Patent ID: 8721020

Claim:
A printing device, comprising: a print unit configured to print on a print medium; a first transportation unit configured to convey the print medium in a primary scanning direction; a second transportation unit configured to convey the print unit in a secondary scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the primary scanning direction at a first transportation speed or a second transportation speed that is faster than the first transportation speed; and a control unit configured to control the transportation operations of the first transportation unit and the second transportation unit after a first print area is printed at the first transportation speed and to determine whether a start-printing position is a first position in a next print area in the secondary scanning direction or a second position in the next print area in the secondary scanning direction based on a first distance from a stop-printing position where the print unit finishes printing the first print area to the first position, a second distance from the stop-printing position to the second position, and a third distance needed to accelerate the speed of the second transportation unit from the first transportation speed to the second transportation speed; wherein, when a transportation distance of the print unit from the stop-printing position to the start-printing position, as determined by the control unit, is greater than or equal to a specified distance, the control unit is configured to set the transportation speed of the print unit at the second transportation speed.