PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PRINTING APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus that is capable of forming an image on a recording medium, which is in a transport pathway, by discharging a liquid onto the recording medium, the printing apparatus comprising:
a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges the liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, wherein the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor that is provided on a side that is opposite to a side of the carriage with the transport pathway interposed therebetween, and a second conductor that is provided in the carriage, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and wherein the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of recording medium that is in the transport pathway.