Patent ID: 8894303

Claim:
A printing device for printing a latex ink on a printing medium, comprising: a first heating stage for heating the printing medium at least during printing the latex ink on the printing medium; a second heating stage for curing the latex ink on the printing medium; and a controller arrangement for individually controlling the first heating stage and the second heating stage, the controller arrangement comprising a first state machine for stepping the first heating stage through respective states of the first state machine, and a second state machine for stepping the second heating stage through respective states of the second state machine, wherein the respective states of the first state machine and the second state machine each include a standby state, a warm-up state for warming up the printing medium to an intermediate temperature, an operational state of the corresponding heating stage, and a cool-down state for cooling down the printing medium to a further intermediate temperature, the controller arrangement being configured to: control the first heating stage to heat the printing medium to a first target temperature during the printing; control the second heating stage to heat the printing medium to a curing temperature higher than the first target temperature to cure the latex ink on the printing medium; reduce the heat output of the heating stage during a non-printing mode of the printing device; and reduce the heat output of the second heating stage during a non-curing mode of the printing device.