With the apparatus for determining motor overheating, an appropriate subtraction value can be obtained when the motor is varied depending on the drive mode. 
   Furthermore, the following method for determining motor overheating can also be achieved. 
   A method for determining overheating of a motor, includes; 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a motor; 
   a step of obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a step of determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this method for determining motor overheating, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of the motor, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   It is also possible to achieve a computer-readable medium such as the following. 
   A computer-readable medium for causing an apparatus for determining overheating of a motor to operate, includes: 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of a motor; 
   a code for obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a code for calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount that has been obtained; 
   a code for subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a code for determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this computer-readable medium, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of the motor, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   It is also possible to achieve a motor control apparatus such as the following, including: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a stop time between drive operations of a motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up a drive amount of the motor, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a controller that controls driving of the motor and that restricts the driving of the motor when it is determined by the determining section that the motor is in an overheated state 
   With this motor control apparatus, in addition to a calculation in which an integrated value is calculated by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of the motor, a calculation is performed in which a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. Moreover, by restricting the drive of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state, the motor can be prevented from going into a high-temperature state. 
   It is also possible to achieve a motor control method such as the following. 
   A motor control method includes: 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up a drive amount of a motor; 
   a step of obtaining information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time that has been obtained; 
   a step of determining that the motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a step of restricting driving of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state. 
   With this motor control method, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of the motor, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. Moreover, by restricting the drive of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state, the motor can be prevented from going into a high-temperature state. 
   It is also possible to achieve a printing apparatus such as the following. 
   A printing apparatus includes: 
   a printing section that prints on a medium; 
   a motor; 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of the motor and information about a stop time between drive operations of the motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the motor based on the information about the drive amount obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the stop time that is obtained based on the information about the stop time obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this printing apparatus, in addition to a calculation in which an integrated value is calculated by successively adding a drive amount of the motor based on information relating to the drive amount of the motor, a calculation is performed in which a subtraction value, which corresponds to the stop time that has been obtained based on information relating to the stop time of the motor, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the printing apparatus, it is preferable that the motor is a motor for carrying the medium to be printed by the printing section, or a motor for moving, relatively with respect to the medium, the printing section that prints on the medium. 
   With this printing apparatus, the temperature condition of such motors can be estimated more accurately. 
   Furthermore, the following apparatus for determining motor overheating can also be achieved. 
   An apparatus for determining overheating of a motor, includes an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination and information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, in addition to a calculation in which an integrated value is calculated by successively adding a drive amount of a determination-target motor, a calculation is performed in which a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor is obtained by the information obtaining section every time the determination-target motor is driven. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, if information relating to a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination is successively obtained for each drive of the determination-target motor, the temperature condition of the motor targeted for determination can be estimated more exactly. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor is obtained by the information obtaining section before the determination-target motor is driven based on that drive amount. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, if information relating to a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination is obtained before the determination-target motor is driven according to that drive amount, the temperature condition of the motor targeted for determination can be estimated before driving. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the calculating section executes a calculation of subtracting a predetermined value from the integrated value every time a predetermined time passes from when driving of the determination-target motor is stopped. 
   If this calculation is carried out with this apparatus for determining motor overheating, the temperature condition of the motor targeted for determination can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that, when it is determined by the determining section that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state, driving of the determination-target motor is restricted. 
   If driving of the motor targeted for determination is restricted in this manner in the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is possible to suppress temperature rises of the motor targeted for determination while driving the determination-target motor. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the apparatus further comprises a table in which the drive amount of the other motor and the subtraction value are correlated. 
   If such a table is provided with the apparatus for determining motor overheating, a subtraction value can be obtained easily. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that the information obtaining section obtains information about a drive mode of the determination-target motor; and the subtraction value is obtained based on the information about the drive mode and the information about the drive amount of the other motor which have been obtained by the information obtaining section. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is possible to obtain a subtraction value corresponding to the drive mode by obtaining information relating to the drive mode of the motor targeted for determination and obtaining the subtraction value based on this information relating to the drive mode. 
   In the apparatus for determining motor overheating, it is preferable that, depending on the drive mode, at least either one of a rate of acceleration when the determination-target motor is accelerating, a velocity during constant-speed operation of the determination-target motor, and a rate of acceleration when the determination-target motor is decelerating, is different. 
   With this apparatus for determining motor overheating, an appropriate subtraction value can be obtained when the motor is varied depending on the drive mode. 
   Furthermore, the following method for determining motor overheating can also be achieved. 
   A method for determining overheating of a motor, includes: 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination; 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; and 
   a step of determining that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this method for determining motor overheating, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on obtained information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   It is also possible to achieve a computer-readable medium such as the following. 
   A computer-readable medium for causing an apparatus for determining overheating of a motor to operate, includes: 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of a determination-target motor targeted for determination; 
   a code for obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the determination-target motor; 
   a code for calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the determination-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the determination-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a code for subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; and 
   a code for determining that the determination-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this computer-readable medium, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   It is also possible to achieve a motor control apparatus such as the following. 
   A motor control apparatus includes: 
   an information obtaining section that obtains information about a drive amount of a control-target motor targeted for control and information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the control-target motor; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the control-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the control-target motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; 
   a determining section that determines that the control-target motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a controller that controls driving of the control-target motor and that restricts the driving of the control-target motor when it is determined by the determining section that the control-target motor is in an overheated state. 
   With this motor control apparatus, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination, a calculation is executed in which a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. Moreover, by restricting the drive of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state, the motor can be prevented from going into a high-temperature state. 
   It is also possible to achieve a motor control method such as the following. 
   A motor control method includes: 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of a control-target motor targeted for control; 
   a step of obtaining information about a drive amount of an other motor that is driven in alternation with the control-target motor; 
   a step of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of the control-target motor based on the information about the drive amount of the control-target motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other motor that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor that has been obtained; 
   a step of determining that the control-target motor is in an overheated state when the integrated value after subtraction reaches a predetermined value; and 
   a step of restricting driving of the control-target motor when it is determined that the control-target motor is in an overheated state. 
   With this motor control method, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination, a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. Moreover, by restricting the drive of the motor when it is determined that the motor is in an overheated state, the motor can be prevented from going into a high-temperature state. 
   It is also possible to achieve a printing apparatus such as the following, which includes 
   a printing section that prints on a medium; 
   two motors that are driven in alternation; 
   an information obtaining section that respectively obtains information about a drive amount of each of the motors; 
   a calculating section that executes a calculation of calculating an integrated value by successively adding up the drive amount of one of the motors based on the information about the drive amount of the one motor obtained by the information obtaining section, and a calculation of subtracting, from the integrated value, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the other of the motors that is obtained based on the information about the drive amount of the other motor obtained by the information obtaining section; and 
   a determining section that determines that the one motor is in an overheated state when the subtracted integrated value obtained by the calculating section reaches a predetermined value. 
   With this printing apparatus, in addition to calculating an integrated value by successively adding a drive amount of the motor targeted for determination, a calculation is executed in which a subtraction value, which corresponds to the drive amount of the other motor obtained based on information relating to the drive amount of the other motor that is driven in alternation with the motor targeted for determination, is subtracted from the integrated value, and therefore the motor temperature condition can be estimated more accurately. 
   In the printing apparatus, it is preferable that the motors are a motor for carrying the medium to be printed by the printing section, and a motor for moving, relatively with respect to the medium, the printing section that prints on the medium. 
   With this printing apparatus, the temperature condition of such motors can be estimated more accurately. 
   ===Outline of Printing Apparatus=== 
   An example involving installation in an inkjet printer (a printing apparatus) will be used for description of an apparatus for determining motor overheating. First, an outline of the inkjet printer (printing apparatus) is described. 
     FIGS. 1 to 4  show an inkjet printer  1 .  FIG. 1  shows an exterior view of the inkjet printer  1 .  FIG. 2  shows an internal configuration of the inkjet printer  1 .  FIG. 3  shows a carrying section of the inkjet printer  1 .  FIG. 4  is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the inkjet printer  1 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 1 , the inkjet printer  1  is provided with a structure in which a medium S such as print paper that is supplied from the rear side is discharged from the front side. A control panel  2  and a discharge section  3  are arranged at the front side portion and a paper supply section  4  is provided at the rear side portion. The control panel  2  is provided with various types of control buttons  5  and display lamps  6 . The paper discharge section  3  is provided with a paper discharge tray  7  that blocks the paper discharge opening when the inkjet printer is not used. A paper supply tray  8  is arranged at the paper supply section  4  to hold cut paper (not shown). It should be noted that the inkjet printer  1  may be provided with a paper feed structure that is capable of being used in printing not only print paper in single sheets, such as cut paper, but also media that are continuous, such as roll paper. 
   As shown in  FIG. 2 , a carriage  41  is arranged inside the inkjet printer  1 . The carriage  41  is arranged such that it can move relatively along a predetermined direction (the carriage movement direction in the drawing). A carriage motor  42 , a pulley  44 , a timing belt  45 , and a guide rail  46  are provided in the vicinity of the carriage  41 . The carriage motor  42  is constituted by a DC motor or the like and functions as a driving force for moving the carriage  41  relatively along the predetermined direction. Furthermore, the timing belt  45  is connected to the carriage motor  42  via the pulley  44  and a portion of it is also connected with the carriage  41 , such that the carriage  41  is moved relatively along the predetermined direction by the rotation of the carriage motor  42 . The guide rail  46  guides the carriage  41  along the predetermined direction. 
   In addition to these, also provided in the vicinity of the carriage  41  are a linear encoder  51  that detects a position of the carriage  41 , a carry roller  17 A for carrying a medium S along a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the carriage  41 , and a carry motor  15  that rotates the carry roller  17 A. 
   On the other hand, ink cartridges  48  that store the various inks and a head  21  that carries out printing on the medium S are arranged at the carriage  41 . The ink cartridges  48  store colored inks such as yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and black (K) for example, and are mounted, in a removable manner, in a cartridge mounting section  49  provided in the carriage  41 . Also, in this embodiment, the head  21  carries out printing by ejecting ink on the medium S. For this reason, a multitude of nozzles for ejecting ink are provided in the head  21 . A detailed description of the ink ejecting mechanism of the head  21  is given later. 
   Additionally, a cleaning unit  30  for clearing clogging of the nozzles of the head  21  is arranged inside the inkjet printer  1 . The cleaning unit  30  has a pump device  31  and a capping device  35 . The pump device  31  sucks out ink from the nozzles in order to overcome clogging of the nozzles of the head  21  and is operated by a pump motor (not shown). The capping device  35  is for sealing the nozzles of the head  21  when printing is not being performed (for example during standby) so that the nozzles of the head  21  are kept from clogging. 
   The following is a description concerning the configuration of the carrying section of the inkjet printer  1 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , the carrying section has a paper insert opening  11 A and a roll paper insert opening  11 B, a paper supply motor (not shown), a paper supply roller  13 , a platen  14 , a carry motor  15 , a carry roller  17 A and paper discharge rollers  17 B, and free rollers  18 A and free rollers  18 B. Of these, the carry motor  15 , the carry roller  17 A and the paper discharge roller  17 B constitute a carrying mechanism. 
   The paper insert opening  11 A is where the medium S, which is a medium, is inserted. The paper supply motor (not shown) is a motor for carrying, into the inkjet printer  1 , the medium S that has been inserted into the paper insert opening  11 A, and is constituted by a pulse motor. The paper supply roller  13  is a roller for automatically carrying the medium S that has been inserted into the paper insert opening  11 A into the inkjet printer  1  in the arrow direction A in the figure (in the arrow direction B in case of the roll paper), and is driven by the paper supply motor. The paper supply roller  13  has a transverse cross-sectional shape that is substantially the shape of the letter D. The peripheral length of a circumference section of the paper supply roller  13  is set longer than the carrying distance to the carry motor  15 , so that using this circumference section, the medium S can be carried up to the carry motor  15 . 
   The medium S that has been carried by the paper supply roller  13  abuts against a paper detection sensor  53 . This paper detection sensor  53  is positioned between the paper supply roller  13  and the carry roller  17 A, so that it detects a medium S that is supplied by the paper supply roller  13 . 
   The medium S that is detected by the paper detection sensor  53  is carried to the platen  14 . The platen  14  is a support means that supports the medium S during printing. The carry motor  15  is a motor for feeding paper, which is an example of the medium S, in the carrying direction and is constituted by a DC motor. The carry roller  17 A is a roller for feeding the medium S that has been carried into the inkjet printer  1  by the paper supply roller  13  to a printable region, and is driven by the carry motor  15 . The free rollers  18 A are provided in a position that is in opposition to the carry roller  17 A, and push the medium S toward the carry roller  17 A by sandwiching the medium S between them and the carry roller  17 A. 
   The paper discharge rollers  17 B are rollers for discharging the medium S for which printing has finished to outside the inkjet printer  1 . The paper discharge rollers  17 B are driven by the carry motor  15  through a gear wheel that is not shown in the drawings. The free rollers  18 B are provided in a position that is in opposition to the paper discharge rollers  17 B, and push the medium S toward the paper discharge rollers  17 B by sandwiching the medium S between them and the paper discharge rollers  17 B. 
   &lt;System Configuration&gt; 
   The following is a description concerning the system configuration of the inkjet printer  1 . As shown in  FIG. 4 , the inkjet printer  1  is provided with a buffer memory  122 , an image buffer  124 , a controller  126 , a main memory  127 , and an EEPROM  129 . The buffer memory  122  receives and temporarily stores various data such as print data sent from a computer (computer device)  140 . The image buffer  124  obtains the received print data from the buffer memory  122  and stores this data. Furthermore, the main memory  127  is constituted by a ROM or a RAM for example. 
   On the other hand, the controller  126  reads out a control program from the main memory  127  or the EEPROM  129  and carries out overall control of the inkjet printer  1  in accordance with the control program. The controller  126  of the present embodiment is provided with a carriage motor controller  128 , a carry controller  130 , a head drive section  132 , a rotary encoder  134 , and a linear encoder  51 . The carriage motor controller  128  performs drive control of the carriage motor  42  for such aspects as rotational direction, number of rotations, torque and the like. Furthermore, the head drive section  132  performs drive control of the head  21 . The carry controller  130  controls the various drive motors that are arranged in the carry system, such as the carry motor  15  that rotationally drives the carry roller  17 A. 
   Print data that has been sent from the computer  140  is temporarily held in the buffer memory  122 . Necessary information contained in the print data held here is read out by the controller  126 . Based on the information that is read out, the controller  126  controls the carriage motor controller  128 , the carry controller  130 , and the head drive section  132  in accordance with a control program while referencing output from the linear encoder  51  and the rotary encoder  134 . 
   Print data for a plurality of color components received by the buffer memory  122  is stored in the image buffer  124 . The head drive section  132  obtains the print data for each of the color components from the image buffer  124  in accordance with control signals from the controller  126 , and drives and controls the various color nozzles provided in the head  21  based on the print data. 
   Furthermore, a signal, which is output from the paper detection sensor  53  and that indicates whether or not the medium S is being detected, is input to the controller  126 . This makes it possible for the controller  126  to distinguish whether or not the paper detection sensor  53  is detecting the medium S. 
   It should be noted that in addition to these, the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment is provided with a timer  144 . The timer  144  starts time measuring in response to a command from the controller  126  and similarly stops time measuring in response to a command from the controller  126 . The timer  144  transmits to the controller  126  the elapsed time that has been measured. 
   &lt;Head&gt; 
     FIG. 5  shows the arrangement of ink nozzles on the bottom surface of the head  21 . As shown in the diagram, nozzle groups  211 Y,  211 M,  211 C, and  211 K, which are each made from a plurality of nozzles # 1  to # 180  respectively for the colors of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and black (K), are provided in the lower surface section of the head  21 . 
   The nozzles # 1  to # 180  of the nozzle groups  211 Y,  211 M,  211 C, and  211 K are arranged linearly in the carrying direction of the medium S. The nozzle groups  211 Y,  211 M,  211 C, and  211 K are positioned in parallel with spaces between the rows in the movement direction (carriage movement direction) of the head  21 . The nozzles # 1  to # 180  are provided with piezo elements (not shown) as drive elements for ejecting droplets of ink. 
   When a voltage of a predetermined duration is applied between electrodes provided at both ends of the piezo element, the piezo element expands for the duration of voltage application and deforms a lateral wall of the ink channel. As a result, the volume of the ink channel is constricted by an amount according to the elongation of the piezo element, and ink corresponding to this amount of constriction becomes an ink droplet, which is ejected from the corresponding color nozzle # 1  to # 180 . 
   ===Printing Operation=== 
   The following is a description of the printing operation of the above-described inkjet printer  1 . Here, an example of “bidirectional printing” is explained.  FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the process flow of the printing operation of the inkjet printer  1 . The processes described below are carried out by letting the controller  126  read the program stored in the main memory  127  or EEPROM  129  and performing control in accordance with this program. 
   When the controller  126  receives the print data from the computer  140 , then first, a paper supply process is carried out to perform printing in accordance with this print data (S 102 ). In the paper supply process, a medium S to be printed is supplied into the inkjet printer  1  and carried to a print start position (also referred to as “indexed position”). The controller  126  rotates the paper supply roller  13  to feed the medium s to be printed up to the carry roller  17 A. The controller  126  rotates the carry roller  17 A to position the medium S that has been fed from the paper supply roller  13  at the print start position. 
   Next, the controller  126  carries out a printing process in which the medium S is printed while moving the carriage  41  relative to the medium S. Here, first, forward pass printing in which ink is ejected from the head  21  is performed while moving the carriage  41  in one direction along the guide rail  46  (S 104 ). The controller  126  moves the carriage  41  by driving the carriage motor  42  using the carriage motor controller  128 , and ejects ink by driving the head  21  in accordance with the print data. The ink ejected from the head  21  reaches the medium S, forming dots. 
   After printing in this manner, a carry process of carrying the medium S by a predetermined amount is carried out (S 106 ). In this carry process, the controller  126  rotates the carry roller  17 A by driving the carry motor  15  via the carry controller  130 , and carries the medium S by a predetermined amount in the carrying direction relative to the head  21 . With this carry process, the head  21  can print onto a region that is different from the region printed on before. 
   After carrying out the carry process in this manner, a paper discharge judgment is performed, which judges whether the paper should be discharged or not (S 108 ). Here, a paper discharge process is carried out if there is no more data to be printed onto the medium S that is currently being printed (S 116 ). On the other hand, if there is data left to be printed onto the medium S that is currently being printed, then no paper discharge process is carried out and return pass printing is executed (S 110 ). In this return pass printing, printing is performed while moving the carriage  41  along the guide rail  46  in the opposite direction to the previous forward pass printing. Also here, the controller  126  moves the carriage  41  by rotatively driving the carriage motor  42  in a direction opposite from the previous direction via the carriage motor controller  128 , ejects ink by driving the head  21  based on the print data and performs printing. 
   After return pass printing has been performed, a carry process is carried out (S 112 ), and then a paper discharge judgment process is performed (S 114 ). Here, if there is data left to be printed onto the medium s that is currently being printed, then no paper discharge process is carried out, the procedure returns to Step S 104 , and forward pass printing is executed again (S 104 ). On the other hand, a paper discharge process is executed if there is no more data to be printed onto the medium S that is currently being printed (S 116 ). 
   After the paper discharge process has been carried out, a print termination judgment is executed, in which it is judged whether or not printing should be terminated (S 118 ). Here, based on the print data from the computer  140 , it is checked whether or not there is a further medium S left to be printed. If there is a further medium S left to be printed, then the procedure returns to Step S 102 , the paper supply process is executed again, and printing begins. On the other hand, if no further medium S to be printed is left, then the printing process is terminated. 
   ===Carry Motor Drive Control=== 
   &lt;Carry Controller Functions&gt; 
   Drive control of the carry motor  15  is carried out by the carry controller  130 . The carry controller  130  drives the carry motor  15  by predetermined drive amounts in accordance with a carry command from the controller  126 . The carry motor  15  causes the carry roller  17 A and the paper discharge rollers  17 B to rotate in accordance with the commanded drive amounts. In this way, the carry roller  17 A and the paper discharge rollers  17 B rotate such that the medium S is carried by a predetermined carry amount. The amount that the medium S is carried is determined according to the rotation amount of the carry roller  17 A. Consequently, if the rotation amount of the carry roller  17 A can be detected then it is also possible to detect the carry amount of the medium S. Here, the rotary encoder  134  is provided in order to detect the rotation amount of the carry roller  17 A. 
   &lt;Rotary Encoder&gt; 
     FIG. 7  is an explanatory diagram for describing the structure of the rotary encoder  134 . The rotary encoder  134  is provided with a rotary encoder code plate  402  and a detecting section  404 . 
   As shown in the diagram, the rotary encoder code plate  402  is formed disk-shaped. A multitude of small slits  406  are formed at predetermined intervals in the outer periphery portion of the rotary encoder code plate  402 . The rotary encoder code plate  402  is provided integrally with and adjacent to a gear wheel  408 , which is provided integrally with an end portion of a shaft of the carry roller  17 A that carries the medium S. The gear wheel  408  is connected to the carry motor  15  via a pinion  410  and rotates by the rotational drive of the carry motor  15  via the pinion  410 . In this way, the carry roller  17 A rotates by the rotational drive of the carry motor  15  such that the rotary encoder code plate  402  also rotates in synchronization with the gear wheel  408  and the carry roller  17 A. On the other hand, the detecting section  404  is arranged adjacent to the rotary encoder code plate  402  and detects the rotation amount of the rotary encoder code plate  402 . 
   &lt;Detecting Section Structure&gt; 
     FIG. 8  shows in detail the structure of the detecting section  404  of the rotary encoder  134 . The detecting section  404  is provided with a light-emitting diode  412 , a collimating lens  414 , and a detection processing section  416 . The detection processing section  416  has a plurality (for instance, four) photodiodes  418 , a signal processing circuit  420 , and for example two comparators  422 A and  422 B. 
   The light-emitting diode  412  emits light when a voltage Vcc is applied to it via resistors on both sides. This light is focused into parallel light by the collimating lens  414  and passes through the rotary encoder code plate  402 . The rotary encoder code plate  402  is provided with the slits  406  at a predetermined spacing (for example, 1/180 inch (one inch 2.54 cm)). 
   The parallel light that passes through the rotary encoder code plate  402  then passes through stationary slits (not shown) and is incident on the photodiodes  418 , where it is converted into electrical signals. The electrical signals that are output from the four photodiodes  418  are subjected to signal processing in the signal processing circuit  420 , and the signals that are output from the signal processing circuit  420  are compared in the comparators  422 A and  422 B, and the results of these comparisons are output as pulses. A pulse ENC-A and a pulse ENC-B that are output from the comparators  422 A and  422 B become the output signals of the rotary encoder  134 . 
     FIGS. 9A and 9B  are timing charts of the waveforms of the two output signals of the rotary encoder  134  when the carry motor  15  is rotating forward, and when it is rotating in reverse.  FIG. 9A  is a timing chart of the waveforms of the output signals when the carry motor  15  is rotating forward.  FIG. 9B  is a timing chart of the waveforms of the output signals when the carry motor  15  is rotating in reverse. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 9A and 9B , the phases of the pulse ENC-A and the pulse ENC-B are misaligned by 90 degrees both when the carry motor  15  is rotating forward and when it is rotating in reverse. When the carry motor  15  is rotating forward, that is, when the medium S is carried in the carrying direction as shown in  FIG. 7 , then the phase of the pulse ENC-A leads the phase of the pulse ENC-B by 90 degrees. On the other hand, when the carry motor  15  is rotating in reverse, that is, when the medium S is carried in the direction opposite the carrying direction, then the phase of the pulse ENC-A trails the phase of the pulse ENC-B by 90 degrees. A single cycle T of the pulses is the same as the time during which the carry roller  17 A is rotated for an amount corresponding to the spacing of the slits  406  of the rotary encoder code plate  402  (for example, 1/1440 inch (1 inch equals 2.54 cm)). 
   Then, the rising edge and the rising edge of the output pulses ENC-A and ENC-B of the rotary encoder  134  are detected by the system controller  126 , and by counting the number of detected edges, the rotational position of the carry motor  15  can be detected based on the number counted by the system controller  126  with respect to the calculation, when the carry motor  15  is rotating forward a “+1” is added for each detected edge, and when the carry motor  15  is rotating in reverse a “−1” is added for each detected edge. The period of the pulses ENC-A and ENC-B is equal to the time from when one slit  406  of the rotary encoder code plate  402  passes through the detecting section  404  to when the next slit  406  passes through the detecting section  404 , and the phases of the pulse ENC-A and the pulse ENC-B are misaligned by 90 degrees. Accordingly, a count value of “1” of the calculation corresponds to ¼ of the spacing of the slits  406  of the rotary encoder code plate  402 . Therefore, by multiplying the count value by ¼ of the spacing of the slits  406 , the carry amount of the carry motor  15  from the rotational position corresponding to the count value “0” can be obtained based on this product. The resolution of the rotary encoder  134  at this time is ¼ of the spacing of the slits  406  of the rotary encoder code plate  402 . 
   &lt;Structure of Carry Controller&gt; 
     FIG. 10  is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the carry controller  130 . As shown in the figure, the carry controller  130  has a position computation section  431 , a subtractor  432 , a gain  433 , a velocity computation section  434 , a subtractor  435 , a proportional element  436 A, an integrating element  436 B, a differential element  436 C, an adder  437 , a PWM circuit  438 , an acceleration controller  439 A, and a timer  439 B. 
   The position computation section  431  detects the edges of the output pulses of the rotary encoder  134 , counts that number of edges, and computes the rotation position of the carry motor  15  based on that count value. The position computation section  431  compares two pulsed signals and from this comparison, recognizes whether the carry motor  15  is rotating forward or in reverse, and when a single edge has been detected, performs the computations of incrementing or decrementing depending on whether the carry motor is rotating forward or in reverse. 
   The subtractor  432  computes the positional deviation between the target position sent from the controller  126  and the detection position that has been detected by the position computation section  431 . The gain  433  multiplies the positional deviation that is output from the subtractor  432  by a gain Kp, and outputs the target velocity. The gain Kp is determined according to the positional deviation. It should be noted that a table showing the relationship between the value of the gain Kp and the positional deviation is stored in the main memory  127 . 
   The velocity computation section  434  computes the rotation velocity of the carry motor  15  from the output pulses of the rotary encoder  134 . That is, the velocity computation section  434  measures the length of the pulse period of the output pulses of the rotary encoder  134  and computes the rotation velocity of the carry motor  15  from this pulse period. 
   The subtractor  435  computes the velocity deviation between the target velocity that has been output from the gain  433  and the detection velocity that has been detected by the velocity computation section  434 . 
   The proportional element  436 A multiplies the velocity deviation by a constant Gp, and outputs this as the proportional component. The integrating element  436 B integrates the values of the velocity deviation multiplied by a constant Gi, and outputs this as the integral component. The differential element  436 C multiplies a constant Gd to the difference between the current velocity deviation and the immediately prior velocity deviation, and outputs this as the differential component. The computations of the proportional element  436 A, the integrating element  436 B, and the differential element  436 C are performed for each period of the output pulse of the rotary encoder  134 . 
   The signal values output from the proportional element  436 A, the integrating element  436 B, and the differential element  436 C indicate a duty DX that corresponds to the respective computed results. Here, the duty DX for example indicates that the duty percentage is (100×DX/2000) %. In this case, it indicates a duty of 100% if DX=2000 and a duty of 50% if DX-1000. 
   The adder  437  sums up the output of the proportional element  436 A, the output of the integrating element. 436 B, and the output of the differential element  436 C. It sends the result of this addition to the PWM circuit  438  as a duty signal. The PWM circuit  438  generates a command signal that corresponds to the results of the addition by the adder  437 . A driver  440  drives the carry motor  15  based on this command signal. The driver  440  is provided with a plurality of transistors, for example, and it applies a voltage to the carry motor  15  by turning these transistors on and off in accordance with the command signal from the PWM circuit  438 . 
   The acceleration controller  439 A and the timer  439 B are used during acceleration control of the carry motor  15 . The timer  439 B generates a timer interrupt signal at predetermined time intervals based on the clock signal received from the controller  126 . The acceleration controller  439 A adds a predetermined duty DXP every time it receives a timer interrupt signal, and outputs a duty signal to the PWM circuit  438  as the results of this addition. 
   When driving the carry motor  15  such that it accelerates, the PWM circuit  438  outputs a command signal to the carry motor  15  based on the duty signal that is output from the acceleration controller  439 A, thus controlling the carry motor  15 . When driving the carry motor  15  at a constant speed or when decelerating the carry motor  15 , the PWM circuit  438  outputs a command signal to the carry motor  15  that is based on the duty signal that is output from the adder  437 , in order to perform PID control of the carry motor  15 . 
   &lt;Motor Driving Method&gt; 
     FIG. 11A  is a graph plotting the change over time of the duty signal that is input to the PWM circuit  438 .  FIG. 11B  is a graph plotting the change in velocity of the carry motor  15 . Referring to these figures, the following is an explanation of the driving of the carry motor  15 . 
   When the carry motor  15  is halted and an activation command signal for activating the carry motor  15  is sent from the controller  126  to the carry controller  130 , an activation initial duty signal whose signal value is DX 0  is sent from the acceleration controller  439 A to the PWM circuit  438 . The activation initial duty signal is sent from the controller  126  to the acceleration controller  439 A together with the activation command signal. The activation initial duty signal is then converted into a command signal that corresponds to the signal value DX 0  by the PWM circuit  438 , and activation of the carry motor  15  is started. 
   After the carry controller  130  has received the activation command signal, a timer interrupt signal is generated by the timer  439 B at predetermined intervals. Each time the acceleration controller  439 A receives a timer interrupt signal it adds a predetermined duty DXP to the signal value DX 0  of the activation initial duty signal and sends a duty signal whose signal value is this integrated duty to the PWM circuit  438 . This duty signal is converted into a command signal corresponding to its signal value by the PWM circuit  438 , and the rotation velocity of the carry motor  15  increases. Thus, the value of the duty signal sent to the PWM circuit  438  from the acceleration controller  439 A rises in a stepwise manner. 
   The duty addition process of the acceleration controller  439 A is performed until the integrated duty reaches a predetermined duty DXS. When the integrated duty becomes the predetermined value DXS at the time t 1 , the acceleration controller  439 A stops addition and thereafter sends a duty signal whose signal value is a constant duty DXS to the PWM circuit  438 . 
   Then, when the carry motor  15  rotates at a predetermined rotation velocity (see time t 2 ), the acceleration controller  439 A performs control to reduce the duty signal that is output to the PWM circuit  438  and thereby reduce the duty percentage of the voltage that is applied to the carry motor  15 . At this time, the rotation velocity of the carry motor  15  still increases further. Then, at the time t 3 , the PWM circuit  438  selects the output of the adder  437  and PID control is performed. At the point that PID control is begun (t 3 ), the integrated value of the integrating element  436 B is set to an appropriate value, and the value output by the integrating element  436 B becomes a predetermined value. 
   When PID control is started, the carry controller  130  multiplies the gain Kp to the positional deviation between the target rotation position and the actual rotation position obtained from the output of the rotary encoder  134  to calculate the target rotation velocity. The carry controller  130  uses the proportional element  436 A, the integrating element  436 B, and the differential element  436 C to compute the proportional component, the integrated component, and the differential component based on the velocity deviation between this target rotation velocity and the actual rotation velocity obtained from the output of the rotary encoder  134 , and performs control of the carry motor  15  based on the resulting sum of these computations. It should be noted that the proportional, integral, and differential computations are performed in synchronization with, for example, the rising edge of the output pulse ENC-A of the rotary encoder  134 . Thus, the rotation velocity of the carry motor  15  is controlled so that it takes a desired rotation velocity at the time t 4 . 
   When the carry motor  15  approaches the target rotation position (time t 5 ), the positional deviation becomes smaller and thus the target rotation velocity also becomes smaller. Thus, the velocity deviation, that is, the output of the subtractor  435 , becomes negative, and the carry motor  15  decelerates and stops at the time t 6 . 
   ===Carriage Motor Drive Control=== 
   &lt;Carriage Motor Controller Functions&gt; 
   Drive control of the carriage motor  42  is carried out by the carriage motor controller  128 . The carriage motor controller  128  drives the carriage motor  42  by predetermined drive amounts in accordance with a carriage movement command from the controller  126 . The carriage motor  42  is driven by the predetermined drive amount that is commanded. The movement amount of the carriage  41  is determined according to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . In the present embodiment, detection of the movement amount of the carriage  41  is carried out by the linear encoder  51 . While monitoring the output from the linear encoder  51 , the carriage motor controller  128  drives the carriage motor  42  by the predetermined drive amount that has been commanded, thus causing the carriage  41  to move by a predetermined distance. 
   It should be noted that, similar to the rotary encoder  134 , the linear encoder  51  is provided with a linear encoder code plate  511  and a detecting section (not shown). As shown in  FIG. 2 , the linear encoder code plate  511  is attached to the frame inside inkjet printer  1 . On the other hand, the detecting section (not shown) is attached to the carriage  41 . The detecting section is provided with a structure substantially the same as the structure of the detecting section  404  of the rotary encoder  134  described in  FIGS. 8 and 9 . Namely, the detecting section outputs two different pulse signals corresponding to the rotation direction of the carriage motor  42 , that is, the movement direction of the carriage  41 . With the linear encoder code plate  511  and the detecting section (not shown), the current position of the carriage  41  can be detected. 
   &lt;Carriage Motor Controller Structure&gt; 
   The configuration of the carriage motor controller  128  is described in detail next.  FIG. 12  is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the carriage motor controller  128 . The carriage motor controller  128  has a structure substantially the same as the carry controller. That is to say, as shown in the diagram, the carriage motor controller  128  has a position computation section  331 , a subtractor  332 , a gain  333 , a velocity computation section  334 , a subtractor  335 , a proportional element  336 A, an integrating element  336 B, a differential element  336 C, an adder  337 , a PWM circuit  338 , an acceleration controller  339 A, and a timer  339 B. 
   The position computation section  331  detects the edges of the output pulses of the linear encoder  51 , counts that number of edges, and computes the rotation position of the carriage motor  42  based on that count value. The position computation section  331  compares the two pulsed signals from the linear encoder  51  and from this comparison, recognizes whether the carriage motor  42  is rotating forward or in reverse, and when a single edge has been detected, performs the computations of incrementing or decrementing depending on whether the carriage motor  42  is rotating forward or in reverse. 
   The subtractor  332  computes the positional deviation between the target position sent from the controller  126  and the detection position that has been detected by the position computation section  331 . The gain  333  multiplies the positional deviation that is output from the subtractor  332  by a gain Kp, and outputs the target velocity. The gain Kp is determined according to the positional deviation. 
   The velocity computation section  334  measures time of the pulse period of the output pulse of the linear encoder  51  and computes the rotation velocity of the carriage motor  42  based on this pulse period. 
   The subtractor  335  computes the velocity deviation between the target velocity that has been output from the gain  333  and the detection velocity that has been detected by the velocity computation section  334 . 
   The proportional element  336 A multiplies the velocity deviation by a constant Gp, and outputs this as the proportional component. The integrating element  336 B integrates the values of the velocity deviation multiplied by a constant Gi, and outputs this as the integral component. The differential element  336 C multiplies a constant Gd to the difference between the current velocity deviation and the immediately prior velocity deviation, and outputs this as the differential component. The computations of the proportional element  336 A, the integrating element  336 B, and the differential element  336 C are performed per each period of the output pulse of the linear encoder  51 . 
   The signal values output from the proportional element  336 A, the integrating element  336 B, and the differential element  336 C indicate a duty DX that corresponds to the respective computed results. 
   The adder  337  sums up the output of the proportional element  336 A, the output of the integrating element  336 B, and the output of the differential element  336 C. It sends the result of this addition to the PWM circuit  338  as a duty signal. The PWM circuit  338  generates a command signal that corresponds to the results of the addition by the adder  337 . A driver  340  drives the carriage motor  42  based on this command signal. The driver  340  is provided with, for example, a plurality of transistors, and it applies voltage to the carriage motor  42  by turning these transistors on and off in accordance with the command signal from the PWM circuit  338 . 
   Furthermore, the acceleration controller  339 A and the timer  339 B are used during acceleration control of the carriage motor  42 . The timer  339 B generates a timer interrupt signal at predetermined time intervals based on the clock signal received from the controller  126 . The acceleration controller  339 A adds a predetermined duty DXP every time it receives a timer interrupt signal, and outputs a duty signal to the PWM circuit  338  as the results of this addition. 
   When driving the carriage motor  42  such that it accelerates, the PWM circuit  338  outputs a command signal to the carriage motor  42  based on the duty signal that is output from the acceleration controller  339 A, controlling the carriage motor  42 . When driving the carriage motor  42  at a constant speed or when decelerating the carriage motor  42 , the PWM circuit  338  outputs a command signal to the carriage motor  42  that is based on the duty signal that is output from the adder  337 , in order to perform PID control on the carriage motor  42 . 
   Here, the duty signal that is input to the PWM circuit  338  is a signal equivalent to the case of the carry controller  130  such as that shown in  FIG. 11A  for example. The change in velocity of the carriage motor  42  at this time is the same as for the carry controller  130  as shown in  FIG. 11B . The carriage motor controller  128  controls the drive of the carriage motor  42  in the same manner as the carry controller  130  controls the drive of the carry motor  15 . 
   ===Determining Motor Overheating=== 
   When the carry motor  15  is driven continuously, it may sometimes rise in temperature due to heating and go into a high temperature condition. When the carry motor  15  goes into a high temperature condition, there is a risk of malfunctioning such as a coil burnout for example. Accordingly, to prevent such malfunctions, the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment is provided with an apparatus for determining overheating that determines whether or not there is an overheating condition prior to the carry motor  15  going into a high temperature condition. It should be noted that the carry motor  15  corresponds to a “determination-target motor targeted for determination” in the present embodiment. 
   &lt;Outline of Overheating Determination&gt; 
   The apparatus for determining overheating successively adds the amount of drive of the carry motor  15  and determines whether or not the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state by checking whether or not the integrated value has reached a predetermined value. When it is determined by the apparatus for determining overheating that the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state, the carry motor  15  is subjected to heat restriction control. Heat restriction control refers to control that is carried out on the carry motor  15  as required and by which the carry motor  15  is made to standby for a cooling period in order to dissipate heat. Specifically, for each single time the carry motor  15  is driven, it is made to wait for an additional standby time. In this way, the temperature of the carry motor is can be made to drop slightly during the time until it is next driven, thus making it possible to prevent the temperature of the carry motor  15  from excessively rising when made to drive next. Thus, by performing heat restriction control in this manner, it is possible to inhibit temperature rises of the carry motor  15  while continuing to carryout the printing processes. 
   In the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment, the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15 , successively adds the drive amounts of the carry motor  15  to perform a calculation obtaining an integrated value, and checks whether or not the thus-obtained integrated value has reached a predetermined value. In other words, the controller  126  of the present embodiment corresponds to an information obtaining section, a calculating section, and a determining section. 
   &lt;Actual Determination of Overheating&gt; 
     FIG. 13  is a diagram in which an example of the control states when the carry motor  15  is actually driven is described simply. When the inkjet printer  1  starts a printing process, the carry motor  15  is driven to carry the medium S. When the carry motor  15  is driven, the drive amount for each drive (here the drive amount of the carry motor  15  is expressed in a unit of number of steps, which hereinafter is also referred to as “PF steps”) is successively added. The controller  126  successively adds the carry amounts of the carry motor  15 , these carry amounts being commanded in carry commands sent to the carry controller  130 . That is, when a carry command of 200 steps is sent to the carry controller  130  as the carry amount, the controller  126  adds 200 steps. When the controller  126  sends a further carry command of 300 steps as the drive amount to the carry controller  130 , 300 steps are added to the existing integrated value (currently “200”). Thus, the integrated value becomes “500.” In this manner, the controller  126  successively adds the drive amounts of the carry motor  15  that have been commanded to the carry controller  130 . It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the integrated value calculated by the controller  126  is referred to as “Psum.” 
     FIG. 14  shows an example of the addition of drive amounts PFstep (number of drive steps) of the carry motor  15  by the controller  126 . As shown in this diagram, when the carry motor  15  is driven 200 steps and is then subsequently driven 150 steps, the integrated value Psum becomes 350. When the carry motor  15  is further driven 250 steps, the integrated value Psum becomes 600. Next, when the carry motor  15  is driven 100 steps, the integrated value Psum becomes 700. And when the carry motor  15  is driven 50 steps, the integrated value Psum becomes 750. In this way, each time the carry motor  15  is driven, the drive amount PFstep thereof is successively added to the integrated value Psum. 
   When the printing process proceeds, the integrated value Psum calculated by the controller  126  gradually increases. Here, when the integrated value Psum reaches a predetermined value (here referred to as “Pduty”) at time t 1 , the controller  126  determines that the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state and starts heat restriction control on the carry motor  15  using the carry controller  130 . As stated earlier, heat restriction control involves making the carry motor  15  wait an additional standby time, as required, every time the carry motor  15  is driven once. In this way, the temperature of the carry motor  15  is inhibited from rising while continuously driving the carry motor  15 . 
     FIGS. 15A and 15B  are for describing operational conditions of the carry motor  15  when the carry motor  15  is subjected to heat restriction control and during normal times when heat restriction control is not performed.  FIG. 15A  shows a normal case in which heat restriction control has not been performed and  FIG. 15B  shows a case when heat restriction control has been performed. 
   As shown in  FIG. 15A , when heat restriction control is not performed, the carry motor  15  is driven in alternation with the carriage motor  42  during printing. That is, when the carry motor  15  is being driven, the driving of the carriage motor  42  is halted, and when the driving of the carry motor  15  is halted, the carriage motor  42  is driven. When the driving of the carriage motor  42  is finished, the driving of the carry motor  15  starts immediately. 
   On the other hand, as shown in  FIG. 15B , when heat restriction control has been performed, driving of the carry motor  15  does not start immediately after the driving of the carriage motor  42  has finished. That is, even after the period in which the carriage motor  42  is driven is finished, the carry motor  15  is made to pause for a short while with no driving, and driving restarts once a predetermined standby time has elapsed. This is a measure for ensuring that the temperature does not rise excessively when the carry motor  15  is next driven by providing a sufficient cooling period for the carry motor  15  that has fallen into an overheated state. In this way, printing can be carried out continuously by inhibiting the temperature of the carry motor  15  from rising while driving the carry motor  15 . Printing is accomplished while thus inhibiting temperature rises of the carry motor  15 . 
   Then, as shown in  FIG. 13 , after printing has finished at the time t 2 , when there is no print command from a user for some time and a printing standby, condition continues, the controller  126  gradually reduces the integrated value Psum of the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  with the passing of time. Here, the controller  126  carries out a calculation process in which the integrated value Psum is reduced by a predetermined value ΔPm for every passing of a predetermined time Δtm. In this way, during the time until there is a new print command from a user, the controller  126  gradually reduces the integrated value Psum by increments of the predetermined value ΔPm, 
   Here, when there is a command from the user to turn off the power of the inkjet printer  1  at the time t 3 , then, at the time when the power is turned off, the controller  126  stores the integrated value Psum of that time in an appropriate storage section such as the main memory  127 . Then, during the time when the power of the inkjet printer  1  is turned off, the integrated value Psum is stored and held. 
   Then, when the power to the inkjet printer  1  is turned on again by a user at the time t 4 , the controller  126  reads the integrated value Psum that is being stored in the main memory  127  or the like. Then, when printing has started again, the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is successively added in the same manner as described above to the integrated value Psum that has been read out. In this way, the integrated value Psum of the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  again begins to gradually increase as shown in  FIG. 13 . Then, when the integrated value Psum again reaches the predetermined value Pduty at the time t 5 , the controller  126  begins to apply heat restriction control on the carry motor  15  using the carry controller  130  and an additional standby time is set as required each time the carry motor  15  is driven one time. In this way, the temperature of the carry motor  15  is inhibited from rising while continuously driving the carry motor  15 . 
   When printing has again finished at the time t 6  and when there is no print command from a user for some time after this and a printing standby condition continues, the controller  126  gradually reduces the integrated value Psum with the passing of time. Here also, the integrated value Psum is reduced by the predetermined value ΔPm every time the predetermined time Δtm passes, in the same manner as described above. 
   Then, when again there is print command from a user and printing starts at the time t 7 , the controller  126  successively adds the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  to the integrated value Psum and the integrated value Psum again begins to increase gradually. After this, when the integrated value Psum again reaches the predetermined value Pduty at the time t 8 , heat restriction control is again carried out on the carry motor  15  by the controller  126 . 
   &lt;Controller Processes&gt; 
     FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an addition processing procedure of the controller  126 . First, the controller  126  sets an initial value for the integrated value Psum (S 202 ). The initial value may be zero for example, or may be the integrated value Psum stored in the main memory  127  or the like when the power was turned off previously. Next, when sending a carry command to the carry controller  130 , the controller  126  checks whether or not information relating to the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  has been obtained (S 204 ). Here, if no information relating to the drive amount PFstep has been obtained, the procedure returns to step S 204  and a check is carried out again as to whether or not information relating to the drive amount PFstep has been obtained (S 204 ). This check is carried out until information relating to the drive amount PFstep is obtained. 
   When information relating to the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  has been obtained, the procedure proceeds to the next step, step S 206 , and the controller  126  adds the obtained drive amount PFstep to the integrated value Psum (s 206 ). After this adding process is finished, the controller  126  next carries out a check (S 208 ) as to whether or not the new integrated value Psum obtained by the calculation has reached the predetermined value Pduty, which is the reference for determining whether or not there is a condition of overheating. Here, when the new integrated value Psum has reached the predetermined value Pduty, the controller  126  determines that the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state and starts heat restriction control on the carry motor  15  using the carry controller  130  (S 210 ). After this, the controller  126  finishes the calculation processing. 
   On the other hand, if the new integrated value Psum has not reached the predetermined value Pduty, the controller  126  determines that the carry motor  15  is not yet in an overheated state and returns to step S 204  to again try to obtain the drive amount PFstep (S 204 ). 
   &lt;Setting the Predetermined Value Pduty&gt; 
   A method for setting the predetermined value Pduty, which is the reference for determining whether or not the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state, is described. Here, a simulation is carried out assuming a case in which the carry motor  15  is actually driven and the predetermined value Pduty is determined based on the results of the simulation. In this simulation, the amount of heat produced is obtained when the carry motor  15 , which is the target for determination, is actually driven. Here, a case in which the carry motor  15  is driven under the most severe conditions (worst conditions) is examined. The rise in temperature of the carry motor  15  is calculated from the amount of heat produced by the carry motor  15  in this case and the aggregate drive amount of the carry motor  15  until a critical temperature (hereinafter also referred to as “limit temperature”) at which the carry motor  15  can be safely used is examined. 
   The amount of heat produced by the carry motor  15  is calculated giving consideration to such factors as the size of the load on the carry motor  15 , the effective current flowing to the carry motor  15 , and temperature characteristics of the coil of the carry motor  15 . Furthermore, the most severe conditions are set assuming an extremely short drive time of the carriage motor  42 , for example, when the printing width in the carriage movement direction is extremely narrow such as when drawing (printing) a vertical line. As for the aggregate drive amount of the carry motor  15 , the drive time of the carry motor  15  taken until the temperature of the carry motor  15  reaches the limit temperature is obtained, and the aggregate drive amount is calculated from that drive time. In the present embodiment, the aggregate drive amount of the carry motor  15  calculated here is called the predetermined value Pduty. 
     FIG. 17  is for describing an example of a method for obtaining the predetermined value Pduty. The time taken until the limit temperature (110° C.) is reached with an effective current of 410 mA (corresponding to 260 gcm) is assumed to be 1,000 s. When the drive amount of the carry motor  15  required to print one sheet of an A4 size sheet is given as 15,000 steps and the printing time thereof is given as 10 s (printing speed: 6 ppm), the number of sheets that can be printed until the carry motor  15  reaches the limit temperature is 1,000 s/10 s, i.e., approximately 100 sheets. From this, the predetermined value Pduty becomes 15,000×100, giving a value of 1,500,000. 
   ===Point of Difference from Conventional Techniques (1)=== 
   Conventionally, the integrated value Psum has been reduced to match the temperature condition of the carry motor  15  in such ways as by gradually subtracting the integrated value Psum when the carry motor  15  has not been driven for a short while or by resetting the integrated value Psum to zero when the carry motor  15  has not been driven for a long time. However, there has been no measure in place with regard to the integrated value Psum for when the carry motor  15  is stopped for an extremely short time such as when it is stopped for an extremely short time while the carriage motor  42  is being driven. 
   For this reason, the integrated value Psum has reached the predetermined value Pduty and it has been determined that the carry motor  15  is in an overheated state, even in cases where the carry motor  15  has not fallen into an overheated state. When the carry motor  15  is determined to be in an overheated state, heat restriction control is executed so that additional standby time is created for the carry motor  15  to cool, which has sometimes caused problems such as printing times being lengthened and print processing being slowed. 
   In order to solve such problems, in the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment, a process is performed in which, even for cases where the carry motor  15  is stopped during the period in which the carriage motor  42  is being driven, the integrated value Psum is reduced in response to this stop time. That is, each time the carry motor  15  stops, a value corresponding to that stop time (which corresponds to a subtraction value and hereinafter is also referred to as “Psub”) is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. It should be noted that the process at this time of subtracting the value “Psub,” which corresponds to the stop time of the carry motor  15 , from the integrated value Psum is carried out by the controller  126 . 
   ===Process Overview (1)=== 
     FIG. 18  is for illustrating an overview of this process. Before the carry motor  15  is driven, the controller  126  obtains information of the drive amount PFstep and adds that drive amount PFstep to the integrated value Psum. When the driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped, the controller  126  measures the stop time and subtracts a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the stop time from the integrated value Psum. The controller  126  performs this subtraction process every time the driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped then, after the drive stop period of the carry motor  15  is finished and driving of the carry motor  15  again starts, the controller  126  promptly subtracts the subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum. 
   It should be noted that the timer  144  shown in  FIG. 4  is used in measuring the stop time of the carry motor  15 . When the driving of the carry motor  15  stops, the controller  126  immediately activates the timer  144  and starts time measurement. Then, when the driving of the carriage motor  42  is stopped and the carry motor  15  again starts to be driven, the controller  126  stops the time measuring of the timer  144  and obtains from the timer  144  the time of the period in which the carry motor  15  was stopped. The controller  126  then subtracts the subtraction value Psub corresponding to the thus-obtained time from the integrated value Psum. 
   &lt;Subtraction Process of the Controller (1)&gt; 
     FIG. 19  illustrates an example of the processing procedure of the controller  126  at this time. First, the controller  126  checks whether or not the driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped (S 302 ). Here, when the driving of the carry motor  15  is not stopped, the procedure returns to step S 302  and a check is again performed as to whether or not the driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped. This check is carried out until the driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped. 
   When it has been confirmed that driving of the carry motor  15  has been stopped, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 304  and activates the timer  144  to immediately start time measurement (S 304 ). Next, the controller  126  checks whether or not driving of the carry motor  15  has started (S 306 ). Here, when driving of the carry motor  15  has not started, the procedure returns to step S 306  and a check is again performed as to whether or not driving of the carry motor  15  has started. This check is carried out until driving of the carry motor  15  starts. 
   When it has been confirmed that driving of the carry motor  15  has started, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 308  and stops the time measurement of the timer  144  (S 308 ). In this way, the controller  126  obtains the time in which driving of the carry motor  15  has been stopped (S 310 ). 
   Next, based on the stop time of the carry motor  15 , the controller  126  obtains a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the stop time. Here, the controller  126  may determine the subtraction value Psub through a calculation from the stop time of the carry motor  15 , or may obtain the subtraction value Psub from a table in which stop times of the carry motor  15  and subtraction values Psub are correlated. 
   Next, the controller  126  performs a calculation process (S 314 ) in which the obtained subtraction value Psub is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. In this way, the integrated value Psum can be reduced according to the stop time of the carry motor  15 . After the subtraction value Psub has been subtracted, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 316  and investigates whether or not the printing process has finished. Here, when the printing process is not finished, the controller  126  returns again to step S 302  and a check is again performed as to whether or not driving of the carry motor  15  is stopped (S 302 ). On the other hand, if the printing process has finished, the controller  126  finishes the process of performing subtraction on the integrated value Psum corresponding to the stop time of the carry motor  15 . 
   ===Subtraction value Psub (1)=== 
   With regard to the subtraction value Psub, which is subtracted from the integrated value Psum, it may be any value as long as it is a value corresponding to the stop time of the carry motor  15 . However, in the present embodiment, in order to subtract the most appropriate subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum, consideration is also given to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  apart from the stop time of the carry motor  15 , such that a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive mode is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. 
     FIG. 20  shows an example of a table that the controller  126  references to obtain the subtraction value. Psub. This table indicates subtraction values Psub that have been set according to the stop time of the carry motor  15  and the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . 
   The subtraction value Psub is partitioned into three portions corresponding to the stop time Tm of the carry motor  15 . That is, the stop time Tm of the carry motor  15  is partitioned into three cases; the when stop time Tm is “less than 100 ms,” when it is “not less than 100 ms but less than 140 ms,” and when it is “140 ms or more.” The subtraction values Psub that are set in each partition are different. It should be noted that printing of “postcard” size papers may be an example for when the stop time is “not less than 100 ms but less than 140 ms”. Furthermore, printing of A4 size papers may be an example for when the stop time is “140 ms or more.” 
   Here, moreover, the subtraction values Psub are different for each drive mode of the carry motor  15 . There are seven types of drive mode, from “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 .” Each of the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” is set according to the drive amount PFstep when the carry motor  15  is driven. Here, when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 1 to 25 steps, “PS 6 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . Furthermore, when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 25 to 50 steps, “PS 5 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 50 to 100 steps, “PS 4 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 100 to 150 steps, “PS 3 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 150 to 200 steps, “PS 2 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 200 to 250 steps, “psi” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . And when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is 250 or more steps, “PS 0 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . 
   &lt;Drive Mode&gt; 
   Each of the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” has a different profile for controlling the carry motor  15  when respectively driving the carry motor  15 .  FIG. 21  shows an example of separate control profiles for the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 .” In the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ,” at least one of the rate of acceleration when accelerating, the velocity at constant speed, and the rate of acceleration when decelerating when respectively driving the carry motor  15 , is different. 
   When the drive mode is “PS 0 ” since the drive amount PFstep is extremely large at “250 steps or more,” a large drive current is applied to the carry motor  15  at the time of acceleration in order to drive the carry motor  15  at high speed as shown at the top left in the drawing, such that the velocity of the carry motor  15  is controlled so as to reach a high speed range in a short time. When decelerating, in order to be able to stop the carry motor in a short time from the high speed range, a reverse direction drive current is applied to control the carry motor so as to achieve rapid deceleration. 
   On the other hand, when the drive mode is “PS 1 ,” since the drive amount PFstep is “200 to 250 steps,” which is slightly less than the “PS 0 ” mode, there is no need to perform driving at a speed as high as the drive mode “PS 0 ” and the drive current of the carry motor  15  is also smaller. 
   Similarly for the drive mode “PS 2 ,” since the drive amount PFstep becomes smaller at “150 to 200 steps,” the drive velocity that is set is also slower and the drive current is also smaller. 
   Further still, similarly for the other drive modes “PS 3 ” to “PS 6 ,” since the drive amounts PFstep gradually become smaller, the drive velocity that is set also becomes gradually slower, and the drive current also becomes gradually smaller. 
   &lt;Reason for Different Subtraction Values Psub&gt; 
   The subtraction values Psub are different for the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” for reasons that include the following.  FIGS. 22A and 22B  are graphs that show an overview of investigating the number of sheets that can be printed until the carry motor  15  reaches the limit temperature (hereinafter called “number of sheets until limit temperature reached”) in which respective simulations were carried out separately for each of the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6 .  FIG. 22A  shows an overview for the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , PS 2 , and PS 3 .  FIG. 22B  shows an overview for the drive modes PS 3 , PS 4 , PS 5 , and PS 6 . It should be noted that the numbers of sheets until the limit temperature is reached that are shown here are converted for the case of printing on A4 size sheets. Furthermore, as was described previously, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached can be obtained from the printing time of the carry motor  15  until a critical temperature (limit temperature) is reached in which the carry motor  15  can be used safely. Furthermore, in order to facilitate comparison between the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6 , the results for the drive mode PS 3  are shown in both  FIG. 22A  and  FIG. 22B . 
   As shown in  FIG. 22A  in regard to the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , PS 2 , and PS 3 , the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached increases for longer stop times of the carry motor  15 . On the other hand, among the drive modes PS 0  to PS 3 , the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is greatest in the drive mode PS 0  and the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is smallest for the drive mode PS 3 . This would appear to be because the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , and PS 2  have a faster drive velocity compared to the drive mode PS 3 , and therefore, the number of sheets that can be printed until the limit temperature is reached is greater. 
   On the other hand, as shown in  FIG. 22B , in regard to the drive modes PS 3 , PS 4 , PS 5 , and PS 6 , the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached increases for longer stop times of the carry motor  15  as is the case for the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , and PS 2 . However, among the drive modes PS 3  to PS 6 , the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is greatest in the drive mode PS 6  and the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is smallest for the drive mode PS 3 . This would appear to be because the number of times the carry motor  15  stops increases for smaller single drive amounts PFstep in the drive modes PS 4 , PS 5 , and PS 6 , and thus the number of sheets that can be printed until the limit temperature is reached is greater. 
   Furthermore, the fact that the slope in the graph is greater for the drive modes PS 4 , PS 5 , and PS 6  compared to the drive modes PS 0 , PS 1 , PS 2 , and PS 3  would appear to be because the number of times the carry motor  15  stops increases for smaller single drive amounts PFstep, and thus the number of sheets that can be printed until the limit temperature is reached increases as the stop times of the carry motor  15  become longer. 
   In this way, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is different in each of the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6 . In particular, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is not necessarily greater when there are greater drive amounts PFstep than other drive modes, and it is necessary to separately set the subtraction values Psub for each of the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6 . 
   &lt;Method for Obtaining the Subtraction Value Psub (1)&gt; 
   Next, a method for obtaining the subtraction values Psub is described in detail.  FIG. 23  shows an example of when the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set separately for stop times in each drive mode. Here, in order to secure very high safety, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set on the safe side, that is, set lower than actual simulation results. It should be noted that here the previously described method is used in regard to the method for obtaining the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached. 
   First, a reference drive condition is determined. Here, as shown in the table, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached when the motor stop time Tm is “Tm&lt;100 ms” in the drive mode PS 3  is lowest at 100 sheets; therefore, each subtraction value Psub is obtained using this drive condition as a reference. 
   Here, the subtraction value Psub is obtained for when the motor stop time Tm is “Tm&lt;100 ms” in the drive mode PS 0 . The number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is 480 sheets. The drive amount PFstep of the carry motor when printing a single A4 sheet is 580 mm, so that the following is true when converting the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached into the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor  15 . 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   It should be noted that here the conversion for the number of drive steps is carried out assuming printing at a resolution of 720 dpi. 
   On the other hand, when obtaining the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor when the motor stop time Tm is “Tm&lt;100 ms” in the reference drive mode PS 3 , the following is true. 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   It should be noted that the value of (2) becomes the predetermined value Pduty. 
   Obtaining the difference between the value of (1) and the value of (2) gives 6,247,559 steps. Obtaining the rate of increase from this difference when the motor stop time Tm is “Tm&lt;100 ms” in the drive mode PS 0  gives 6,247,559/7,891,653, which is a rate of increase of 0.79. 
   The rate of increase of 0.79 is multiplied by the smallest drive amount of 250 steps in the drive mode PS 0 . As a result, a value of 0.79×250=197 is obtained. As shown in the Psub table of  FIG. 20 , the thus-obtained value is set as the subtraction value Psub when the motor stop time Tm is “Tm&lt;100 ms” in the drive mode PS 0 . 
   Furthermore, the case of when the motor stop time is “140≦Tm” in the drive mode PS 2  is examined. Since the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is 374 sheets, the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor is as follows: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   Obtaining the difference between the value of (3) and the reference value of (2) gives 4,504,819 steps. Determining the rate of increase from this difference gives 4,504,819/6,148,913, thus obtaining a rate of increase 0.73. The rate of increase of 0.73 is multiplied by the smallest drive amount of 150 steps in the drive mode PS 2 , giving 0.73×150=109, and as shown in the Psub table of  FIG. 20 , this value is set as the subtraction value Psub when the motor stop time Tm is “140≦Tm” in the drive mode PS 2 . 
   In this way, the subtraction values Psub for each of the motor stop times of the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6  are obtained from the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached shown in  FIG. 23 , to complete the Psub table as shown in  FIG. 20 . 
   &lt;Procedure for Obtaining the Subtraction Value Psub (1)&gt; 
     FIG. 24  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for obtaining the subtraction value Psub by the controller  126 . Here, the controller  126  first obtains the stop time of the carry motor  15  in order to obtain the subtraction value Psub (S 402 ). It should be noted that the method for obtaining the stop time of the carry motor  15  is as has been described previously. After the stop time of the carry motor  15  has been obtained in this manner, next, the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  (S 404 ). Here, the information relating to the drive mode that the controller  126  obtains refers to the drive mode used when driving of the carry motor  15  has started after the completions of the stop time of the carry motor. That is, for example, when the carry motor  15  is driven in the drive mode PS 4  after a stop time of 100 ms, the drive mode PS 4  is obtained by the controller  126  corresponding to the stop time 10 ms. 
   After information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  has been obtained in this manner, next, the controller  126  references (S 406 ) the Psub table (see  FIG. 20 ). Here, based on the obtained stop time and the obtained drive mode, the controller  126  obtains from the Psub table a subtraction value Psub that is correlated with these (S 408 ). After this, the controller  126  finishes the process of obtaining the subtraction value Psub. 
   After this process is finished, the controller  126  performs a calculation in which the subtraction value Psub, which has been obtained as described previously in  FIG. 19 , is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. It should be noted that the controller  126  obtains the subtraction value Psub each time the stop time of the carry motor  15  has finished and driving of the carry motor  15  is restarted. 
   &lt;Effect of Subtracting the Subtraction Value Psub (1)&gt; 
     FIG. 25  shows how the integrated value Psum increases in the case of a conventional technique and in the case of the present embodiment. In the case of a conventional technique, only the drive amounts PFstep of the carry motor  15  are successively added for the integrated value Psum, and therefore, as shown in the diagram, the integrated value Psum reaches the predetermined value Pduty, which is the reference for determining whether or not there is an overheated state, at a stage when the number of printed sheets is still small. Thus, the carry motor  15  is determined to be in an overheated state at a stage when the temperature of the carry motor  15  has not risen to such an extent, which has resulted in heat restriction control being started for the carry motor  15 . In this way, sometimes problems have occurred in which additional standby time is created for the carry motor  15 , which results in printing times being lengthened and print processing being slowed down. 
   In contrast to this, in the case of the present embodiment, the subtraction value Psub is successively subtracted from the integrated value Psum each time the carry motor  15  is driven. Thus, in the case of the present embodiment, the time taken until the integrated value Psum reaches the predetermined value Pduty is delayed compared to the conventional technique as shown in  FIG. 25 . That is, as long as the temperature of the carry motor  15  does not rise substantially, the integrated value Psum does not reach the predetermined value Pduty. Thus, with the present embodiment, an additional N number of sheets more than with the conventional technique can be printed before executing heat restriction control 
   &lt;Summary (1)&gt; 
   In the inkjet printer  1  according to the present embodiment, in addition to a calculation in which the integrated value Psum is obtained by successively adding the drive amounts PFstep of the carry motor  15 , a calculation is performed in which a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the stop time from the time the carry motor  15  is stopped is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. Therefore an integrated value Psum can be obtained that matches the temperature condition of the carry motor  15 . In this way, it is possible to prevent early execution of heat restriction control on the carry motor  15  that occurs when the carry motor  15  is determined to be in an overheated state regardless of the carry motor  15  not being in an overheated state. Moreover, reduced costs can be achieved since it is possible to achieve the same number of sheets until the heating limit temperature is reached even with a small size motor. 
   Further still, in the present embodiment, since the subtraction value Psub that is subtracted from the integrated value Psum is set giving consideration also to the drive mode of the carry motor  15 , a more appropriate subtraction value Psub can be subtracted from the integrated value Psum, which enables an integrated value Psum to be obtained that better matches the temperature condition of the carry motor  15 . 
   Moreover, in the present embodiment, since the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is added to the integrated value Psum before the carry motor  15  is driven according to that drive amount PFstep, it is possible to forecast a temperature condition of the carry motor  15  in advance, thereby enabling heat restriction control to be implemented on the carry motor  15  at an early stage. This makes it possible to achieve very high safety. 
   Furthermore, since a Psub table in which the stop time and the drive mode of the carry motor  15  and the subtraction values Psub are associated is provided in the present embodiment, the subtraction value Psub can be obtained simply. 
   It should be noted that the present embodiment was described using the carry motor  15  as an example of a motor for which an overheated state was to be determined, but in the case of the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment, the carriage motor  42  may also be a target for determining whether or not there is an overheated state. In this case, it is preferable that the various calculations, obtaining of the stop times and the like are carried out by the controller  126 . Furthermore, it goes without saying that heat restriction control may be executed also on the carriage motor  42 . 
   ===Point of Difference from Conventional Techniques (2)=== 
   Here, instead of performing a process of subtracting a value (Psub) corresponding to the stop time of the carry motor  15  from the integrated value Psum when the carry motor  15  stops as in the above-described embodiment, a process of reducing the integrated value Psum according to a drive amount of the carriage motor  42  during that stoppage is executed. That is, each time the carry motor  15  stops and the carriage motor  42  is driven, a value corresponding to that drive amount (which corresponds to a subtraction value and hereinafter is also referred to as “Psub”) is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. The process at this time of subtracting the value “Psub,” which corresponds to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 , from the integrated value Psum is carried out by the controller  126 . It should be noted that the carriage motor  42  corresponds to the “other motor” in the present embodiment. 
   ===Process Overview (2)=== 
     FIG. 26  is for illustrating an overview of this process. Before the carry motor  15  is driven, the controller  126  obtains information of the drive amount PFstep thereof and adds that drive amount PFstep to the integrated value Psum. Furthermore, when the carriage motor  42  is driven, the controller  126  obtains information relating to that drive amount. Then, here, after driving of the carry motor  15  is finished, the controller  126  subtracts a subtraction value Psub, which corresponds to the obtained drive amount of the carriage motor.  42 , from the integrated value Psum. The controller  126  performs this subtraction process every time the carriage motor  42  is driven between the drive operations of the carry motor  15 . 
   It should be noted that the timing by which the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  may be prior to the carriage motor  42  starting driving according to that drive amount, and may be after driving of the carriage motor  42  has started. 
   &lt;Subtraction Process of the Controller&gt; 
     FIG. 27  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subtraction process that the controller  126  carries out at this time. Here, the controller  126  first checks whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained (S 502 ). Here, when information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has not been obtained, the procedure returns to step S 502  and a check is again performed as to whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained. This check is carried out until the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . 
   On the other hand, when information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 504  and obtains a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  based on the obtained information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  (S 504 ). Here, the subtraction value Psub may be determined from the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  through calculation by the controller  126  or the like, or it may be obtained from a table in which drive amounts of the carriage motor  42  and subtraction values Psub are correlated. 
   Next, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 506  and checks whether or not driving of the carriage motor  42  has finished (S 506 ). Here, when driving of the carriage motor  42  has not finished, the procedure returns to step S 506  and a check is again performed as to whether or not driving of the carriage motor  42  has been finished. This check is carried out until driving of the carriage motor  42  is finished. 
   On the other hand, when driving of the carriage motor  42  has finished, the procedure next proceeds to step  5508  and a calculation process is carried out in which a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the obtained drive amount of the carriage motor  42  is subtracted from the integrated value Psum (S 508 ). In this way, the integrated value Psum can be reduced according to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . After the subtraction value Psub has been subtracted, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 510  and investigates whether or not the printing process has finished. Here, when the printing process has not finished, the controller  126  returns again to step  5502  and a check is again performed as to whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained (S 502 ). On the other hand, if the printing process has finished, the controller  126  finishes the process of performing subtraction on the integrated value Psum. 
   &lt;Example of Other Processes&gt; 
   In the above-described embodiment, after driving of the carry motor  15  is finished, a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. This is done in order not to subtract the subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum before the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is added to the integrated value Psum, so that heat restriction control can be implemented at a stage as soon as possible when the carry motor  15  is approaching an overheated state. However, there is no limitation to this. That is, the subtraction value Psub may be subtracted from the integrated value Psum before the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is added to the integrated value Psum or at a timing substantially the same as when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is added to the integrated value Psum. 
     FIG. 28  is for illustrating an overview of processing when the process of adding the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  to the integrated value Psum and the process of subtracting the subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum are performed substantially simultaneously. When the carriage motor  42  is driven, the controller  126  obtains information relating to that drive amount. Here, information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  can be obtained before the carriage motor  42  is driven. After this, based on the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  that has been obtained, the controller  126  obtains a subtraction value Psub that corresponds to that drive amount. Furthermore, before the carry motor  15  is driven, the controller  126  can obtain information of that drive amount PFstep. 
   Before driving of the carry motor  15  starts, the controller  126  adds the obtained drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  to the integrated value Psum and subtracts the obtained subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum. Here, the subtraction value Psub has already been obtained based on the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  obtained prior to driving the carriage motor  42 . 
   The controller  126  performs the process of adding the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  to the integrated value Psum and the process of subtracting the subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum at substantially the same timing. When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is obtained, the controller  126  immediately performs the addition process and the subtraction process. The controller  126  performs the addition process and the subtraction process each time the carry motor  15  is driven. 
     FIG. 29  is a flowchart illustrating an overview of processing performed by the controller  126  at this time. First, the controller  126  checks whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained (S 602 ). Here, when information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has not been obtained, the procedure returns to step S 602  and a check is again performed as to whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained. This check is carried out until the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . 
   On the other hand, when information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained, the controller  126  proceeds to step S 604  and obtains a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  based on the obtained information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  (S 604 ). 
   Next, the controller  126  checks whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15  has been obtained (S 606 ). Here, when information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15  has not been obtained, the procedure returns to step S 606  and a check is again performed as to whether or not information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15  has been obtained. This check is carried out until the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15 . 
   When information relating to the drive amount of the carry motor  15  has been obtained, the controller  126  performs the process of adding the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  to the integrated value Psum and the process of subtracting the subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum (S 608 ). That is, the controller  126  updates the integrated value Psum using the arithmetic expression “Psum=Psum+PFstep−Psub.” 
   After this arithmetic processing is finished, the controller  126  checks whether or not the printing process is finished (S 610 ). Here, when the printing process has not finished, the controller  126  returns again to step S 602  and a check is performed as to whether or not new information relating to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  has been obtained (S 602 ). On the other hand, if the printing process has finished, the controller  126  finishes the process of carrying out calculation on the integrated value Psum. 
   &lt;Regarding the Drive Amount of the Carriage Motor&gt; 
   In regard to cases in which the carriage motor  42  is driven between driving operations of the carry motor  15 , in addition to the above-described printing operation, there are also cases when flushing is carried out involving the ejection of ink from the nozzles and cases when nozzle suction is carried out involving suctioning out of ink from the nozzles, in order to eliminate such problems as clogging of the nozzles of the head  21 . When these operations are carried out, the carriage  41  must be moved to a predetermined position of a pump device  31  or the like, and therefore the carriage motor  42  is driven. 
   When carrying out these operations, the carriage motor  42  is driven two times or more while the carry motor  15  is in a drive stop period. That is, while the carry motor  15  is in a drive stop period, driving and stopping of the carriage motor  42  is repeated two times or more. 
   When driving and stopping of the carriage motor  42  is repeated two times or more in this manner, it is preferable that the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  that is referenced in order for the controller  126  to obtain the subtraction value Psub is the total drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . However, to ensure that the carry motor  15  undergoes heat restriction control at an early stage, the controller  126  may obtain any one of the drive amounts as the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . 
     FIG. 30  illustrates an example of driving conditions when driving of the carriage motor  42  is carried out a plurality of times during the drive stop period of the carry motor  15  ere, the carriage motor  42  is driven two times while the carry motor  15  is in a drive stop period. 
   There are two timings during the drive stop period of the carry motor  15  at which the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  is obtained by the controller  126 . Namely, these timings are immediately prior to each time the carriage motor  42  is driven. Here, the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  that is referenced in order for the controller  126  to obtain the subtraction value Psub may be the drive amount of either of these times. That is, this may be the drive amount of the first time of driving or may be the drive amount of the second time of driving. 
   ===Subtraction Value Psub (2)=== 
   With regard to the subtraction value Psub, which is subtracted from the integrated value Psum, it may be any value as long as it is a value corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 . However, in the present embodiment, in order to subtract the most appropriate subtraction value Psub from the integrated value Psum, consideration is also given to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  apart from the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 , such that a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive mode is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. 
     FIG. 31  shows an example of a table that the controller  126  references to obtain the subtraction value Psub. This table indicates subtraction values Psub that have been set according to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  and the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . 
   The subtraction value Psub is partitioned into three portions corresponding to a drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42 . That is, the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is partitioned into three cases: when the drive amount CRm is “less than 1,114 steps,” when it is “not less than 1,114 steps but less than 1,894 steps,” and when it is “1,894 steps or more.” It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  is controlled at 180 dpi, with 1/180 inch being a single step. 
   Here, a case of the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  being “less than 1,114 steps” corresponds for example to when the stop time Tm of the carry motor  15  is less than 100 ms. Furthermore, a case of the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  being “not less than 1,114 steps but less than 1,894 steps” corresponds for example to when the stop time Tm of the carry motor  15  is not less than 100 ms but less than 140 ms which applies to such cases as when printing is carried out on a sheet approximately of a “postcard” size. Furthermore, a case of the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  being “1,894 steps or more” corresponds for example to when the stop time Tm of the carry motor  15  is 140 ms or more, which applies to such cases as when printing is carried out on a sheet approximately of an A4 size. 
   The subtraction value Psub is set to respectively different values for different drive amounts CRm of the carriage motor  42 . Here, moreover, the subtraction values Psub are set to different values for each drive mode of the carry motor  15 . There are seven types of drive mode, from “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 .” Each of the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” is set according to the drive amount PFstep when the carry motor  15  is driven. It should be noted that the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” are as illustrated in  FIG. 21 . 
   Here, when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 1 to 25 steps, “PS 6 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . Furthermore, when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 25 to 50 steps, “PS 5 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 50 to 100 steps, “PS 4 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 100 to 150 steps, “PS 3 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 150 to 200 steps, “PS 2 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . When the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is from 200 to 250 steps, “PS 1 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . And when the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is 250 steps or more, “PS 0 ” is set as the drive mode of the carry motor  15 . 
   It should be noted that a reason the subtraction value Psub is different for each of the drive modes “PS 0 ” to “PS 6 ” is as was described before in regard to  FIGS. 22A and 22B . 
   &lt;Method for Obtaining the Subtraction value Psub (2)&gt; 
   Next, a method for obtaining the subtraction values Psub in this case is described in detail.  FIG. 32  shows an example of when the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set separately for drive amounts CRm of the carriage motor  42  in each of the drive modes PS 0  to PS 6 . Here, in order to secure very high safety, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is set on the safe side, that is, set lower than actual simulation results. It should be noted that here the previously described method is used in regard to the method for obtaining the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached. 
   First, a reference drive condition is determined. Here, as shown in the table, the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached for when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “CRm&lt;1,114 steps” in the drive mode PS 3  is lowest at 100 sheets; therefore, each subtraction value Psub is obtained using this drive condition as a reference. 
   Here, the subtraction value Psub is obtained for when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “CRm&lt;1,114 steps” in the drive mode PS 0 . The number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is 480 sheets. The drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  when printing a single A4 sheet is 580 mm, so that the following is true when converting the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached into the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor  15 . 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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                     ( 
                     
                       inch 
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                       conversion 
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   × 
                   720 
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                   ⁢ 
                   dpi 
                 
                 = 
                 
                   7 
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                     , 
                   
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                   891 
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                     , 
                   
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                   653 
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                   steps 
                 
               
             
             
               
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                 1 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   It should be noted that here the conversion for the number of drive steps is carried out assuming printing at a resolution of 720 dpi. 
   On the other hand, when obtaining the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor  15  when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “CRm&lt;1,114 steps” in the reference drive mode PS 3 , the following is true. 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   100 
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                     sheets 
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                   × 
                   580 
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                     mm 
                     / 
                     25.4 
                   
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                     ( 
                     
                       inch 
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                       conversion 
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   × 
                   720 
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                   dpi 
                 
                 = 
                 
                   1 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                     , 
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   644 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                     , 
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   094 
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                   steps 
                 
               
             
             
               
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                 2 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   It should be noted that the value of (2) becomes the predetermined value Pduty. 
   Obtaining the difference between the value of (1) and the value of (2) gives 6,247,559 steps obtaining the rate of increase from this difference when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “CRm&lt;1,114 steps” in the drive mode PS 0  gives 6,247,559/7,891,653, which is a rate of increase of 0.79. 
   The rate of increase of 0.79 is multiplied by the smallest drive amount of 250 steps in the drive mode PS 0 . As a result, a value of 0.79×250=197 is obtained. As shown in the Psub table of  FIG. 31 , the thus-obtained value is set as the subtraction value Psub for when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “CRm&lt;1,114 steps” in the drive mode PS 0 . 
   Furthermore, the case of when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “1,894 steps≦CRm” in the drive mode PS 2  is examined. Since the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached is 374 sheets, the aggregate number of drive steps of the carry motor  15  is as follows: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   374 
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                     sheets 
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                   × 
                   580 
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                     mm 
                     / 
                     25.4 
                   
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                     ( 
                     
                       inch 
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                       conversion 
                     
                     ) 
                   
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                   720 
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                   dpi 
                 
                 = 
                 
                   6 
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                     , 
                   
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                   148 
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                     , 
                   
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                   913 
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                   ⁢ 
                   steps 
                 
               
             
             
               
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                 3 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   Obtaining the difference between the value of (3) and the reference value of (2) gives 4,504,819 steps. Determining the rate of increase from this difference gives 4,504,819/6,148,913, thus obtaining a rate of increase 0.73. The rate of increase of 0.73 is multiplied by the smallest drive amount of 150 steps in the drive mode PS 2 , giving 0.73×150=109, and as shown in the Psub table of  FIG. 31 , this value is set as the subtraction value Psub when the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  is “1,894 steps≦CRm” in the drive mode PS 2 . 
   In this way, the subtraction values Psub for each drive amount of the carriage motor  42  in each of the drive modes is obtained from the number of sheets until the limit temperature is reached shown in  FIG. 32 , thus enabling completion of the Psub table as shown in  FIG. 31 . 
   &lt;Procedure for Obtaining the Subtraction Value Psub (2)&gt; 
     FIG. 33  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of the controller  126  for obtaining the subtraction value Psub. The controller  126  first obtains the drive amount CRm of the carriage motor  42  in order to obtain the subtraction value Psub (S 702 ). Next, the controller  126  obtains information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  (S 704 ). Here, the information relating to the drive mode that the controller  126  obtains refers to information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  used when driving of the carry motor  15  has started after the stop time of the carry motor  15  has finished. That is, for example, when the carry motor  15  is driven in the drive mode PS 4  after the carriage motor  42  has been driven by a drive amount of 1,500 steps, the drive mode PS 4  is obtained by the controller  126  corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  of 1,500 steps. 
   After information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  has been obtained in this manner, next, the controller  126  references (S 706 ) the Psub table (see  FIG. 31 ). Here, based on the obtained drive amount of the carriage motor  42  and the obtained drive mode of the carry motor  15 , the controller  126  obtains from the Psub table a subtraction value Psub that is correlated with these (S 708 ). After this, the controller  126  finishes the process of obtaining the subtraction value Psub. 
   After this process is finished, the controller  126  performs a calculation in which the subtraction value Psub, which has been obtained as described previously in  FIGS. 26 and 28 , is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. It should be noted that the controller  126  obtains the subtraction value Psub each time the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  and information relating to the drive mode of the carry motor  15  are obtained. 
   &lt;Effect of Subtracting the Subtraction Value Psub (2)&gt; 
   An effect of subtracting the subtraction value Psub is the same as was described previously in  FIG. 25 . Namely, in the case of a conventional technique, only the drive amounts PFstep of the carry motor  15  are successively added for the integrated value Psum, and therefore, as shown in  FIG. 25 , the integrated value Psum reaches the predetermined value Pduty, which is the reference for determining whether or not there is an overheated state, at a stage when the number of printed sheets is still small. Thus, the carry motor  15  is determined to be in an overheated state at a stage when the temperature of the carry motor  15  has not risen to such an extent, which has resulted in heat restriction control being started for the carry motor  15 . In this way, sometimes problems occur in which additional standby time is created for the carry motor  15 , and printing times are lengthened, thus slowing print processing. 
   In contrast to this, in the case of the present embodiment, the subtraction value Psub is successively subtracted from the integrated value Psum each time the carry motor  15  is driven. Thus, in the case of the present embodiment, the time taken until the integrated value Psum reaches the predetermined value Pduty is delayed compared to the conventional technique as shown in  FIG. 25 . That is, as long as the temperature of the carry motor  15  does not rise substantially, the integrated value Psum does not reach the predetermined value Pduty. Thus, with the present embodiment, an additional N number of sheets more than with the conventional technique can be printed before executing heat restriction control. 
   &lt;Summary (2)&gt; 
   In the inkjet printer  1  according to the present embodiment, in addition to a calculation in which the integrated value Psum is obtained by successively adding the drive amounts PFstep of the carry motor  15 , a calculation is performed in which a subtraction value Psub corresponding to the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  is subtracted from the integrated value Psum. Therefore an integrated value Psum can be obtained that matches the temperature condition of the carry motor  15 . In this way, it is possible to prevent early execution of heat restriction control on the carry motor  15  that occurs when the carry motor  15  is determined to be in an overheated state regardless of the carry motor  15  not being in an overheated state. Moreover, reduced costs can be achieved since it is possible to achieve the same number of sheets until the heating limit temperature is reached even with a small size motor. 
   Further still, in the present embodiment, since the subtraction value Psub that is a subtracted from the integrated value Psum is set giving consideration to the drive mode of the carry motor  15 , a more appropriate subtraction value Psub can be subtracted from the integrated value Psum, which enables an integrated value Psum to be obtained that better matches the temperature condition of the carry motor  15 . 
   Moreover, in the present embodiment, since the drive amount PFstep of the carry motor  15  is added to the integrated value Psum before the carry motor  15  is driven according to that drive amount PFstep, it is possible to forecast a temperature condition of the carry motor  15  in advance, thereby enabling heat restriction control to be implemented on the carry motor  15  at an early stage. This makes it possible to achieve very high safety. 
   Furthermore, since a Psub table in which the stop time and the drive mode of the carry motor  15  and the subtraction values Psub are correlated is provided in the present embodiment, the subtraction value Psub can be obtained simply. 
   It should be noted that the present embodiment was described using the carry motor  15  as an example of a motor for which an overheated state was to be determined, but in the case of the inkjet printer  1  of the present embodiment, the carriage motor  42  may also be a target for determining whether or not there is an overheated state. In this case, the controller  126  carries out the various calculations, obtaining of information, and the like. Moreover, in this case, a subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of the carry motor  15  may be obtained using the carry motor  15  as the “other motor.” Furthermore, it goes without saying that heat restriction control may be executed also on the carriage motor  42 . 
   ===Other Embodiments=== 
   In the foregoing, an apparatus for determining motor overheating based on an embodiment of the present invention was described using an example of this device being fitted in a printing apparatus. However, the foregoing embodiment is for the purpose of elucidating the present invention and is not to be interpreted as limiting the present invention. The invention can of course be altered and improved without departing from the gist thereof and includes equivalents. In particular, the embodiments mentioned below are also included in the invention. 
   In this embodiment, some or all of the configurations achieved by hardware may be replaced by software, and conversely, some of the configurations that are achieved by software can be replaced by hardware. 
   Furthermore, part of the processes carried out on the printing apparatus side may be carried out on the computer  140  side, and it is also possible that a special-purpose processing device is interposed between the printing apparatus and the computer  140  such that some of the processes are carried out by the processing device. 
   &lt;Regarding the Printing Apparatus&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the above-described inkjet printer  1  was described as an example of a printing apparatus fitted with an apparatus for determining motor overheating, but a printing apparatus fitted with an apparatus for determining motor overheating is not limited to this printing apparatus. The printing apparatus of the present invention includes any apparatus as long as it is an apparatus provided with a printing function, including inkjet printers that eject ink using other techniques, as well as printer that do not eject ink, for example, dot impact printers, thermal transfer printers, and laser beam type printers for example. 
   &lt;Regarding the Motor (Motor Targeted for Determination)&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, a motor (the carry motor  15 ) fitted in a printing apparatus was used as an example to describe a motor for which determination of overheating is carried out, but there is no limitation to this motor as the determination-target motor. That is, any motor fitted in an apparatus even other than a printing apparatus may be targeted for determination of overheating. 
   &lt;Regarding Other Motors&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, a motor (the carriage motor  42 ) fitted in a printing apparatus was used as an example to describe the “other motor,” but there is no limitation to a motor fitted in a printing apparatus. That is, the “other motor” may be any motor as long as it is a motor driven in alternation with a motor corresponding to a “determination-target motor” (the carry motor  15  in the foregoing embodiment). 
   &lt;Regarding the Apparatus for Determining Overheating&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, an example of installation in an apparatus provided with a motor such as a printing apparatus was used to describe the apparatus for determining motor overheating, but the apparatus for determining motor overheating is not limited to this example. That is, the apparatus for determining motor overheating may exist as a standalone device independent from a device provided with a motor, and may also of course exist as a standalone device independent from a motor. 
   &lt;Regarding Motor Drive Amounts&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, a number of steps was used as an example to express the drive amount of the motor, but there is no limitation to this, and other units may be used for expression, such as millimeters (mm), centimeters (cm), and micrometers (μm) for example. 
   &lt;Regarding Stop Times Between Motor Drive Operations&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the stop time between the drive operations of the motor was described using an example of a period in which an other motor (here, the carriage motor) was being driven, but there is no limitation to this. That is, as long as there is a period in which a motor is stopped between drive operations, the presence or absence of driving of another motor is of no concern. 
   &lt;Regarding the Information Obtaining Section&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the controller  126  was used as an example to illustrate the information obtaining section, but there is no limitation to this, and any information obtaining section may be used as long as it obtains information about the drive amount of a motor (a determination-target motor), information about stop times between motor drive operations, or information about the drive amount of another motor. For example, an information obtaining section may also include a communications interface or the like that carries out data communications with an outside portion. 
   &lt;Regarding the Calculating Section&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the controller  126  was used as an example to illustrate the calculating section, but there is no limitation to this, and a calculating section is inclusive of any device that can execute a calculation of calculating an integrated value of drive amounts of a motor (a determination-target motor), or a calculation of subtracting a subtraction value from the integrated value. 
   &lt;Regarding Subtraction Values Corresponding to Stoppage Times&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the “subtraction value corresponding to the stop time” (Psub) was set partitioned into the following three cases for the stop time of the motor (the carry motor  15 ): when stop time was “less than 100 ms,” when it was “not less than 100 ms but less than 140 ms,” and when it was “140 ms or more.” However, there is not limitation to this partitioning, and this may be set to obtain a subtraction value that increases or decreases according to variation in the stop time of the motor, for example. 
   &lt;Regarding Subtraction Values Corresponding to Drive Amounts of Other Motor&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the “subtraction value corresponding to the drive amount of an other motor” (Psub) was described using an example in which the drive amount of the carriage motor  42  was partitioned into the following three portions: when the drive amount was “less than 1,114 steps,” when it was “not less than 1,114 steps but less than 1,894 steps,” and when it was “1,894 steps or more.” However, there is not limitation to this partitioning, and this may be set to a subtraction value that increases or decreases as appropriate according to variation in the drive amount of the carriage motor  42 , for example. 
   &lt;Regarding the Predetermined Value&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the predetermined value was set as the predetermined value Pduty of a drive amount of a motor when the motor (the carry motor  15 ) was driven under the severest conditions (worst conditions), but there is no limitation to this, and a value may be set that is smaller than the value when driving is performed under the severest conditions, for example. 
   Furthermore, it is not absolutely necessary to set the predetermined value as a fixed value as described in the foregoing embodiment. That is, in the case of the above-described printing apparatus for example, the predetermined value Pduty may vary in response to printing conditions and printing method or the like. Additionally, the predetermined value (Pduty) may vary as appropriate in response to various conditions. 
   &lt;Regarding the Timer&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, an example was described of a structure in which the timer  144  was provided separately from the controller  126 , but there is no limitation to this. That is, the timer may be provided inside the controller  126  for example. In this case, the motor stop times may be measured using the timer provided inside the controller  126 . 
   &lt;Regarding Drive Modes&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the drive modes were described using drive modes in which at least one of the rate of acceleration when the motor is accelerating, the velocity at constant speed, and the rate of acceleration when decelerating varied according to the drive amount of the motor (the carry motor  15 ), but the drive modes are not limited to this. That is, the drive modes may vary due to various factors such as drive method and the like. Furthermore, the drive modes may vary according to print conditions or print circumstances or the like. 
   In particular, in cases where there is variation in the temperature at which the motor can be used safely or in the number of sheets that can be printed until the limit temperature is reached depending on the drive mode, then setting a subtraction value Psub for each drive mode allows extremely effective functioning. 
   &lt;Regarding the Motor Control Device&gt; 
   In the foregoing embodiment, the motor control apparatus was described using a controller provided in a printing apparatus and a carry controller as examples, but there is no limitation to these, and the device may be configured in other forms. Furthermore, the motor control method is not limited to the above-described control method. 
   &lt;Regarding the Medium&gt; 
   The medium S may be any of plain paper, matte paper, cut paper, glossy paper, roll paper, print paper, photo paper, and roll-type photo paper or the like. In addition to these, the medium S may be a film material such as OHP film and glossy film, a cloth material, or a metal plate material or the like. In other words, any medium may be used, as long as ink can be ejected onto it.