Patent attributes
A printing apparatus includes a carry mechanism, a nozzle, an element, a drive signal outputting section, a temperature sensor, a cap, and a controller. The carry mechanism carries a medium. The nozzle performs a moving-and-ejecting operation of ejecting ink toward the medium while moving relative to the medium during an intermission of a carrying operation performed by the carry mechanism. The element performs an ink ejecting operation for causing the ink to be ejected from the nozzle. The drive signal outputting section outputs a drive signal for causing the element to perform the ink ejecting operation. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the drive signal outputting section or in the vicinity thereof. The cap blocks an ejection opening of the nozzle. When printing is carried out on the medium by ejecting the ink from the nozzle, the controller performs, at least once between the moving-and-ejecting operation and the carrying operation, a first standby operation in which neither the moving-and-ejecting operation nor the carrying operation is performed for a predetermined time, if a detected temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a first temperature, and performs, before performing the moving-and-ejecting operation, a second standby operation in which standby is performed for a time that is longer than the predetermined time by blocking the ejection opening of the nozzle with the cap, if the detected temperature is higher than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
