Patent ID: 8678536

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a support and heating unit configured and arranged to support and heat a medium; a head configured and arranged to discharge color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit; and a controller configured to perform a color image printing process for printing a color image on the medium by executing a plurality color image recording passes with which the head is made to discharge the color image ink while the head is moved relative to the medium in a movement direction, the color image recording passes being executed with different relative positions of the head with respect to the medium in an intersecting direction that intersects with the movement direction, a background image printing process for printing a background image that is a background for the color image on the medium by executing a plurality of background image recording passes with which the head is made to discharge the background image ink while the head is moved relative to the medium in the movement direction, the background image recording passes being executed with different relative positions of the head with respect to the medium in the intersecting direction that intersects with the movement direction, and a wait process of evacuating the head from above the support and heating unit and moving the head to an evacuation position to have the head wait at the evacuation position during at least one of between the color image recording passes and between the background image recording passes.