Line printer and printhead moving method of a line printer

摘要

The carriage 11 of a line printer 1 has a head unit 12 that supports a printhead 8, and a carriage frame 13 that supports the head unit 12 movably up and down. When moving the carriage 11 from a standby position 11B to an opposing position 11A, the carriage 11 is moved while the head unit 12 is held at a up position 12A where the gap to the platen unit 17 is a first distance L1. The head unit 12 is then lowered at the standby position 11B from the up position 12A to a down position 12B where the platen gap G is a second distance L2 that is shorter than the first distance L1.